(References are made to several of Nobu Suzuki's personal papers, which are currently available for public perusal at the University of Washington's Manuscripts and University Archives.)","extent":"01:44:37","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-87","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":87,"namepart":"Nobu Suzuki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Dee Goto"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Matt Emery"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0062b0q","namepart":"Suzuki, Nobuko"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"June 11, 1998","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Nobu Suzuki narrator \nDee Goto interviewer \nMatt Emery videographer Suzuki, Nobuko 88922nr0062b0q","download_large":"denshovh-snobu-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-116","model":"entity","index":"3 1103/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-116/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-116/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kjohn-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-kjohn-01-a.jpg"},"title":"John Kanda Interview","description":"Nisei male. Born July 10, 1925, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Thomas-Auburn area of Washington. Following Executive Order 9066, family was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, then to Tule Lake concentration camp in California. Later transferred to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered as a replacement for the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team and trained thirteen weeks as light machine gunner replacement at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Served with CO. L, 100th Bn/442nd Combat Team in Southern France and in Northern Italy as a rifleman 1st scout. Graduated from the University of Washington in 1950. Graduated from St. Louis School of Medicine in 1954. Internship and Resident, Pierce County Hospital, Tacoma, WA 1954-1956. Family Practice Medicine in Sumner, WA, 1956-1987. Served as president of the Puyallup Valley JACL for 2 terms. Served as Vice President National JACL from 1968-1970. Draft Board Member of the Eastern Pierce County from 1973-1976. President of Pierce County Medical Society from 1971-1972. Sumner Rotary Club President in 1971.
(This interview is part of a collaborative effort of the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizens League and Densho.)","extent":"00:55:02","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-116","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":114,"namepart":"John Kanda"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Ronald Magden"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr014gk36","namepart":"Kanda, Masayoshi John"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"May 12, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"John Kanda narrator \nRonald Magden interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Kanda, Masayoshi John 88922nr014gk36","download_large":"denshovh-kjohn-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-74","model":"entity","index":"4 1104/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-74/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-74/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-osue-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-osue-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Sue Takimoto Okabe Interview","description":"Nisei female. Born September 5, 1928, in Tacoma, Washington, moved with her family to Seattle at age four. At age six, began singing, taking voice lessons and performing on stage for Japanese American community events. In 1942, was incarcerated with her family at Puyallup Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, where she continued to sing -- including performances outside of the camp arranged by camp authorities. Remembers fondly the freedom from parental supervision teenagers experienced while in camp. In fact, after the family was allowed early release to relocate in Denver in April 1943, she ran away from home and briefly returned to Minidoka. In Denver, continued her music studies and joined a United Service Organization (USO) group, experiencing both racial prejudice and warm welcome at USO performances. Postwar, resettled with her family in Los Angeles, where she attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, University of California, Los Angeles, and University Southern California. Continued to pursue music as a hobby through schooling, marriage, and two children. Began teaching private piano and voice lessons in 1952. Following her divorce in 1958, began singing in nightclubs and lounges.","extent":"01:37:12","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-74","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":77,"namepart":"Sue Takimoto Okabe"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Dana Hoshide"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0063g31","namepart":"Takimoto, Suzuko Frances"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"December 3, 1999","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Sue Takimoto Okabe narrator \nAlice Ito interviewer \nDana Hoshide videographer Takimoto, Suzuko Frances 88922nr0063g31","download_large":"denshovh-osue-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"113","model":"narrator","index":"5 1105/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/113/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/113/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mrobert.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mrobert.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/113/interviews/"},"display_name":"Robert Mizukami","bio":"Nisei male. Born December 20, 1922, in Star Lake, Washington. Grew up in the Renton area and later in Fife, Washington. Immigrant father began three-generation greenhouse business in Fife. Following Executive Order 9066, the Mizukami family was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington (nicknamed \"Camp Harmony\"). Later, transported to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, earning Purple Heart. Relocated to Fife, Washington, married and returned to family-owned greenhouse business. Served on Fife city council, then as mayor of Fife for seven years. Received Order of the Sacred Treasure from the Japanese government."},{"id":"140","model":"narrator","index":"6 1106/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/140/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/140/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hjim.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/hjim.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/140/interviews/"},"display_name":"Jim Hirabayashi","bio":"Nisei male. Born October 30, 1926, in small town of Thomas, Washington, on family farm. Attended school in Auburn, Washington, before being removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in Idaho, and was subsequently joined by family. Postwar, became a social anthropologist, and later became only the second Nisei to teach at San Francisco State University. Instrumental in the struggle to establish the field of Ethnic Studies. Brother of Gordon Hirabayashi, who defied the curfew and removal orders in 1942, and was arrested, convicted, and imprisoned. Gordon Hirabayashi's conviction was vacated in 1986."},{"id":"185","model":"narrator","index":"7 1107/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/185/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/185/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmay.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nmay.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/185/interviews/"},"display_name":"May Y. Namba","bio":"Nisei female. Born May 12, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Spent brief time in Japan as a young child, then returned to Seattle. Worked as a clerk in the Seattle School District until the onset of World War II, then was forced to resign under pressure from parent groups. Removed with family to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Moved to Chicago after leaving camp before eventually returning to Seattle. Took part in the redress movement of the 1980s, helping to obtain redress for the Japanese American Seattle School district clerks who wrongly lost their jobs."},{"id":"207","model":"narrator","index":"8 1108/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/207/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/207/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/mgeorge_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/207/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Morihiro","bio":"Nisei male. Born September 19, 1924, in Tacoma, Washington, and spent childhood in Fife, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the army in 1944 and joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe. Awarded the Purple Heart for actions in the Battle of the Gothic Line. After the war, briefly resettled in Fife before going to the East Coast to attend photography school. Worked for Tall's Camera in Seattle, Washington for many years. Currently speaks to many school groups and community organizations about wartime experiences."},{"id":"ddr-csujad-38-160","model":"entity","index":"9 1109/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-38-160/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-38-160/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-38/ddr-csujad-38-160-mezzanine-9f86370c3d-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-38/ddr-csujad-38-160-mezzanine-9f86370c3d-a.jpg"},"title":"George Naohara's handwritten note","description":"Handwritten note from \"George Naohara photo album\" (csudh_nao_0001), page 15. George Nobuo Naohara details his experience after moving from Idaho to Utah. 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Born October 19, 1916, in Hood River, Oregon. Earned a law degree from the University of Oregon law school and was practicing law prior to World War II. In 1942, deliberately defied the curfew imposed upon Japanese Americans in Portland, Oregon, and was arrested. His case was tried, and he was sentenced to one year in prison and given a $5000 fine. The appeal eventually reached the Supreme Court, which ruled that the government did have the authority to restrict the lives of civilian citizens during wartime. Yasui's fine was removed and he was released to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In the 1980s, his case was reopened under writ of error coram nobis, and 1986 his conviction was overturned by the Oregon federal court.
(This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business.
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.)","extent":"00:44:28","links_children":"ddr-densho-1012-3","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":519,"namepart":"Minoru Yasui"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr0067r9w","namepart":"Yasui, Minoru"}],"contributor":"Steven Okazaki","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Hood River, Oregon","creation":"October 23, 1983","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Minoru Yasui narrator Yasui, Minoru 88922nr0067r9w","download_large":"denshovh-yminoru-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-119-34","model":"entity","index":"12 1112/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-34/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-119-34/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-34-mezzanine-a7a3271095-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-119/ddr-densho-119-34-mezzanine-a7a3271095-a.jpg"},"title":"Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 6 (April 3, 1943)","description":"Selected article titles: \"Needy Given Financial Assistance. Initial Living Costs, Train Fare Provided Through WRA Grants\" (p. 1), \"Army Exams Here on April 5; Col. Merrill Visits, Airs Plans\" (p. 1), \"January Clothing Payroll Completed\" (p. 1), \"New Co-op Board of Directors Headed by Y. Fujii Installed\" (p. 1), \"Pump Breakdown Causes Critical Water Shortage\" (p. 1), \"Parent-Soldier Group Formation Proposed. Association to Back Up Soldiers With Service and Morale Program\" (p. 1), \"Army School Head Seeks Instructors. Several Interviewed For Teaching Jobs At Savage, Minnesota\" (p. 1), \"Revised Procedure Speeds Up Granting of Leave Permits\" (p. 1), \"Mercy Drive Tops $2,600\" (p. 2), \"Kansas' Plans for Use of Evacuee Labor Hits Snag\" (p. 2), \"Idaho Economist to Aid Relocation\" (p. 2), \"Takigawa Resigns. Fair Labor Board Executive Post\" (p. 3), \"Fire Causes Minor Damage\" (p. 3), \"Nakamura Works in Chicago War Plant; Says Conditions Fine\" (p. 3), \"Counselor's Office Ready to Accept Messages to Japan\" (p. 3), \"Topaz Youth Makes Trout Flies; Donates To Armed Forces\" (p. 3), \"Internment Camp For Families Not Ready Yet -- Myer. Transfer To Rejoin Interned Relatives In Texas Delayed\" (p. 3), \"Evacuees Leaving Urged to Apply For Ration Books\" (p. 6), \"Prompt Service Assured Evacuee Property Owners\" (p. 6).","extent":"1578W x 2066H (pixels)","links_children":"ddr-densho-119-34","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Publications -- Minidoka Irrigator","id":"173"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"pdm","genre":"periodical","location":"Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho","facility":[{"term":"Minidoka","id":"8"}],"creation":"April 3, 1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-densho-119-34-mezzanine-a7a3271095-a.jpg"},{"id":"9","model":"narrator","index":"13 1113/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/9/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/9/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/fgeorge.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/fgeorge.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/9/interviews/"},"display_name":"George Fugami","bio":"Kibei male. Born August 1, 1915, in Portland, Oregon. Sent with siblings to be educated in Japan when ten years old. Returned to the United States in 1935. During World War II, was incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Active in Seattle's postwar Japanese American community as a member and past president of the First Hill Lions Club; past president of the Atlantic Street Center, past president of Franklin High School Band PTA, past zone chairman of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) and past JACL district governor, area 19-B. In his interview, discusses childhood memories of Japan and Japanese attitudes and values."},{"id":"75","model":"narrator","index":"14 1114/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/75/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/75/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nfumiko.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/nfumiko.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/75/interviews/"},"display_name":"Fumiko M. Noji","bio":"Nisei female. Born October 13, 1909, in Bellingham, Washington. Lost her United States citizenship when she married an Issei through an arranged marriage. Before 1920, her husband's family established Columbia Greenhouse, one of the first Japanese American-owned greenhouse businesses. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Husband was held by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in Seattle before being interned in the Department of Justice camp at Fort Missoula, Montana. Briefly resettled with husband in Emmett, Idaho and Spokane, Washington before becoming one of the first families to return to Seattle where they resumed operation of the family greenhouse business."},{"id":"111","model":"narrator","index":"15 1115/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/111/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/111/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iyasashi.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iyasashi.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/111/interviews/"},"display_name":"Yasashi Ichikawa","bio":"Issei female. Born 1907 in Shimonoseki, Japan. Attended school in Japan, and was encouraged by father to study English. Married a Buddhist minister and immigrated to the United States. Lived in Fresno, California, then returned to Japan for two years. Moved to Seattle, Washington, where husband was a minister at the Seattle Buddhist Temple. During World War II, husband was arrested and imprisoned in the Crystal City Department of Justice Camp, Texas. Mrs. Ichikawa, with her seven children, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, then to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Joined husband in Crystal City before returning to run the Seattle Buddhist Temple."},{"id":"136","model":"narrator","index":"16 1116/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/136/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/136/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iruby.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iruby.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/136/interviews/"},"display_name":"Ruby Inouye","bio":"Nisei female. Born November 17, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, and graduated salutatorian from Broadway High School. Was enrolled in the pre-medical program at the University of Washington on December 7, 1941. During the war, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend the University of Texas, and later Woman's Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Returned to Seattle to open a private family medicine practice, and succeeded with the help of the Issei community. Involved in helping to establish a nursing home for Japanese Americans in Seattle, and retired from private practice at age seventy-five."},{"id":"291","model":"narrator","index":"17 1117/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/291/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/291/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/aart.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/aart.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/291/interviews/"},"display_name":"Art Abe","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 12, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in an area of Seattle with few other Japanese Americans, and was attending the University of Washington when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left Minidoka several times on temporary work leave to work on farms in the area. Suffered tragic loss in camp when father got lost outside collecting wood and perished in the elements. Volunteered for the army and served in the signal corps, eventually working for the Civil Aeronautics Administration and Boeing. Also one of the early members of the Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee."},{"id":"594","model":"narrator","index":"18 1118/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/594/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/594/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iart_2.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/iart_2.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/594/interviews/"},"display_name":"Art Ishida","bio":"Nisei male. Born June 2, 1921, in Fresno, California. Grew up in the Gardena area of Los Angeles, California, before moving to Japan with parents in 1929 and returning to California in the 1930s. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Gave a qualified answer on the so-called \"loyalty questionnaire and was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Moved briefly to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before being released from camp and living in Chicago, Illinois. Drafted into the military and served in Korea as an interpreter for the Military Intelligence Service. Eventually returned to California."},{"id":"952","model":"narrator","index":"19 1119/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/952/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/952/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-chi-1-1a_narr.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ddr-chi-1-1a_narr.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/952/interviews/"},"display_name":"Kikuno Goi","bio":"Kibei Nisei couple. Kikuno was born in the United States, then moved to Japan with her family after her father passed away. In the lead up to World War II, her uncle sent Kikuno and her brother back to the United States, where they were raised in foster care in northern California. During World War II, Kikuno was sent with missionaries to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Mitsuo was born in the United States and then sent to live with an uncle in Japan. He returned to the U.S. before World War II, then was sent to the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. 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Widow of Clarence Arai, lawyer and key figure in founding of the Japanese American Citizens League. In her interview, discusses childhood and memories of being married to Clarence during the turbulent war years. After the war, supported the family and cared for the ailing Clarence until his death in 1964. Remarried to George Bartholomew in 1978."},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-137-2","model":"segment","index":"22 1122/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-137-2/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-137-2/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ymitsuye-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ymitsuye-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Mitsuye May Yamada Interview Segment 2","description":"Living and working in an American Friends' hostel in Cincinnati after leaving Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho
Mitsuye Yamada was interviewed together with her two surviving brothers, William Toshio Yasutake and Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. She was interviewed individually on October 9-10, 2002.
Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own family history interviews. Individually and jointly, they and other family members had written and gathered material documenting their family history. They shared much of this with me to assist with research and preparation for the Densho interview. Mitsuye's daughter Jeni had coordinated much of the family history work. Jeni participated as a secondary interviewer during the group sessions, October 8-9, 2002.The group interview sessions were conducted in Seattle at the home of Tom Ikeda, executive director of Densho. The oldest Yasutake sibling, Reverend Seiichi Michael Yasutake, had passed away less than a year before the Densho interviewing, in December, 2001. The remaining siblings emphasized that his absence left a gap in their discussion of family history. 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An envelope containing various programs and itineraries for the 1994 Tule Lake Pilgrimage accompanies photographs of Takeharu's trips to Oregon and California with his wife, Setsuko. A clipping of Takeharu Inouye's obituary in an Idaho newspaper provides a conclusion for this collection.","links_children":"ddr-densho-365","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","public":"1","rights":"cc","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-densho-365-7-mezzanine-6140e99b60-a.jpg"},{"id":"214","model":"narrator","index":"24 1124/{'value': 1156, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/214/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/214/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ibetty.jpg","thumb":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/narrators/ibetty.jpg","interviews":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/narrator/214/interviews/"},"display_name":"Betty Fumiye Ito","bio":"Nisei female. 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