(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":"00:14:50","links_children":"ddr-densho-1012-7","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":134,"namepart":"Dale Minami"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Steven Okazaki","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"February 18, 1984","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Dale Minami narrator","download_large":"denshovh-mdale-03-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1012-6","model":"entity","index":"5 2405/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-6/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1012-6/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1012/denshovh-mdale-02-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1012/denshovh-mdale-02-a.jpg"},"title":"Dale Minami Interview I","description":"Sansei male. Born in Los Angeles, California on October 13, 1946, and grew up in Gardena, California. Received B.A. in Political Science from University of Southern California, graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1968. Received J.D., 1971, from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California. Mr. Minami was a co-founder of the Asian Law Caucus, Inc., a co-founder of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area, the Asian Pacific Bar of California and the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans. He was involved in significant litigation affecting civil rights of Asian Pacific Americans and other minorities, including Korematsu v. United States, a lawsuit to overturn a 40 year old conviction for refusal to obey exclusion orders aimed at Japanese Americans during WWII, originally upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in landmark decisions; United Pilipinos for Affirmative Action v. California Blue Shield, the first class action employment lawsuit brought by Asian Pacific Americans on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans; Spokane JACL v. Washington State University, a class action on behalf of Asian Pacific Americans to establish an Asian American Studies program at Washington State University; and Nakanishi v. UCLA, a claim for unfair denial of tenure which resulted in the granting of tenure after widespread publicity over discrimination in academia. Mr. Minami represents Kristi Yamaguchi, the 1992 Olympic Gold Medal skater, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, actor Lane Nishikawa, and others in the fields of media and entertainment. He is counsel to the National Asian American Telecommunications Association and the Asian American Journalists' Association. Mr. Minami has taught at University of California, Berkeley and Mills College in Oakland, CA and has been a Commissioner of the State of California's Fair Employment and Housing Commission, a Commissioner on the State Bar of California, Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, the Chair of the Attorney General's Asian/Pacific Advisory Committee and a Member of Senator Barbara Boxer's Judicial Screening Committee. He was Chair of the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund Commission, appointed by President Clinton in 1994. Mr. Minami has received numerous awards including the State Bar President's Pro bono Service Award, an honorary Juris Doctor degree from the McGeorge School of Law, designation of a dormitory at the University of California at Santa Cruz as the \"Queen Liliuokalani-Minami\" Dormitory, awards from the Coro Foundation, the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, the Harry Dow Memorial Fellowship in Boston, the Fred Korematsu Civil Rights Fund Award, the Organization of Chinese Americans, the Japanese American Youth Center and the Centro Legale de la Raza. Mr. Minami is a partner with Minami, Lew and Tamaki in San Francisco, and specializes in personal injury and entertainment law.
(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":"00:10:42","links_children":"ddr-densho-1012-6","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":134,"namepart":"Dale Minami"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Steven Okazaki","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"San Francisco, California","creation":"October 4, 1983","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Dale Minami narrator","download_large":"denshovh-mdale-02-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-42-87","model":"entity","index":"6 2406/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-87/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-42-87/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-42/ddr-csujad-42-87-mezzanine-c0a22d7735-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-42/ddr-csujad-42-87-mezzanine-c0a22d7735-a.jpg"},"title":"Letter from Fred C. Bold, Assistant Manager, Los Angeles Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to Mr. Fumio Takano, April 15, 1942","description":"A letter from Fred C. Bold, Assistant Manager, Los Angeles Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to Fumio Takano in Los Angeles, California. The letter follows up the inquiry from Fumio Takano regarding his home mortgage and automobile loan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_42_001","extent":"1 page, 11 x 8.5 inches, typescript","links_children":"ddr-csujad-42-87","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Bold, Fred C."},{"role":"author","namepart":"Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Los Angeles Branch"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Mass removal (\"evacuation\") -- Preparation","id":"189"},{"term":"Identity and values -- Nisei","id":"44"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- California -- Los Angeles","id":"272"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections","rights":"nocc","genre":"misc_document","location":"Los Angeles, California","creation":"4/15/1942","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Bold, Fred C. author \nFederal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Los Angeles Branch author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-42-87-mezzanine-c0a22d7735-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-1000-122","model":"entity","index":"7 2407/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-122/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-1000-122/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ttomiye-01-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-1000/denshovh-ttomiye-01-a.jpg"},"title":"Tomiye Terasaki Interview","description":"Kibei female. Born October 5, 1910, in San Francisco, California. At age three, sent to live with grandfather and receive education in Fukuoka, Japan. After high school, temporarily moved to Tokyo and assisted family-owned business. In 1929, returned to U.S. to join parents in Sacramento. After arranged marriage to Mr. Tadao Sakita, moved to Los Angeles, raised three children and jointly ran a successful cafe. Returned to Sacramento after the bombing of Pearl Harbor to be with family in 1942, until all persons of Japanese ancestry were removed from West Coast. Gave birth to a son while at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the war, returned to Los Angeles, and converted to Christianity. Remarried to Mr. Terasaki after first husband's death. At the time of the interview, Mrs. Terasaki resided in Los Angeles, making and repairing Japanese calligraphy scrolls.
(This interview was conducted in Japanese. It was translated so as to convey Mrs. Terasaki's way of speaking as closely as possible. For example, there are instances in which she makes some grammatical errors. These mistakes are conveyed through similar grammatical errors in English, in order to recreate Mrs. Terasaki's manner of speaking. Mrs. Terasaki spoke in the Fukuoka dialect.)","extent":"01:03:58","links_children":"ddr-densho-1000-122","creators":[{"role":"narrator","oh_id":120,"namepart":"Tomiye Terasaki"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Ken Silverman"},{"role":"interviewer","namepart":"Alice Ito"},{"role":"videographer","namepart":"Steve Hamada"}],"format":"vh","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"nr_id":"88922/nr010wd4q","namepart":"Sakita, Tomiye"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"interview","location":"Seattle, Washington","creation":"July 3, 2000","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Tomiye Terasaki narrator \nKen Silverman interviewer \nAlice Ito interviewer \nSteve Hamada videographer Sakita, Tomiye 88922nr010wd4q","download_large":"denshovh-ttomiye-01-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-njpa-4-1397","model":"entity","index":"8 2408/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1397/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-njpa-4-1397/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-1397-master-6da4473ad5-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-1397-master-6da4473ad5-a.jpg"},"title":"Photographs of a statue and the sculptor","description":"Caption on reverse [translation]: \"Statue of 'Masaoka,' who was a local retainer to the Date family. Built at Shokaku Temple in Nakameguro. (Tokyo) July 11, 1934. The statue of 'Masaoka' will be built at Shokaku Temple in Nakameguro, where she spent her last day. She tried to help her Date master during the family's trouble, and she suffered from much persecution and havoc. Her statue is being sculpted by Fujitaro Nita, and an unveiling ceremony will be held in October. The photos are 1, the statue of Masaoka and the sculptor, Mr. Nita.\" Caption on reverse of second photo [translation]: \"Fujitaro Nita.\"","extent":"2.5W x 3.5H","links_children":"ddr-njpa-4-1397","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Domei"}],"format":"img","language":["jpn"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Nita, Fujitaro"},{"namepart":"Masaoka"}],"contributor":"Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation","rights":"pcc","genre":"photograph","location":"Nakameguro, Tokyo, Japan","creation":"9-Jul-36","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Domei author Nita, Fujitaro \nMasaoka","download_large":"ddr-njpa-4-1397-master-6da4473ad5-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-njpa-4-1273","model":"entity","index":"9 2409/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-4-1273/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-njpa-4-1273/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-1273-master-717ced71ac-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-njpa-4/ddr-njpa-4-1273-master-717ced71ac-a.jpg"},"title":"Clipping regarding husband and wife artists","description":"Caption on front [translation]: \"Teacher and student. Mr. & Mrs. Wako. He is only 35 years old and in the prime of his manhood, and fortunate enough to show his work in the Imperial Exhibition in the future, the artist Nakano and his new wife, Michiko, who draws like the sweet-smelling flower she is. This sweet woman is the daughter of District Chief of Police [?]. They married this April. Their love for art changed to love for family in front of the canvas step by step. Like in this photo, they are a truly great, sweet couple.\"","extent":"3.5W x 4H","links_children":"ddr-njpa-4-1273","format":"doc","language":["jpn"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Nakano, Wako"},{"namepart":"Nakano, Michiko"}],"contributor":"Hawaii Times Photo Archives Foundation","rights":"pcc","genre":"clipping","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Nakano, Wako \nNakano, Michiko","download_large":"ddr-njpa-4-1273-master-717ced71ac-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-njpa-5-112","model":"entity","index":"10 2410/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-5-112/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-njpa-5-112/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-njpa-5/ddr-njpa-5-112-mezzanine-7fd5b56720-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-njpa-5/ddr-njpa-5-112-mezzanine-7fd5b56720-a.jpg"},"title":"Article about Kansaburo Ageno","description":"Translation of article: Kanzaburo Ageno is going to Japan as a professor of fisheries. Kanzaburo Ageno, second-generation fisherman from Maui, has decided to go to Japan with his family. He is leaving April 22 on the Kamakara-maru to be a professor at the Yaezu fisheries school at Shimizu Port in Shizuoka Prefecture. He will be sent to the fisheries school in one of the South Seas mandate areas belonging to the Yaezu school. This plan is based on the current national South Seas advance policy. His oldest son, Junichiro, and Mr. Yamase are going to run the fishing grounds in Molokai.","extent":"5W x 2.5H","links_children":"ddr-njpa-5-112","creators":[{"role":"publisher","namepart":"Nippu Jiji"}],"format":"doc","language":["jpn"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Ageno, Kansaburo"}],"contributor":"Hawai'i Times Photo Archives Foundation","rights":"pcc","genre":"clipping","location":"Maui, Hawai'i","creation":"4/1/1941","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Nippu Jiji publisher Ageno, Kansaburo","download_large":"ddr-njpa-5-112-mezzanine-7fd5b56720-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-one-3-60","model":"entity","index":"11 2411/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-60/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-one-3-60/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-one-3/ddr-one-3-60-master-ddc5ef7ae9-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-one-3/ddr-one-3-60-master-ddc5ef7ae9-a.jpg"},"title":"Christmas card and letter from Opal Yarnell to Kida family","description":"Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. K. Kida and son in Nyssa, Oregon. Christmas card from Opal Yarnell to the Kida family dated December 16, 1943. Says she is afraid that Mrs. Pyatt doesn't have long to live. Hopes the war will end. Talks about her son Bucky in the navy and the places he has been stationed in the US. General news about friends and family. Asks the Kidas what they are going to do after the war ends; advises them not to come back to White Salmon due to a negative change in public opinion.","extent":"1 envelope: 5 W x 4.5 H; 1 card: 9.5 W x 8.5 H","links_children":"ddr-one-3-60","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Yarnell, Opal"}],"topics":[{"term":"Geographic communities -- Oregon","id":"284"},{"term":"Geographic communities -- Washington","id":"290"},{"term":"World War II -- Leaving camp -- Work leave -- Permanent agricultural work leave","id":"420"},{"term":"World War II -- Support from the non-Japanese American community","id":"80"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon","rights":"cc","genre":"correspondence","location":"White Salmon, Washington","creation":"12/16/1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Yarnell, Opal author","download_large":"ddr-one-3-60-master-ddc5ef7ae9-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-1","model":"entity","index":"12 2412/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-1/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-1/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-1-mezzanine-42df205be0-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-1-mezzanine-42df205be0-a.jpg"},"title":"Term report: what will my future ambition be?","description":"Term paper by George Odahara for period V Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. He discusses working in a print shop during middle and high school to become a printer. However, after the war started he changed paths to become a farmer, believing he would never be allowed to be a printer. Transcription is available in item: ecm_wells_9001. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0001","extent":"13 pages, 8.5 x 7.5 inches, handwritten","links_children":"ddr-csujad-48-1","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Odahara, George"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Education","id":"73"},{"term":"Education -- Secondary education","id":"335"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Impact of incarceration","id":"78"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Eastern California Museum","rights":"nocc","genre":"misc_document","location":"Manzanar, California","facility":[{"term":"Manzanar","id":"7"}],"creation":"1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Odahara, George author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-48-1-mezzanine-42df205be0-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-csujad-48-63","model":"entity","index":"13 2413/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-48-63/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-csujad-48-63/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-63-mezzanine-bcf9b7b284-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-csujad-48/ddr-csujad-48-63-mezzanine-bcf9b7b284-a.jpg"},"title":"Term paper: poultry raising","description":"Term Paper by Masao Hayashida for period III Senior Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Masao discusses the in detail the steps necessary to be a good poultry farmer. He discusses the types of chickens, the required habitat and living conditions as well as necessary steps to profit from the business. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9063. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0063","extent":"7 pages, 10.5 x 8 inches, handwritten","links_children":"ddr-csujad-48-63","creators":[{"role":"author","namepart":"Hayashida, Masao"}],"topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Education","id":"73"},{"term":"Education -- Secondary education","id":"335"},{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Impact of incarceration","id":"78"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Eastern California Museum","rights":"nocc","genre":"misc_document","location":"Manzanar, California","facility":[{"term":"Manzanar","id":"7"}],"creation":"2/15/1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Hayashida, Masao author","download_large":"ddr-csujad-48-63-mezzanine-bcf9b7b284-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-156-354","model":"entity","index":"14 2414/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-354/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-156-354/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-156/ddr-densho-156-354-mezzanine-077fd98b3e-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-156/ddr-densho-156-354-mezzanine-077fd98b3e-a.jpg"},"title":"Weekly Press Review No. 41","description":"Original summary excerpt: Reports of a farm strike at the Tule Lake segregation center were the greatest source of news this week. It was stated that residents of the area were demanding protection against the Japanese as the result of a local rancher's statement that he and members of the WRA staff, including the National Director, were held prisoners in the center's Administration building for four hours by 8,000 segregees. Director Myer denied this statement and said there had been no rioting. Project Director Raymond Best asserted the evacuees had \"gathered to hear Mr. Myer speak and disband peacefully after presenting several requests.\"","extent":"2372W x 3104H (pixels)","links_children":"ddr-densho-156-354","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Facilities, services, and camp administration","id":"69"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"misc_document","creation":"November 3, 1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-densho-156-354-mezzanine-077fd98b3e-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-156-336","model":"entity","index":"15 2415/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-336/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-156-336/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-156/ddr-densho-156-336-mezzanine-259121b977-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-156/ddr-densho-156-336-mezzanine-259121b977-a.jpg"},"title":"Weekly Press Review No. 24","description":"Original summary excerpt: There was some reduction in the amount of publicity originating fom the Dies Committee investigation. 444 news articles were received, contrasted with 575 last week. Comparatively few new stories were released by the Committee; most of the clippings received were based on events occurring earlier. While the week saw a decline in news stories, more editorials appeared. Editors throughout the country seem generally to have been misled by the Dies sensationalism; indeed, some editors who apparently had opposed the Committee in the past seemed to feel that Mr. Dies at last had uncovered something really significant.","extent":"2371W x 3128H (pixels)","links_children":"ddr-densho-156-336","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Concentration camps -- Facilities, services, and camp administration","id":"69"}],"format":"doc","language":["eng"],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"cc","genre":"misc_document","creation":"June 30, 1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"","download_large":"ddr-densho-156-336-mezzanine-259121b977-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-densho-37-329","model":"entity","index":"16 2416/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-329/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-densho-37-329/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-densho-37/ddr-densho-37-329-mezzanine-0b909e05c7-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-densho-37/ddr-densho-37-329-mezzanine-0b909e05c7-a.jpg"},"title":"Nisei military volunteers","description":"Original WRA caption: A family group picture of the Sakura family. Left to right are, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sakura and their baby, Frederick Scott Sakura, 10 weeks old; Chester is holding Chester, Jr., age 2; John David, age 7, is standing in [front] of Mrs. Chester Sakura; Gerald 3-1/2 is in front of Kenny; Mrs. Misa Sakura, mother of the Sakura brothers; Ted. All the children, except the baby, belong to Chester. The four brothers, Ken, Chester, Ted and Howard, volunteered for service in the combat team composed of Americans of Japanese ancestry.","links_children":"ddr-densho-37-329","topics":[{"term":"World War II -- Military service -- 442nd Regimental Combat Team","id":"89"}],"format":"img","language":["eng"],"persons":[{"namepart":"Sakura, Howard"},{"namepart":"Sakura, Frederick Scott"}],"contributor":"Densho","rights":"pdm","genre":"photograph","location":"Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho","facility":[{"term":"Minidoka","id":"8"}],"creation":"March 12, 1943","status":"completed","search_hidden":"Sakura, Howard \nSakura, Frederick Scott","download_large":"ddr-densho-37-329-mezzanine-0b909e05c7-a.jpg"},{"id":"ddr-ajah-6-123","model":"entity","index":"17 2417/{'value': 2577, 'relation': 'eq'}","links":{"html":"https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-123/","json":"https://ddr.densho.org/api/0.2/ddr-ajah-6-123/","img":"https://ddr.densho.org/media/ddr-ajah-6/ddr-ajah-6-123-mezzanine-7e22f57e23-a.jpg","thumb":"http://ddrmedia.local/media/ddr-ajah-6/ddr-ajah-6-123-mezzanine-7e22f57e23-a.jpg"},"title":"Man standing on porch of house with business sign","description":"Caption below photo: this circa 1905-1910 photo of 1218 Oak includes signage that appears to state cleaning or cleaners, which fits the advertising from the 1907 era. 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