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My Autobiography
Maker
Tomimatsu, Chizuru
Date1942
Made WhereNewell, California, United States
Object Nameessay
Mediumpaper
Dimensions10.5 x 8 in
ClassificationsArchives
Credit LineIn Memory of Garrett Starmer, Gift of the Starmer Family
Object number2020.16.37
DescriptionAutobiographical essay written by Chizuru Tomimatsu, dated January 25, 1942. The essay was written as a part of Garrett Starmer's Senior Problems Class at the Tule Lake High School. Chizaru writes about being born on March 14, 1925 in Sacramento CA, and how her brother was 20 years old when she was born. She writes about a story she vaguely remembers, of her falling down a set of stairs on her tricycle when she was 5 years of age.