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320 items
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Nisei Back on Roll of Honor (March 6, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1105)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 6, 1945, p. 3
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Mid-Columbia Bulletin Vol. VI (ddr-one-3-8)
Mid-Columbia Bulletin newsletter. Vol. VI, April 22, 1942. Written by the J.A.C.L. (Japanese American Citizens League). Covers preparations for the incarceration of the Japanese American community, including packing, property sales, personal documents (e.g. wills, letters of recommendations, etc.), financial concerns, and other information regarding the evacuation order. Includes a description about what life at the Assembly …
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Mid-Columbia Bulletin Vol. VII (ddr-one-3-9)
Mid-Columbia Bulletin newsletter. Vol. VII, April 30, 1942. First page in English, gives information about what the Assembly Centers are like and what items may be brought to the Center. Mentions the sale of rice and a typhoid inoculation clinic. The remaining 5 pages are in Japanese.
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Japanese American women and children (ddr-densho-259-172)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A large group of Hood River Issei women and their many, many children, but with no men present In an associated picture [Masuo Yasui] had written that this was a gathering of the Hood River Japanese in front of the R.G. Dieck's [Dicek's] place for their annual Decoration Day."
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Young people's church gathering (ddr-densho-259-282)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Some sort of young Nisei gathering taken in front of the Hood River Riverside Church, a Congregational church Since both the Reverends Lester Bond, the then-pastor at Riverside, and Taro Goto are shown, I figure that this was some sort of a young peoples' church gathering, mostly likely a YPCC [Young People's …
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Yasui Brothers store in Hood River (ddr-densho-259-160)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Daiichi Takeoka and Keisuke Ito of Portland, [Masuo Yasui], [Shidzuyo Yasui] and Senichi Tomihiro standing in front of the main door to the second Yasui Brothers store in Hood River."
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Group of Issei and Nisei gathered in front of a train (ddr-densho-259-198)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Japanese standing beside a couple of cars of a passenger train. [Renichi Fujimoto] is standing a little off to himself on the left in the shade, and from left to right are: Homer [Yasui] (looking up at [Shidzuyo Yasui]), Shizue Iwatsuki, Katsusaburo Tamura on the steps of …
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"Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall" (ddr-densho-259-321)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall."
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"Group of three Nisei girls" (ddr-densho-259-537)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of three Nisei girls Chieko [Takasumi], who was called 'Chikie' was a very popular Nisei girl in the Hood River Nikkei community."
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Nisei brothers in a garden (ddr-densho-259-467)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Roku and Shu [Yasui]--or maybe it's me--at the Third Street home."
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"Third Yasui Brothers Store under construction" (ddr-densho-259-284)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This view [of the third Yasui Brothers Store under construction] was looking north northwest. The brick building to the left was the Hood River Hotel. The wooden building with the cupola and the verandas on both the first and second stories was the old Mt. Hood Hotel."
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Mother and children on the sidewalk (ddr-densho-259-40)
Shidzuyo Yasui with her children Tsuyoshi ("Ches") and Minoru.
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Issei men with team of horses on farm (ddr-densho-259-357)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Issei man standing next to a team of horses, an Issei driver and a man standing on the driver's side of a truck loaded with boxes Those boxes look like strawberry crates."
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Japanese American family at train station (ddr-densho-259-210)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] and all eight of the Yasui children seeing [Renichi Fujimoto] off at the Hood River train depot."
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Issei men outside a store (ddr-densho-259-265)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is the Oak Street view of the back half of the second Yasui Brothers store in Hood River. The man at the left was Kamematsu Norimatsu, but I don't know the other man."
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Two Nisei brothers in front of a fence (ddr-densho-259-180)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is a very cute picture of Kay and Ches [Yasui] when they were little boys. I will guess that Kay was 4 and Ches was 3 when it was taken."
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Portrait of Nisei man in a suit (ddr-densho-259-447)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of Harry Iwatsuki, the son of Kamegoro and Shizue Iwatsuki." Signature: "Sincerely Harry."
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Issei and Nisei men at railroad depot (ddr-densho-259-148)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Masuo Yasui], Kay and Ches, together with an unidentified Japanese man, standing in front of the old Hood River Railroad Depot I will guess that Kay was 17 here, and Ches 16."
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"Hood River Japanese community hall" (ddr-densho-259-349)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Hood River Japanese community hall."
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Nisei baby smiling (ddr-densho-259-103)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay [Yasui] as a baby. This may very well have been taken at [Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasui's] first home, which was at Columbia Street in Hood River."
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Issei men in feudal Japanese costumes (ddr-densho-259-229)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Issei men dressed in feudal Japanese costumes These ancient Japanese costumes represented the samurai, and possibly some of the entourage of a daimyo (a samurai lord); some of the priestly class; the artisan class represented by men in workmen's clothing and carrying framing squares; and interestingly, a couple of …