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BEN SAKOGUCHI

  • •recent show - Los Angeles
  • •recent show - Oslo
  • •recent show - NYC
  • •FIFTY YEARS ARTMAKING
  • •COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS 101
  • •catalogue
  • •quarantine
  • •multi-canvas
  • •WORDS
  • •BASEBALL
  • •bio
  • •video
  • •ceeje alumni
  • •Mary's cash grocery
  • •MEADOWBROOK ALBUMS
  • •contact
 1940 ^    a neighbor kid......Mary, Benji, Teruko & Robert in front of new Sakoguchi grocery store   "It was open from before dawn 'til after dark, seven days a week...they closed once a year, on Memorial Day.  I was born in

•1940 / new store

At some point, the new store was christened "Mary's Cash Grocery." 

It was cash-only in those early years, but eventually they would carry a tab for a few good customers.

"Ybarras...Trevinos...my Pop had these little books for them behind the counter, and we'd just add up their groceries and write the totals in their book"    [ben sakoguchi]

•1940 / new store

At some point, the new store was christened "Mary's Cash Grocery." 

It was cash-only in those early years, but eventually they would carry a tab for a few good customers.

"Ybarras...Trevinos...my Pop had these little books for them behind the counter, and we'd just add up their groceries and write the totals in their book"    [ben sakoguchi]

 1940 ^    a neighbor kid......Mary, Benji, Teruko & Robert in front of new Sakoguchi grocery store   "It was open from before dawn 'til after dark, seven days a week...they closed once a year, on Memorial Day.  I was born in

1940 ^    a neighbor kid......Mary, Benji, Teruko & Robert in front of new Sakoguchi grocery store

"It was open from before dawn 'til after dark, seven days a week...they closed once a year, on Memorial Day.  I was born in that house next to the store in 1938 ."    [ben sakoguchi]

 

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