Harada House Foundation

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The Harada family at Olivewood Cemetery, circa 1927. Left to right, back row: Mary, Mine, Ken, Jukichi, and Sumi Harada. Front row: Baby Calvin (son of Mary and Masa Atsu) and Harold Harada. Ken and Jukichi Harada buried their son, Tadao (1907-1913), and daughter, Yone (1914-1914), at Olivewood Cemetery. In 1948, Ken (1881-1943) and Jukichi (1875-1944) were remembered in a graveside service, and their cremated remains buried near their children. Image courtesy of the Harada F...amily Archival Collection, Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House. https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate See more

Quoted exactly from a letter written by Jess Stebler to Sumi Harada on March 11, 1945. Jess Stebler’s letters to Sumi Harada include details about life in the house on Lemon Street and Riverside during WWII. Repost from the Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House... https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate See more

Left to right: Mine, Sumi, Ken, and Jukichi Harada in the Harada House backyard, circa 1923. This photograph was taken around the time Mine graduated from high school. After attending community college and working at Asilomar on the Monterey Peninsula, she moved to San Francisco. Working in a gift shop in Chinatown, Mine strung pearls and sold Asian souvenirs. Image courtesy of the Harada Family Archival Collection, Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House. https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate

Quoted exactly from a letter written by Jess Stebler to Sumi Harada on January 21, 1945. Jess Stebler’s letters to Sumi Harada detail everyday life in wartime Riverside, including rationing. Seven months after this letter was written, Sumi was finally allowed to return home to Riverside. Repost from the Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House... https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate" See more

Repost from the Museum of Riverside. In 1909, what would become the longest-running Easter Sunrise Service in the United States began on Mt. Rubidoux in Riverside, thanks to the City’s ultimate entrepreneur: Frank Augustus Miller. This event became an annual pilgrimage for many. The 1915 service, pictured, had an added attraction of a performance by opera diva Marcella Craft (1874-1959). Born Sarah Marcia Craft in Indiana, internationally renowned opera singer Marcella Craft... moved to Riverside as a young child. She sang at her graduation from Riverside High School and moved first to Boston and then to Italy to further her operatic training. Craft debuted in 1902. Her greatest international success was in Germany, where she performed for the imperial family and was a lead in the Munich Opera singing alongside Enrico Caruso, among others. After her retirement in the 1930s, she moved back to Riverside and established the Riverside Opera Company, teaching there until her death in 1959. See more

The Riverside Superior Courthouse, circa 1920. This is where Jukichi's criminal trial was held in the case of the People of the State of California v. Jukichi Harada, et al. in 1916-1918. The courthouse is still in use today and is a fine example of Beaux-Arts architecture in a downtown district heavily dominated by Mission Revival architectural influences. Image courtesy of the Harada Family Archival Collection, Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate

Riverside Daily Press newspaper article, December 4, 1916. The case of the People of California versus Jukichi Harada, et al. was filed on October 5, 1916, alleging that the Harada family had illegally circumvented the California Alien Land Law of 1913. In December of 1916, the defense claimed that the 1913 law was a violation of the US treaty with Japan. Image courtesy of the Harada Family Archival Collection, Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate

"Riverside Enterprise" article from October 7, 1916. Throughout the trial against the Harada family, US newspapers reported that Japan was taking an interest in the case, even suggesting that Japan might declare war if the verdict was unfavorable for the Haradas Repost from the Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate.

Jukichi Harada. The death of his six-year-old son, Tadao, made Jukichi Harada determined to move his family to a safe, healthy home in a good neighborhood close to the children’s school and the family’s church. His family’s purchase of the house on Lemon Street initiated a two-year court battle in which the State of California sought to confiscate the Harada family home.... Image courtesy of the Harada Family Archival Collection, Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate

The William Purington Residence, Orange Street, Riverside. William Purington was one of the Harada family’s defense attorneys during their 1916-1918 trial. The Puringtons lived around the corner from the Harada family and, along with the Millers, were influential public supporters of the Haradas. Image courtesy of the Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate

The political rights of American citizens are the same, no matter what their parentage. Repost from the Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate.

Tootsie, Sumi Harada’s puppy, in the Harada House front yard, circa 1946. Living alone, Sumi adopted a series of dogs. Tootsie, a red-and-white Brittany spaniel, had a reputation for being challenging, Tootsie was described by Sumi’s nieces Naomi and Kathleen as having a personality similar to Sumi herself. Image courtesy of the Harada Family Archival Collection, Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate

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Los Angeles Examiner article from December 25, 1915. The Riverside Daily Press and the Riverside Enterprise newspapers published articles on December 23, 1915, about the Harada family’s purchase of their house on Lemon Street. The Los Angeles Examiner ran the story on Christmas Day, describing Jukichi Harada as a rich Japanese restaurant owner. Image courtesy of the Harada Family Archival Collection, Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate"

Masa Atsu Harada, center, dressed for a Christmas pageant, circa 1918. Repost from the Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate

"Riverside Daily Press" article from December 23, 1915. This December marks 105 years since the Harada family purchased their house on Lemon Street. Within days, local newspapers reported on the event, along with Jukichi’s refusal to sell in the face of neighbors’ displeasure. Repost from the Museum of Riverside We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate

This photo was taken in 1949 of Sumi in her front yard that is now the Harada House today. In August 1945, Sumi returned home to the Harada House on Lemon Street. Over the next several months, Sumi assisted other formerly incarcerated Japanese Americans by making her home available to boarders, most of whom she knew from the Poston concentration camp. Sumi’s siblings also came to stay with her periodically, including brother Clark and his wife, Sonoko. Image courtesy of the Harada Family Archival Collection, Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate

Excerpt from letter written to Jukichi Harada, found amongst his personal papers. Although Jukichi Harada served the US Navy in the Spanish American War, he never earned the right to become a US citizen, own property in California, or vote in the United States. Repost from the Museum of Riverside. We need to keep the story alive and save the Harada House https://www.haradahousefoundation.org/donate