Stockton (Calif.)

Abstract This collection contains one album of mostly photographs compiled by Tazu Kawamoto that document various people, events, and activities throughout 1939-1943. Materials in this collection include: photographs, flyers, invitations, and business cards relating to Tazu Kawamoto’s personal life, with a focus on events during the World’s Fair on San Francisco’s Treasure Island in 1939. The photographs are most likely taken inside the Gila River Incarceration Center in Arizona, including a...

Scope and Contents The M.J.B. Construction Archive (1935-1959, undated) contains newspaper clippings, construction advertisements, postcards, and photographs documenting the work of M.J.B. Construction, a general contracting company based in Stockton, California. Newspaper clippings relate to major building projects in the Stockton, California area in which M.J.B. Construction was involved between the 1940s and 1950s. Undated advertisements and postcards show construction equipment and heavy machinery, and...