One of Ella’s sketches was of the Topaz shoe factory. Asaye Ashizawa Takagi, Cynthia Wright, and Kay Yatabe pore over a group photo of Topaz shoe shop employees. Asaye’s mother, Naka Ashizawa (third from left), and Kay’s grandfather, Kozo Yatabe (front row, standing, second from right), were shoemakers.
Remembering the Japanese American Incarceration