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img Interior of H.S. Watanabe Co. [?] (ddr-densho-278-24)

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img Yoshizo and Mon Yusa Watanabe (ddr-densho-367-7)

Mary Teruko Watanabe's father and mother.

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Narrator Edith Watanabe

Nisei female. Born August 29, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Burlington, Washington. Was just starting college when incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp early because of illness and married a Nisei GI, Harvey Watanabe. Lived in Midwest for duration of war and resettled in Seattle, Washington following the war.

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img Group of soldiers (ddr-densho-201-527)

Back row, left to right: Fujimori, Fujii, Yoshimura, Arakaki, Asada, Abe, Hongo. Front row, left to right: Ezuka, Watanabe, Otsuka, Shiroya, Okamoto.

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img Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-8)

Troop 55 at Silver Creek in the Cascade Mountains. Left to right: Bill Yorozu, Hiroshi Watanabe, Norio Mitsuoka, Masayoshi Uchimura, and Hiroshi Kanazawa.

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doc Business card (ddr-densho-278-18)

Henry Soichiro Watanabe's business card

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doc Henry Soichiro Watanabe's United States passport (ddr-densho-278-34)

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doc Letter from Tsuna Watanabe to Honorable Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War, November 30, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2002)

Correspondence from Tsuna Watanabe to Henry Stimson regarding loyalty to the United States and requesting release from Topaz incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2105

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doc Sociology essay (ddr-csujad-55-1916)

Sociology essay written by Yoko Watanabe for a class assignment at Tri-State High School at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Covers racial issues and democracy. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1919

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img Group of soldiers (ddr-densho-201-528)

Back row, left to right: Mitsu Yoshimura, Tsusaka, Naganuma, Geo. Fujino, Tsukashima, Pete Tanda. Front row, left to right: Watanabe, Sakaida, Asato, "Rich" Egami."

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doc Article about Chiyomi Furukawa (ddr-njpa-5-644)

Translation of article: Hawaiian singer Chiyomi Furukawa records her first single, "Hawaii Nadeshiko." She traveled to Japan to study under popular singer Hamako Watanabe.

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. X, No. 1, January 1973 (ddr-sjacl-1-150)

Bulletin covering the following topics: Taul Watanabe to speak at the installation banquet; Uhachi Tamesa honored; Christmas social; discussion of racial epithets; Chapter news.

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doc Letter and two essays sent to Frances Haglund from James Watanabe (ddr-densho-275-36)

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doc Letter to Frances Haglund from James Watanabe (ddr-densho-275-37)

A letter about the medical facilities in the concentration camps.

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img Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-11)

Boy Scout Troop 55, sponsored by Seattle's Japanese Methodist Church, on a camping trip. Left to right: Bill Yorozu, Masayoshi Uchimura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroshi Kanazawa, and Norio Mitsuoka.

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doc Redress: lawsuits filed by children of voluntary evacuees (ddr-csujad-55-2104)

Newspaper clipping published in Rafu shimpo regarding the court cases of Sharon Tanihara and Grace Watanabe. Tanihara and Watanabe are seeking restitution payments as the children of "voluntary evacuees," born outside of an incarceration camp, during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2207

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img Family portrait (ddr-densho-62-5)

Family in the Earle Apartments in Seattle. Edith Watanabe's father Kichiro, mother Kita Takagi, holding Edith; L to R: brother Harry, sister Michiko, sister Miyoko.

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img A trial defendant with his lawyer and another man (ddr-njpa-4-1517)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "'Parachute that did not open' trial. November 21, 1937. When a test to establish the minimum dive world record was conducted with a Nonaka-style parachute, Seizo Higo (18 at the time) died because the parachute did not open. This incident has become known as 'the parachute that did not open,' and the …

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img Kubota Garden Foundation Annual Meeting; Kraig Kemper and Harvey Watanabe (ddr-densho-354-1177)

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img Article regarding Theodore Richards and Friend Peace scholarship recipient (ddr-njpa-2-1104)

Article title: "Dr. Richards Still Believes In Peace Scholarship Value"

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img Two men leaning on railing (ddr-ajah-2-720)

Caption below photo: bill / Tak

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img ManzaKnights baseball game (ddr-manz-10-121)

Original caption: "Min, Yo Ishida."

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img Two fishermen (ddr-densho-29-1)

Fishing for striped bass was a popular pastime for the Japanese American community in California. Kay (Kazuo) Watanabe (left) and Jiro Habara hold two bass they caught near Rio Vista on the Sacramento River. Fishing for striped bass was a popular pastime for the Japanese American community in California.

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img Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-10)

Members of Troop 55, sponsored by the Japanese Methodist Church in Seattle, hike at Silver Creek. Left to right: Hiroshi Watanabe, Norio Mitsuoka, Bill Yorozu, Masayoshi Uchimura, and Hiroshi Kanazawa.

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av An Oral History with Ikuko Amatatsu Watanabe (ddr-csujad-29-12)

Nisei district manager of an educational corporation discusses samurai ancestry; childhood on Bainbridge Island, Washington, and makeup of Bainbridge Japanese community; incarceration at the Manzanar camp, California, including circumstances as to why Bainbridge Islanders were transferred to the Minidoka camp in Idaho; wartime resettlement to Chicago; and postwar years in California, with particular attention to discriminatory …

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