Photo courtesy of Palos Verdes Local History Center. Item: Palos Verdes Review Cover [Annie's Stand] April, 1992. Collection Name: Palos Verdes Review 1962-1979 Archives: Palos Verdes Local History Center, Palos Verdes Library District. Rolling Hills Estates, California.
In the early 1900s, before the Peninsula was widely developed, a group of about 40 Japanese families farmed 2,000 acres of rich land stretching from Malaga Cove to Western Avenue. The Japanese were prohibited from owning the land so they specialized in dry farming, producing various vegetables and flowers using only the moisture from the air and rainfall. These Japanese farmers produced many different crops, ranging from strawberries and tomatoes to garbanzo beans and lettuce. For years they farmed the land together until World War II hit and many of the families were sent to internment camps. After the war, not all of the families made it back to the Peninsula, but those that did continued to carry on the farming tradition of their past.
One family that moved back after the war was the Ishibashi family. James Ishibashi moved back to the Peninsula with his new wife, Annie, whom he met while working in Utah. Together with their daughter they ran a fresh produce stand known to locals as Annie’s Stand, where they were famous for their delicious strawberries and handmade flower arrangements. Annie ran the stand almost everyday from the 1950s until her death in 1992. James and his daughter took over the stand until it closed in 2002. The stand was taken down in 2011 and now all that remains is the empty sign post.
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This cache was placed with the permission of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
Parking is available in the Abalone Cove Shoreline Park parking lot. Parking for the first 30 minutes is free; after that, there is a fee. The parking lot is only open from 9am-4pm, but the park is open from 9am-dusk. If you wish to find the cache between 4pm and dusk, there is limited street parking in front of the fire station. See waypoints for more parking info.
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