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doc Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2,256, Vol. 97, No. 12 (September 16, 1983) (ddr-pc-55-36)

Selected article titles: "Another 'Vincent Chin' case looming in San Francisco" (p. 1), "Canada proposes tightening security law; Nisei protests" (p. 1), "Asian American studies, like other ethnic courses, failing" (p. 1), "Wash. State sends out $2,500 'reparation' checks to 16 Nisei" (p. 1), "'Affimative Action' for JACL" (p. 4), "Sen. Inouye in stern talk on …

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img Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, airplane (ddr-csujad-25-137)

A photograph of the tourists of the Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party taken in an airplane at San Francisco International Airport. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_009

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img Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, airplane (ddr-csujad-25-139)

A photograph of a tourist of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party taken in an airplane at San Francisco International Airport. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_011

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doc Letter from the Stanislaus Merced Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League to the Japanese American Citizens League in San Francisco, March 29, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-22)

Letter from the Stanislaus Merced Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League to the Japanese American Citizens League in San Francisco concerning the districts in the chapter and their representing persons. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0022

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doc Motor vehicle registration form, WCCA form FRB-4 (ddr-csujad-46-26)

Instructions and agreement for forced evacuees regarding disposition of motor vehicles, WCCA form FRB-4, from the Western Defense Command and Fourth Army Wartime Civil Control Administration, San Francisco, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0026

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doc Letter to Dear Friend from the Gordon Hirabayashi Defense Committee, January 1943 (ddr-csujad-16-3)

Fundraising letter requesting contributions for taking Gordon Hirabayashi's case to the Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. At the time of writing, Hirabayashi was imprisoned in King County, Washington. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JAIC_1-07_01

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img Japanese family, 1960s (ddr-csujad-25-323)

A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Includes photographs most likely taken in 1960s. There is also a photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge located in San Francisco, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_10_01_033

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img Bishop Matsukage (ddr-csujad-11-26)

This photograph depicts Bishop Matsukage dressed in traditional clothing along with a procession on Buddhist Day on Treasure Island near San Francisco. From page 13 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_13_001

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img Sophie Abe (ddr-csujad-11-134)

A photograph of Sophie Abe and Tazu Kawamoto taken aboard the S.S. Kamakura Maru off the coast of San Francisco. From page 49 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_49_002

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img Takarazuka musumes (ddr-csujad-11-10)

The Takarazuka theater troupe is pictured along with a man and a flag. They arrived in San Francisco to perform. From page 5 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_05_002

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img Mayor Rossi (ddr-csujad-11-58)

A photograph of Mayor Angelo Joseph Rossi of San Francisco speaking at the World's Fair on Treasure Island in 1939. From page 23 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_23_001

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img Woman and Statue (ddr-csujad-11-103)

Photographed is probably Tazu Kawamoto. It is most likely taken at the San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island in 1940. From page 39 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_39_003

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img Tazu Kawamoto (ddr-csujad-11-104)

Photographed is probably Tazu Kawamoto. It is most likely taken at the San Francisco World's Fair on Treasure Island in 1940. From page 39 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_39_004

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 57 (January 6, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-301)

Selected article titles: "Project Attorney Will Give Aid in Proving Sumitomo Bank Claims" (p. 1), "Police Ask Residents to Hold Noisy Dogs" (p. 1), "JACL Opens Offices in San Francisco" (p. 1), "West Coast Job Offers Received" (p. 1), "Seventy Sent to Santa Fe Camp" (p. 2), "Residents Warned Against Burglaries" (p. 2), "'Pachuko Zootsuit Hit …

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vh Lloyd K. Wake Interview (ddr-densho-1000-330)

Nisei male. Born January 12, 1922, in Reedley, California. Grew up in Reedley, where parents ran a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp in 1943 to attend Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, and entered the ministry. After the war, lived in San Francisco, California, and …

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img "Evacuation sale" at business run by Japanese Americans (ddr-densho-151-137)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. A study in contrast in Chinatown: The store on the right is operated by a proprietor of Japanese ancestry, and does a land office business as evacuation nears. Previously, many similar stores suffered losses of patronage because of boycott on Japanese products. Evacuees of Japanese descent will be housed in War …

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img Issei woman and children awaiting mass removal (ddr-densho-151-113)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Japanese mother, wife of interned Shinto priest with youngest of her nine children who are American born. She has been in in the United States ten years and does not speak English. Within a few days residents of Japanese ancestry will be evacuated to assembly centers and later transferred to War …

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vh Fred Oda Interview (ddr-densho-1015-9)

Nisei male. Born September 2, 1923, in Watsonville, California. Grew up in Watsonville, where parents operated a joint barbershop and bathhouse business. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, worked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to Watsonville. Attended barber school in San Francisco, …

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doc Advertisement for Architectural Forum's photo book of World Fairs (ddr-densho-329-878)

Letter from the Architectural Forum Assistant to the Publisher encouraging the recipient to renew a lapsed subscription and receive a copy of the World Fairs photo book with images from the New York and San Francisco fairs. Includes a sample centerfold graphical map of the Golden Gate International Exposition captioned "DIRECTIONAL MAP IN COURT OF PACIFICA …

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doc Letter from Henri Takahashi (ddr-densho-422-209)

Spoke to Tamotsu Muriyama about the idea of a Japanese shopping center in San Francisco. Muriyama extremely interested and felt they could get backing from influential backers and even the governor of Tokyo. Henri concerned that it might end up being too large a project for them. Has finished most of the buying he planned on. …

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vh Mitsue Matsui Interview (ddr-densho-1008-3)

Nisei female. Born November 3, 1918, in San Francisco, California. As a young woman, entire family visited Japan for ten months, where she acquired the skill of Japanese typing at the Kumahira Typist Yoseisho in Hiroshima. Returned to the U.S. with most of her family (eldest brother remained in Japan) and was working at the Japanese …

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Narrator Kay Sweeney

Japanese female. Born 1922 in Kagoshima, Japan. During World War II, served as a nurse with the Japanese army in Jakarta and Japan. After the war, moved to the United States and lived in San Francisco before eventually settling in Portland, Oregon.

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