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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-174-17)
Hearing of the bombing of Pearl Harbor while visiting with Japanese American soldiers
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-174-15)
Experiences living and teaching in Japan
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-174-24)
Meeting an influential teacher and mentor at Columbia University
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-174-5)
Suffering financial difficulties during the Great Depression
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-174-10)
Moving to Ellensburg, Washington, and attending college; experiencing discrimination by a professor
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-174-9)
Fond memories of grade school; being discouraged by a counselor from applying for college
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-174-1)
Father's immigration story: illegally entering U.S. as a contract laborer
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-174-11)
Memories of daily life in Ellensburg, Washington
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-174-20)
Leaving camp for Chicago: experiencing housing discrimination
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-174-23)
Experiences in New York: being interviewed by the War Department
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-174-28)
Message for future generations: importance of compassion and integrity
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Japanese diplomats at a Dutch East India Company banquet (ddr-njpa-4-1776)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies extends invitation to our representative. Governor-General van Starkenborgh[?], of a territory called [?], part of the East Indies, invited our representative, Yoshizawa, and others to a party at the official residence in Batavia on the evening of January 11th. 1. From the right: Captain Maeda, of …
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Green Lake Young People's Club (ddr-densho-130-1)
Members of the Green Lake Seinenkai (young people's club), a social club primarily for Nisei in their teens and twenties. This club organized athletic, cultural, and social activities such as formal dances (pictured here). Back row (L to R): Kiyoshi Tada, Makoto Sasaki, Shuichi Abe, Eddie Kanno. Middle row (L to R): Nobi Yamada, Sumio Mochizuki, …
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Community picnic (ddr-one-1-453)
Color slide of people sitting around a picnic table at a community picnic. From left to right: Ted Tamaki, Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Eddie Tamiyasu, Nobuko (Ochiai) Susaki, and unidentified. According to donor processed on September 12, 1952.
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President of a Kiryu school (ddr-njpa-4-1423)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Doctor of Engineering, president of Kiryu High School, Hirotaro[?] Nishida."
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Karen Ota and Wayne Yoshitomi on the last day of camp (ddr-densho-336-971)
The 1977 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.
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Beach party (ddr-densho-134-6)
Students of Lincoln High School on an outing to Richmond Beach in Seattle, Washington. Panel one (L to R): Roy Tanagi, Nobi Sasaki. Panel two (L to R): Ken Tanaka, Hiroshi Yahagi. Panel three (L to R): Yoshino Kano, Alice Ota, Mariko Kumasaka.
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Obon Festival- Dancer (ddr-one-1-249)
Black and white photographic negative of Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki smiling for the camera in front of crowd during Obon. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community.
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Handmade book (ddr-densho-339-21)
A handmade book reflecting on Doris Saito's time at Heart Mountain.
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Bank in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan (ddr-csujad-38-423)
Photographed is a bank of the Ota Rivier in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan. The caption reads: This photo is a bank of the Ota River running in Kabe-cho. Once it rained, it flooded the river. The bank was fully covered with cement and prevents the river from flooding. It guarantees a good harvest of rice every year. …
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Bank in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan (ddr-csujad-38-424)
Photographed is a bank of the Ota Rivier in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan. The caption reads: This photo is a bank of the Ota River running in Kabe-cho. Once it rained, it flooded the river. The bank was fully covered with cement and prevents the river from flooding. It guarantees a good harvest of rice every year. …