LISTENING TO VOICES FROM THE PAST: A composite image of two photographs, one hundred years apart. The present-day image is of members of the California Preservation Foundation at Historic Wintersburg during a workshop in 2013. The black and white image was taken 100 years earlier in 1913, as the Furutas moved into their new home in Wintersburg Village. Shortly after the 1913 photograph was taken, California passed the Alien Land Law of 1913 which specifically prohibited property ownership by Japanese immigrants. The prohibition was not lifted until the Supreme Court of California ruling in 1952 that the law was a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, Sei Fujii v. California. (Present-day photograph, 2013, Chris Jepsen; 1913 photograph courtesy of the Furuta family; photo composite, Kenneth Hayashida) © ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
On Friday, February 23, representatives of the Historic Wintersburg
Preservation Task Force, Ocean View School District and the National
Trust for Historic Preservation met with Republic Services to discuss
more desirable and appropriate alternatives for the future use of the
Historic Wintersburg property.
READ: The latest update from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, https://savingplaces.org/places/historic-wintersburg/updates/support-for-historic-wintersburg-builds#.WpwqzOdG2M9
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