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Family friend (ddr-densho-106-7)
img Family friend (ddr-densho-106-7)
Betty Morita Shibayama's friend Nancy O'Dell from Hood River, Oregon. Photo sent to Betty in Tule Lake concentration camp.
Four children lined up outside (ddr-densho-259-10)
img Four children lined up outside (ddr-densho-259-10)
Three brothers and a girl lined up in ascending order in front of the Yasui home in Hood River, Oregon.
Young Nisei man with pan (ddr-densho-259-471)
img Young Nisei man with pan (ddr-densho-259-471)
Kay Yasui sitting in a doorway and holding a pan at the Yasui's home on Third Street, Hood River, Oregon.
Fourth of July parade (ddr-densho-259-449)
img Fourth of July parade (ddr-densho-259-449)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another view of the Fourth of July parade, 1914, passing by the First National Bank, Hood River, Oregon."
Change of residence notice and travel permit (ddr-densho-287-2)
doc Change of residence notice and travel permit (ddr-densho-287-2)
Molly Kageyama Maeda's change of residence notice and travel permit form for her journey from Hood River, Oregon to Portland Assembly Center.
Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-376)
doc Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-376)
This page includes articles about the Hood River post of the American Legion. Newspapers include the Oregonian, Washington Post, and Oregon Journal.
Hotel kitchen with Issei employees (ddr-densho-259-360)
img Hotel kitchen with Issei employees (ddr-densho-259-360)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Interior of a large commercial kitchen, showing three Issei kitchen employees On the white crock immediately to the right of the young man in a black tie and a white apron, it appears to say: Hotel Oregon Hood River Oregon 1914. There was a Hotel Oregon in Hood River once. It was …
Homer Yasui Interview (ddr-densho-1000-491)
vh Homer Yasui Interview (ddr-densho-1000-491)
Nisei male. Born December 28, 1924, in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Hood River, where father and uncles ran a store. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, attended college in Denver and Philadelphia. Eventually became a physician and returned to …
img "Hood River Japanese Hall" (ddr-densho-259-78)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A large photo of a great many if not the majority, of the Japanese who lived in Hood River [Oregon] valley. This picture was taken in front of the Hood River Japanese Community Hall, which was built in 1926-27."
Young Nisei man laughing (ddr-densho-259-473)
img Young Nisei man laughing (ddr-densho-259-473)
Kay Yasui standing in a doorway with what appears to be a milk bottle at the Yasui's home on Third Street, Hood River, Oregon.
Scrapbook page:
doc Scrapbook page: "Hood River Area" (ddr-densho-35-377)
Newspaper clippings from scrapbook page, one of which is titled: "Hood River Unabashed By Its Anti-Nisei Action." Newspapers include the Oregonian, Oregon Journal, and Minidoka Irrigator.
img "Third Yasui Brothers Store under construction" (ddr-densho-259-283)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Texaco service station being built on the corner of First and Oak Streets in Hood River, Oregon Third Yasui Brothers Store under construction."
Nisei boy holding dead pheasant and shotgun (ddr-densho-259-465)
img Nisei boy holding dead pheasant and shotgun (ddr-densho-259-465)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui] holding a dead pheasant in his left hand and cradling a shotgun in his right arm, Third Street home [Hood River, Oregon]."
Nisei bride in kimono (ddr-densho-259-367)
img Nisei bride in kimono (ddr-densho-259-367)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding photograph, in a Japanese kimono, of Jane Kyono Jane was born in 1915 in Hood River [Oregon] and married Tokutaro Ted Mori before WWII."
Three Nisei brothers on steps (ddr-densho-259-499)
img Three Nisei brothers on steps (ddr-densho-259-499)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay, Ches [Tsuyoshi] & Min[oru Yasui], sitting on the steps of what I believe might have been the Yasui Brothers second store in Hood River [Oregon]."
Testimony of Kimiko Hazel Kusachi Calhoun (ddr-densho-67-262)
doc Testimony of Kimiko Hazel Kusachi Calhoun (ddr-densho-67-262)
Written testimony of Kimiko Hazel Kusachi Calhoun of Hood River, Oregon. Incarcerated in the North Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.
Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-367)
img Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-367)
Written on front of photograph "To Hisa: Love, Clara" and on the back of the photograph "This is the front of the house I worked in. Taken Jan. 8, 1948 Hood River, Oregon"
Yasui Family Collection (ddr-densho-259)
Collection Yasui Family Collection (ddr-densho-259)
The Yasui Family Collection consists of two photograph albums and 173 additional photographs belonging to Homer Yasui. The photographs document the Yasui family's life in Hood River, Oregon before the outbreak of World War II.

Narrator Mika Hiuga

Nisei female. Born in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Hood River, where parents owned and operated orchards. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred briefly to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Lived for a short time in Salt Lake City after leaving camp, then …
Group photograph of Japanese American women and children (ddr-densho-259-34)
img Group photograph of Japanese American women and children (ddr-densho-259-34)
Group photograph of Japanese American women and children, including Shidzuyo, Min, and Ches Yasui. Date and location unknown, though it may be a photograph from a gathering of Nikkei living in Hood River, Oregon.
Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-380)
doc Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-380)
Newspaper clippings from the New York Times, Oregonian, and Oregon Journal, one of which is titled: "All Created Equal." From scrapbook page titled: "Some Expressions of Public Opinion on Action of Hood River Legion."

Narrator Homer Yasui

Nisei male. Born December 28, 1924, in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Hood River, where father and uncles ran a store. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, attended college in Denver and Philadelphia. Eventually became a physician and returned to …
Nisei boy in hat and coat (ddr-densho-259-417)
img Nisei boy in hat and coat (ddr-densho-259-417)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Shu, in front of our old Third Street home, Hood River, [Oregon]. This is a very cute picture and it's also a very characteristic pose when he was a shy little boy."

Narrator Sab Akiyama

Nisei male. Born April 7, 1924, in Oak Grove, Oregon. Grew up in the Hood River, Oregon, area, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, was removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Volunteered to serve in the U.S. Army during the …
Three Nisei children in their parlor (ddr-densho-259-46)
img Three Nisei children in their parlor (ddr-densho-259-46)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi and Baby Shu are sitting on the floor in the living room of our first home on Third Street in Hood River [Oregon], and Roku is sitting on the old oak and leather couch."
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