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Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-55-6)
Business opportunities in postwar Alaska, land speculation and salmon eggs
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Statement of Bill Sheffield (ddr-densho-67-335)
Written statement of Bill Sheffield, Governor of Alaska. This statement was submitted for the hearings on House of Representatives Bill H.R. 4110 in June of 1984.
Narrator June Takahashi
Nisei female. Born July 21, 1926, in Petersburg, Alaska. Both mother and father were jailed in Petersburg after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in Seattle, Washington.
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Two men washing canned salmon (ddr-densho-15-90)
Fred Kosaka (left) and (first name unknown) Takehara wash cans of salmon that have just been cooked. Washing was necessary to remove debris produced during the cooking process.
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Two men fishing for trout (ddr-densho-15-91)
Fred Kosaka (top) and (first name unknown) Sano fish for Dolly Varden, a type of trout. The two men were in Alaska to work in the canneries.
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Salmon cannery (ddr-densho-15-88)
Mike Petrakov unloads salmon onto a conveyor belt for processing. Many Japanese Americans also worked for this same cannery.
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Workers traveling to canneries (ddr-densho-15-21)
These cannery workers are aboard the steamship "Aleutian" on its way to Alaska. Three individuals are identified: Hiroshi Yamada (middle front), Hiro Nishimura (right front), and Kenny Nakatani (back right).
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Cannery workers (ddr-densho-15-20)
These workers are sitting on plywood in front of the cannery.
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Canned salmon (ddr-densho-15-89)
The cans of salmon have been set out to cool after being cooked and cleaned.
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Man works on plane in snow (ddr-densho-321-300)
Notation:"868G-4-LAFB-16JAN56-A/C ACC-F-89D-52-1862A."
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Interior of a cockpit (ddr-densho-321-299)
Notation:"868G-4-LAFB-16JAN56-A/C ACC-F-89D-52-1862A."
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Air Force plane in a snow field (ddr-densho-321-301)
Notation:"868G-4-LAFB-16JAN56-A/C ACC-F-89D-52-1862A."
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"Blue Foxes" parade float (ddr-densho-321-302)
Caption on float: "18 F.I.S. 'Blue Foxes' Puts the 'Bite' in Arctic Defense."