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doc Clipping from San Francisco Examiner Sunday magazine Highlight with review of The World of Suzie Wong (ddr-densho-367-263)

Article: The Honky Tonk Girl of Hong Kong

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-367-263/

vh Yasashi Ichikawa Interview I Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-111-15)

Arriving in America: shopping for Western-style clothes in San Francisco (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-111-15/

doc Postcard to Yuri Tsukada from Lynn (ddr-densho-356-172)

Postcard to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Lynn providing news of completing school and moving to an new home in San Francisco.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-172/

img Goods for sale in Japantown (ddr-densho-151-233)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. A common sight on the streets of the Japanese quarter of the city prior to evacuation.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-233/

img Japanese Americans waiting for the bus (ddr-densho-151-105)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. With baggage stacked, residents of Japanese ancestry await bus at Wartime Civil Control Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, as part of the first group of 664 to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-105/

doc Heart Mountain Coordinator's Bulletin No. 13 (February 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-97-558)

Selected article titles: "Redwood City" (p. 1), "Palo Alto" (p. 1), "Stanford University" (p. 1), "Menlo Park" (p. 1), "Atherton" (p. 1), "Mountain View" (p. 2), "San Jose" (p. 2), "San Francisco" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-97-558/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 50 No. 6 (February 5, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-6)

Select article titles: "San Francisco Police Chief Lauds Low Crime Rate of Orientals" (p.1); "Apartment house sued for bias" (p.7);

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-32-6/

doc Gila Bulletin, Vol. I No. 1 (September 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-141-430)

Selected article titles: "Hostels: Freight Not Accepted" (p. 1), "Visitors: Leave Regulations" (p. 1), "San Francisco: Navy Man Backs Nisei" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-430/

doc Schedule for the Public Hearing by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (August 12, 1981) (ddr-janm-4-31)

Schedule for the Public Hearing in San Francisco, California by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (August 12, 1981).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-31/

doc Schedule for the Public Hearing by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (August 11, 1981) (ddr-janm-4-30)

Schedule for the Public Hearing in San Francisco, California by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (August 11, 1981).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-30/

doc Schedule for the Public Hearing by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (August 13, 1981) (ddr-janm-4-32)

Schedule for the Public Hearing in San Francisco, California by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (August 13, 1981).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-32/

doc Scene the Pictorial Magazine Vol. 4 No. 2 (June 1952) (ddr-densho-266-43)

Selected article titles: "San Francisco beckons" (p. 24), "Putting the myth back into Japanese mythology" (p. 36), "City of Shizuoka" (p. 39).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-266-43/

img Hawaiian-American Buddhist Conference (ddr-densho-357-364)

Attendees of the Hawaiian-American Buddhist Conference visit the beach near San Francisco. Hanako Terakawa's caption: "What are the wild waves saying?"

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img Miss Tsuny Kinoshita (ddr-densho-378-221)

Photograph of a woman identified as Tsuny Kinoshita standing on a dock. Caption on album page: "San Francisco-" and "Miss Tsuny Kinoshita"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-378-221/

vh Yoshiye Handa Yasuda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-485)

Nisei female. Born August 26, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood, where father ran a carpentry business. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco with parents and finished high school. While still in …

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doc Golden Gate International Exposition postcard (ddr-densho-300-244)

Caption on front: "Main portal, avenue of the Seven Seas and exhibit palaces, Treasure Island. Golden Gate International Exposition on San Francisco Bay."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-300-244/

img photo of Maurine Bennette (ddr-densho-378-833)

Photograph of a woman identified as Maurine Bennette standing outside a building. Caption on album page: "Maurine Bennette San Francisco May 27, 1930"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-378-833/

img Nisei girls waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-236)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Girls of Japanese ancestry have just sighted a Greyhound bus which will take them to an Assembly center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-236/

img Indonesian seamen at an immigration detention center in downtown San Francisco (ddr-csujad-27-3)

Caption found with the image reads, "Just before sailing time, the Immigration Service and the ship's captain were served with an order from the U.S. District Court to the effect that petition for a writ of habeas corpus had been filed on behalf of the Indonesians, claiming they would receive 'certain imprisonment and probable death' upon …

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doc Japanese Red Cross message sent to Shinjo Nagatomi in San Francisco (ddr-manz-4-236)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-236/

Collection Frank Miwa Collection (ddr-densho-475)

The collection is comprised of photographs primarily taken by Frank Miwa of family and friends before the war in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and at Poston in Arizona.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475/

vh Yasashi Ichikawa Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-111-10)

First impressions of Hawaii and San Francisco: relief at being allowed to use chopsticks (Japanese language)

This interview was conducted in Japanese. The transcript is a translation of the original interview.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-111-10/

img Hirokichi speaking to a crowd (ddr-densho-441-93)

Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi at the microphone before a crowd. Hirokichi served as the president of the San Francisco Market president between 1930 and 1932

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-441-93/

doc JACL press release (ddr-densho-274-194)

Subject: Analysis of decisions arrived at by the JACL National Committee on Redress at its meeting on April 29th and 30th in San Francisco.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-274-194/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 14 (April 9, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-14)

Selected article titles: "San Francisco Nihonmachi push for community center" (p. 1), "Repeal Title II campaign: Subcommittee orders HR 234 reported 9-0" (p. 1), "Nisei aeroscientist named Convair Aerospace San Diego engineer of year" (p. 3)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-43-14/

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