[Large Format Photograph Featuring a Japanese American Organization]

[N.p., likely Southern California, 1940. Good.. Silver gelatin photograph, 11 x 13.75 inches. Some creasing and dampstaining, a few creases and short closed tears, handful of small scuffs in image area, some darkening along right edge, some minor silvering. A substantial photograph featuring a large group of well-dressed Japanese-American youths and numerous adults posed in front of a line of cars with several oil derricks visible in the background. Neither the location of the photograph nor the photographer are identified, but the scene is likely a school or church group in southern California during the first half of the 20th century, when oil became an important resource in the area.