1930s RPPC Historic Photo GOTO TUNA CANNERY Shimizu Japan HAGOROMO FOODS "A" For Sale

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1930s RPPC Historic Photo GOTO TUNA CANNERY Shimizu Japan HAGOROMO FOODS "A"

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Rare RPPC Occupational Photo
Goto Tuna Cannery
Shimizu, Japan
c1930s"A"

Rare real photo postcard of a Japanese tuna cannery. The image dates from the early 1930s and captures the beginnings of a burgeoning corporate giant in the Japanese food industry that would become Hagoromo Foods. Read some of the company's history below.There is some Japanese text, printed in gold ink, at the top of the postcard followed by the letter 'G'. The 'G' stands for Goto. The letter G can be found on some of the worker's smocks. Postcard measures 3.375 x 5.375". In Excellent Vintage Condition.Isokichi Goto recognized the need to adapt new production technologies to Shimizu's largely artisan-based seafood industry. In 1929, Goto traveled to Chiba, and went to work for a canning company there. After several months, Goto then went to the United States in order to study that country's fast-growing seafood processing industry. On his return to Japan, Goto went into business for himself, launching his own seafood canning company, the Goto Canning Company, in Shimizu in 1931. In this effort, Goto was aided by Yoshio Murakami, who worked for the prefecture's fishing department and who played a major role in adapting canning techniques for the seafood industry in Japan. Goto's company initially canned tuna for the local market, then increasingly began to supply the overseas market, including the United States. Goto quickly branched out, adding canned fruits and vegetables to its product line. The company's fortunes slipped in the early 1930s, however, as the Great Depression hampered sales. At the same time, increasing trade tensions between Japan and other countries, and particularly the United States, placed still greater pressure on the Goto company's export operations. By the end of the decade, amid the gathering hostility between Japan and the rest of the world, Goto's exports all but disappeared. Nonetheless, Goto's operations remained strong, due to the strong growth in domestic demand. Goto's contacts with the military especially ensured a steady stream of orders for the company, as the Japanese government greatly expanded the country's military capacity in the period before the Japanese invasion of China and the outbreak of World War II.----Hagoromo Canning Company was chosen as its new corporate name in 1969 and adopted the name Hagoromo Foods Corporation in 1987.RPPC Measures 3.375 x 5.375 Inches.
Condition:
Excellent. Please Examine Scans. This is a one-of-a kind original period item, NOT a more modern copy or reproduction.Please see photos for further details.
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