Yoshioka Family Collection

ddr-densho-391

Collection of 69 photographs and 4 documents from the Yoshioka family. The photographs are of Kiyoko Yoshioka nee Maeda's life, mainly pre-war California and Japan, some from Poston, and some in post-war California.

1900-1990

1920-1942

Densho

Courtesy of the Yoshioka Family Collection, Densho

73 Objects

Letter to Mrs. Jones from Mary H. Yoshioka (ddr-densho-391-1)
doc Letter to Mrs. Jones from Mary H. Yoshioka (ddr-densho-391-1)
Letter to Mrs. Jones from Mary H. (Yoshioka) Higuchi. In the letter Mary provides a detailed biography of her life and why that has informed her desire to become a teacher.
Portrait of Kiyoko Maeda and aunt (ddr-densho-391-4)
img Portrait of Kiyoko Maeda and aunt (ddr-densho-391-4)
Portrait of Kiyoko (Maeda) Yoshioka and her aunt in kimonos in front of backdrop painted like a shoreline.
Portrait (ddr-densho-391-5)
img Portrait (ddr-densho-391-5)
Professional portrait of an unidentified man dressed in suit holding a baby.
Playing outside (ddr-densho-391-7)
img Playing outside (ddr-densho-391-7)
Photograph of Kiyoko (Maeda) Yoshioka with her daughter Hatsuko Mary (Yoshioka) Higuchi outside. Hatsuko is seated on a scooter and Kiyoko is knelt beside her.
Posing with a lifebuoy (ddr-densho-391-8)
img Posing with a lifebuoy (ddr-densho-391-8)
Photograph of two men holding a lifebuoy knelt beside a railing.
Family photograph (ddr-densho-391-10)
img Family photograph (ddr-densho-391-10)
Photograph of a man, woman and three children seated outside.

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