Interview with Sadako Suzuki

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1998

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Piianaia, Nancy

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Suzuki, Sadako

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A woman, orphaned at an early age, remembers her parents, adoption by a Waiakea family, childhood jobs, and schooling. She relates the background of Hilo Products and her marriage to a son of the owners. Also discussed are effects of the 1946 tsunami on the business and terrible cost of the 1960 tsunami which killed three of her in-laws and destroyed the store building.
produce wholesaler; Japanese; female
Interview conducted in English.

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Business, Family Life, Lifestyles, Natural Disasters, South Hilo (district)

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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/30344

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2 hr, 1 min
35 pages

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Interview

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Hilo, Hawaii (island)

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DU629 .H28 T78 2000

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Tsunamis Remembered: Oral Histories of Survivors and Observers in Hawai‘i
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