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Group photograph at the Bellevue Community Center Dedication (ddr-densho-347-1)
img Group photograph at the Bellevue Community Center Dedication (ddr-densho-347-1)
The Bellevue Community Center was located at NE 8th Street, just north of the current Bellevue Square Mall.
The Bellevue Kokaido (ddr-densho-353-324)
img The Bellevue Kokaido (ddr-densho-353-324)
Captioned: "The Bellevue Kokaido (community hall) is dedicated by a group of well-wishers."
Numoto family farm (ddr-densho-353-60)
img Numoto family farm (ddr-densho-353-60)
Captioned: "The Numoto family working on their thriving strawberry farm. The water tower is reminiscent of the days before a city water system existed."
The Bellevue Kokaido (ddr-densho-353-325)
img The Bellevue Kokaido (ddr-densho-353-325)
Captioned: "The Bellevue Kokaido (community hall) is dedicated by a crowd of well-wishers."
Memorial table for Takami Hibiya (ddr-densho-381-193)
img Memorial table for Takami Hibiya (ddr-densho-381-193)
A table decorated with a portrait of Takami Hibiya, the Seal of the Emperor of Japan medal, flowers, and a white cloth.
Frank Miyamoto Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-50)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-50)
Nisei male. Born July 29, 1912, in Seattle, Washington. Wrote 'Social Solidarity Among the Japanese in Seattle' as a Master's thesis, published in 1939 as one of the first academic works on the Japanese immigrant community. Incarcerated in Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Member of the Evacuation and Resettlement Study which studied the incarceration and resettlement …
Fumiko M. Noji Interview (ddr-densho-1000-72)
vh Fumiko M. Noji Interview (ddr-densho-1000-72)
Nisei female. Born October 13, 1909, in Bellingham, Washington. Lost her United States citizenship when she married an Issei through an arranged marriage. Before 1920, her husband's family established Columbia Greenhouse, one of the first Japanese American-owned greenhouse businesses. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Husband was held by the …

Narrator Seichi Hayashida

Nisei male. Born May 15, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in a Japanese American farming community in Bellevue, Washington. Incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California, and at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Longtime member and supporter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).

Narrator Betty Fumiye Ito

Nisei female. Born March 29, 1918, in Seattle, Washington, and spent childhood in Medina and Bellevue, Washington. While in high school was a member of the Bellevue Strawberry Festival's Queen's Court. In 1939 married Kenji Ito, a prominent Japanese American lawyer who practiced in Seattle. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, recounts her experiences as her …

Narrator Bernadette Suda Horiuchi

Nisei female. Born February 11, 1913, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, areas. In 1928, was involved in a serious ferry accident in which five of her family members, including both of her parents, perished. Married renowned artist Paul Horiuchi and lived in Rock Springs, Wyoming, where Paul worked for a …

Narrator Chizuko Norton

Nisei female. Born July 3, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in Japan; Bellevue, Washington; and Kirkland, Washington. Incarcerated at Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Returned to Seattle after the war, obtained master's degree from the University of Washington in the field of social work. Founded Seattle's first alternative school …
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-50-6)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-50-6)
"Ken" (prefecture) connections: how Japanese geography affected Japanese American businesses
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-50-7)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-50-7)
The development of Seattle's Japantown businesses and industries
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-50-9)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-50-9)
Race relations in prewar Seattle and the spread of Japanese businesses into larger society
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