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RandyCaparoso.wineauthor Jan 28, 2025

Dorothea Lange is possibly America's most iconic photographer. Check out the dozens of photos I've posted on today's Lodi Wine page (https://www.lodiwine.com/blog/The-Japanese-American-experience-in-Lodi-and-California-documented-by-Dorothea-Lange) documenting the forced evacuation of some 120,000 Californians of Japanese ancestry (including Lodiians) in 1942-1944.
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The Japanese American experience in Lodi and California documented by Dorothea Lange

1942 photo by acclaimed photographer Dorothea Lange: Old vine Lodi vineyard and home forcibly taken from Japanese American family. The single most famous photograph in the annals of Americana is undoubtedly that of the "Migrant Mother," taken in 1936 by Dorothea Lange (1895-1965). Not so famous are the few photos taken by Lange of Japanese American faces and farms in Lodi, for a brief time in 1942...

Lodi Winegrape Commission

RandyCaparoso.wineauthor Sep 19, 2024

A vivid visual history of Lodi's annual harvest celebration, the Lodi Grape Festival. Re https://www.lodiwine.com/blog/The-annual-Lodi-Grape-Festival-continues-to-celebrate-the-region-s-number-one-commodity--grapes--
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The annual Lodi Grape Festival continues to celebrate the region's number one commodity (grapes!)

The Ole Mettler Pavilion on the grounds of the Lodi Grape Festival during last weekend's 2024 Lodi Grape Festival. In 1934 Lodi was in the mood to celebrate. Naturally, local farmers and city organizers felt that it should also be a celebration publicizing the region's number one commodity: Grapes. Not that there was much else to celebrate. The entire country was still in the throes of the Great Depression, affecting Lodi as much as any community in America. The year before (in 1933) Lodi farmers fought tooth and nail against union organizers, threatening to disrupt vineyard operations. It did not end well... for the strikers and organizers (see our 2023 post, History of Lodi labor)...

Lodi Winegrape Commission

RandyCaparoso.wineauthor May 16, 2024

Waitresses in 1938, the year Richmaid Ice Cream Company (now Richmaid Restaurant, still one of Lodi's most popular coffeeshop restaurants) was founded at the corner of Oak and Garfield Streets. Second from the right is co-owner Karen Hansen; she and her ladies standing in front of her Church St. home. #lodiwinecountry #lodihistory #richmaidrestaurant

RandyCaparoso.wineauthor Feb 28, 2024

Ode to Lodi's long lost, legendary Flame Tokay, never to be forgotten... https://www.lodiwine.com/blog/Ode-to-Flame-Tokay--Lodi-s-original-king-of-grapes
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Ode to Lodi's legendary Flame Tokay, never to be forgotten

Flame Tokay—a.k.a., Ahmeur bou Ahmeur—on own-rooted Mokelumne River-Lodi grapevine over 130 years old, About eight miles east of the City of Lodi, there is a short country lane called Tokay Colony Road, demarcated by Hwy. 88 to the west and N. Tully Rd. at its eastern end. It's an interesting road because it was named for the grape variety called Tokay—more properly known by its full name, Flame Tokay—which for about 100 years was the most widely planted grape in the Lodi wine appellation. Only, it was never really a wine grape. Flame Tokay was primarily a table grape, grown for the fresh market, in supply for no more than a month's time each year...

Lodi Winegrape Commission

RandyCaparoso.wineauthor Dec 30, 2023

December rain, Jahant-Lodi AVA, historic Central Pacific Railroad tracks (laid down in 1869). #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #lodihistory