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img Funeral photo titled Death of a Midwife (ddr-ajah-6-227)

Caption below photo: Midwife Takiye Kondo's funeral service at Gila River incarceration camp 2, Arizona. Takiye suffered an aortic aneurism and died in Rivers Community Hospital on march 9, 1945. She lived just an hour and a half after being admitted. She was from Alameda, CA.

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img Funeral photo outside Buddhist Church at Gila River Camp (ddr-ajah-6-163)

Caption below photo: Midwife Takiye Kondo's funeral service at Gila River incarceration camp 2, Arizona. Takiye suffered an aortic aneurism and died in Rivers Community Hospital on March 9, 1945. She lived just an hour and a half after being admitted. She was from Alameda, CA. This second photo taken by the photographer of the funeral …

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Collection Kondo Collection (ddr-densho-102)

The Kondo collection consists of photographs and documents from the personal family collection of Kara Kondo, who was interviewed by Densho in 2002. Many of the materials depict Kara's life growing up in Wapato, Washington, prior to World War II.

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img Two women sitting on car fender (ddr-ajah-6-108)

Caption below photo: Picnicking in Niles, CA, with Alice Takakura (left) and Mary Kondo, of Alameda, CA, circa late 1920s-early 1930s.

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img Nisei woman receiving the Governor's Centennial Volunteer Award (ddr-densho-102-48)

Washington State's First Lady Jean Gardner and Secretary of State Ralph Munro made this presentation to Kara Kondo on behalf of Governor Booth Gardner.

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img Nisei at Epworth United Methodist Church (ddr-one-1-439)

Black and white photographic print of Nisei at Epworth United Methodist Church most likely during the Northwest Methodist Rally. Front row left to right: unidentified, Martha (Kondo) Miyasaki, Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka, Atsuko "Alice" Kida and Nami (Miura) Koida. Back row: unidentified, Yone (Kanda) Terada, Gloria (Osawa) Fujii, Mary (Kondo) Yamano, Miriam (Koyama) Kiso, and Masae "Elsie" …

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img Heart Mountain Mess crew 21-27 (ddr-densho-363-52)

Mes Crew 21-27 pose outside the building. Back row: Mrs. Imori, Nishimoto, Kondo, Mr. Okamoto; Front row: Mrs. Wada, Nabata, Ushijima, Ruth Murakami, Nagazawa, Kimi Kuwahara

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img Nisei at Epworth United Methodist Church (ddr-one-1-325)

Black and white photographic negative of Nisei at Epworth United Methodist Church most likely during the Northwest Methodist Rally. They sit in two rows around a bay window. Front row left to right: unidentified, Martha (Kondo) Miyasaki, Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka, Atsuko "Alice" Kida and Nami (Miura) Koida. Back row: unidentified, Yone (Kanda) Terada, Gloria (Osawa) Fujii, …

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img Kanekazu Okada and others posing with young women in kimono (ddr-njpa-4-1987)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "2-18-33. First row, left to right, Alice Yamashiro, Fanny Teshima, Consul General Okada, Annie Kuraoka, Frances Uchida. 2nd row. Toshio Karamatsu, Dr. K. C. Kondo."

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doc Letter from Harry Kondo to T. Sugimoto (ddr-ajah-7-11)

Informing him that his baggage had to be paid in advance for shipping and that the JACL had paid the shipping costs to Colorado

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img Five people outside house in Alameda after Kimiko Nakayama and Goro Sato's wedding (ddr-ajah-6-183)

Caption below photo: L to R: Yoshino Sato of Oakland, Toshio Sato, Mary Kondo, and ? Pose on Buena Vista Avenue in Alameda, CA. Goro marries Kimiko Nakayama, November 22, 1936 in Alameda

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doc Letter from Harry Kondo to John W. Abbott (ddr-ajah-7-10)

Asking for consideration for allowing community members to move to productive agricultural land

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doc Letter from Harry Kondo to Pete Aiello, Greco Canning Co. (ddr-ajah-7-12)

Enclosing contract for sale of tomato plants

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Narrator Kara Kondo

Nisei female. Born May 24, 1916, in the Yakima valley, Washington, and spent childhood in Wapato, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the North Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and then to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Was on the staff of the camp newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel. Left camp for Chicago, …

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img Group of girls in costume on state (ddr-ajah-3-216)

Caption below photo: 1925 Joshi Seinenkai young ladies society stageplay. Individuals identified

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img Women in front of store (ddr-densho-359-362)

Alice Tanemura poses with Lucy Ono in front of a store.

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img George Kondo near a display of photographs taken at incarceration camps during World War II (ddr-csujad-52-14)

A man is positioned next to a display board showing photographs and text. The caption above photograph reads, "SAN FRANCISCO, April 21--SEEKING INTERNMENT COMPENSATION-- George Kondo looks over a display of Japanese internment photographs taken during World Warr II, at the Japanese-American Citizen League in San Francisco Monday. Like 120,000 others, Kondo was interned by presidential …

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img Nisei at Epworth United Methodist Church (ddr-one-1-326)

Black and white photographic negative of Nisei women at Epworth United Methodist Church rolling up newspapers, possibly during the Northwest Methodist Rally. From left to right: Martha (Kondo) Miyasaki, Miriam (Koyama) Kiso, Grace (Sakano) Robbs, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, unidentified, and Masae "Elsie" (Morita) Onishi. For print please see ONLC 3145 (ddr-one-1-327).

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img Group of women on balcony (ddr-densho-359-174)

Lucy Ono is third from left; Alice Tanemura is on far right

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img Two women pose on box (ddr-densho-359-171)

Alice Tanemura and Lucy Ono

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img Four women pose outside of the house (ddr-densho-359-172)

Alice Tanemura, second from left; Lucy Ono on far right

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img Japanese American women (ddr-densho-359-348)

Betty and Alice Tanemura The photograph is signed "To Alice, Love Betty"

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img Group of women on balcony (ddr-densho-359-173)

Lucy Ono is third from left; Alice Tanemura is on far right

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img Nisei at Epworth United Methodist Church (ddr-one-1-327)

Black and white original photographic print of Nisei women at Epworth United Methodist Church rolling up newspapers possibly during the Northwest Methodist Rally. From left to right: Martha (Kondo) Miyasaki, Miriam (Koyama) Kiso, Grace (Sakano) Robbs, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, unidentified, and Masae "Elsie" (Morita) Onishi. For negative please see ONLC 3144 (ddr-one-1-326)

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vh Kara Kondo Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-139-24)

Change in the Wapato community as a result of mass removal; deciding what to take to camp

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