Oral history interview with Kaku Makino and Julie Kano conducted by Kristel Peralta, Vanessa Concepcion, Ayrton Yamaguchi, and Stefani Evans on March 22, 2021 for the Reflections: The Las Vegas Asian American and Pacific Islander Oral History Project. In this interview, Makino discusses his early life in Tokyo, Japan and becoming a chef. He recalls arriving to the United States in 1989, establishing the Todai (now Makino Sushi & Seafood Buffet) restaurant chain, and opening nineteen locations in California, Florida, and in Hawaii. Kano talks about her upbringing in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan and describes Japan during the Meiji era. She remembers arriving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 2000 and the cultural change she experienced. Lastly, Makino and Kano discuss the restaurant industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A view of Eureka, Nevada sent in July 1913. The postcard was addressed to Mrs. Helen J. Stewart, Las Vegas, Nevada, Clark County and read: "July 17, 1913, Dear Mrs. Stewart, Some time since you saw this ? does it look natural to you? Am having a lovely visit, it is so nice and cool here. Lovingly, Anna B."
Note: No year on menu. At one point in time this location was the residence of Baron de Reuter. Border, resembling lace, die-cut to follow shape of decorative embossing Location: 18 Kensington Palace Gardens, London, England
Inscription with image reads: "Fourth of July parade, 1906. Bradford & Bradford float. S.K. Bradford is standing behind the driver. May Bradford, sitting in the rear holds upright a surveyor's 'rod'. This was the last appearance of Bradford & Bradford Surveyors (as a firm) in Tonopah. They had divided up the proceeds, and all three left town the next day May for Europe, S.K. and Mrs. Bradford for a well earned vacation."