3146 items
3146 items
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Mayor signing the Day of Remembrance proclamation (ddr-densho-10-15)
Mayor Charles Royer of Seattle, Washington, signs the proclamation for the Day of Remembrance. Behind him (left to right): Henry Miyatake, Shosuke Sasaki, Arlene Oki, Ron Mamiya, Floyd Schmoe, Cherry Kinoshita, and Dr. Minoru Masuda. Annual Day of Remembrance ceremonies are held in many Japanese American communities on or around February 19th, the day Executive Order …
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Japanese performance (ddr-csujad-25-343)
A photograph of a Japanese theater performance taken by "Aiko," a photo studio in Seattle, Washington. Performers wear kimono. It is taken in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_005
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Tacoma Hongwanji Buddhist Church (ddr-csujad-25-340)
A group photograph of the funeral attendees taken in front of "Tacoma Hongwanji Buddhist Church", in Tacoma, Washington. It is probably taken in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_002
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 19 (March 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-216)
Selected article titles: "Committee Drafts Resolutions for Washington Consideration" (p. 1), "Six on Probation for Law Violation" (p. 1), "Sentence Man on Assault Charge" (p. 1), "Manzanar Resolutions: Memorandum to Project Director Merritt" (p. 1), "Ickes Names Jerome as First to Close" (p. 1), "Conduct Hearings for Tule Internees" (p. 2), "Segregation Hits Recreation Staff" (p. …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 43 (May 29, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-135)
Selected article titles: "Photo Studio Temporarily Closed Due to Lack of Photographer" (p. 1), "General DeWitt to be Given Post in Washington, D.C.?" (p. 1), "U.S. in Wartime Depicted by Employment Offers" (p. 1), "Resettlers Offered Accommodations on Special Bus" (p. 1), "Average Attendances Good, Declares Principal High" (p. 1), "Return of Japanese to West Coast" …
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Portrait of Karl C. Leebrick (ddr-njpa-2-594)
Caption on reverse: "BACK FROM TOKYO: Dr. K. C. Leebrick, former member of the University of Hawaii faculty who served as a special assistant to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's political adviser in Tokyo during the past seven months, is now renewing acquaintances in Honolulu en route to Washington, D. C., for reassignment. He is a lieutenant-colonel in …
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William and Nancy Quinn posing with their children (ddr-njpa-2-1019)
Caption on reverse: "'one big happy family' reunion: The Quinn clan is pictured in a reunion in the Pan American Airways lounge at the airport Saturday afternoon when William F. Quinn, the governor-designate, returned from Washington. Left to right: Billy, Jr., Timothy, Cecily Ann, Mr. Quinn, Stephen, Christopher, and Mrs. Quinn. --(Hawaii Times photo by Seiki …
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Letter (with envelope) and copy of Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima's testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation (August 13, 1981) (ddr-janm-4-5)
Letter to Tsuyako "Sox" Kitashima from Katrina Shores, Special Assistant to the Chair of the Commission on Wartime Relocation (January 11, 1982). It encloses a draft copy of Kitashima's testimony before the Commission on Wartime Relocation she gave at the hearing on August 13, 1981 in San Francisco, California. Envelope is postmarked January 20, 1982 from …
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Fujin Home (ddr-densho-2-3)
The Fujin Home, which was affiliated with the Christian Baptist Church, was located at 11th and Spruce in Seattle, Washington. It offered shelter for people such as orphans, the handicapped, and women who were recently divorced or widowed and who had nowhere else to go. Various types of classes and social activities were organized by the …
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In My Parents' Words (ddr-densho-258-208)
A booklet to accompany a panel entitled In My Parents' Words: Voices from the Department of Justice Camps at the 2013 Japanese American National Museum National Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle, Washington. Satoru Ichikawa focuses on the separation of his father, a Buddhist priest, from his family for two years during the family's …
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Portrait of Lester B. Pearson (ddr-njpa-1-1152)
Caption on reverse: "Heads United Nations Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture. L.B. Pearson, Minister-Counsellor of the Canadian Legation in Washington, has been elected Permanent Chairman of the United Nations Interim Commission on Food and Agriculture. The commission, representing forty-four countries, was formally organized at the recent United Nations Food Conference in the U.S."
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Wang Ching-ting smoking a pipe (ddr-njpa-1-1116)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Washington) Domei. Chinese Ambassador to the US Wang is an unenviable person; as his government's representative he must follow their instructions regardless of his feelings as an individual or whether they're to his liking or not. If they lose [illegible] in the political world [illegible] as shown in the good news. [Written] …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 34, No. 2, February 1997 (ddr-sjacl-1-443)
Newsletter covering the following topics: JACL will participate in first APIC Legislative day in Olympia; Aki Kurose honored with the dedication of the Laurelhurst Peace Garden Project and a $32,000 grant for a peep counseling resolution program at Laurelhurst Elementary where she taught; Rep. Kip Tokuda introduces Day of Remembrance resolution in the Washington House of …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 8, August 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-324)
Newsletter covering the following topics: August 21, 1983 dedication of Puyallup Fair Monument for Camp Harmony, home to 7,200 Seattle JAs from April to September 1942; Masuda Memorial/University of Washington Archival Project: Shorai no Tame ni. ?For the sake of the future? Please donate Photos, manuscripts on Seattle JACL; moment of silence for Eira Nagaoka.
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. VI, No. 10, October 1969 (ddr-sjacl-1-112)
Bulletin covering the following topics: community to pay tribute to Issei Pioneers at Nov 24 Banquet at Washington Plaza Hotel, 230 Issei verified, $7.50/Person; standing room only as Police answer questions on Senior citizen safety at JACL Meeting; ACE confronts Mayor on use of Police tactics at UW demonstrations; ?Nisei Syndrome" demo at PNWDC meeting in …
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Margaret Saito Interview (ddr-manz-1-84)
Nisei female. Born March 14, 1933, in El Centro, California. Grew up in California where parents were farmers. During World War II, removed with family to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a short time in Spokane, Washington, before moving to Sacramento with family and finishing …
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Woman holding historic photo (ddr-densho-34-137)
Fifty years later, Shigeko Kitamoto holds a picture that was taken of her children and herself on March 30, 1942 as they were waiting to board a special ferry to Seattle during the exclusion of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, Washington. The children in the photo are from left to right: Jane, Frances and Frank Kitamoto.
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Frank Kitamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-35)
Sansei male. Born May 28, 1939, on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Incarcerated with parents at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Returned to Bainbridge Island after end of World War II. President of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community (BIJAC), a community organization dedicated to the preservation of Japanese American history on Bainbridge Island.
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Akizuki Collection (ddr-densho-28)
This Akizuki collection, 1920s-1940s, documents some locations in Bellevue, Washington, and includes one photo of Seattle's Public Market in the 1920s.
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Japanese Question Can't Be Compromised. President of San Francisco School Board Talking It Over at Washington Will Do No Good. (December 27, 1906) (ddr-densho-56-71)
The Seattle Daily Times, December 27, 1906, p. 8
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Densho Collection (ddr-densho-35)
The Densho collection consists of historic photographs of early Seattle and surrounding areas, as well as current photographs of historical sites and community events. This collection includes photographs of Tule Lake, California; Minidoka, Idaho; the Nisei veterans Memorial Day service in Seattle, Washington, and photos of the Golden Potlatch festival in Seattle, Washington, c. 1911. Also …
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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-190-9)
Ethnic identity in high school: dating, being excluded from a roller skating rink
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-190-11)
Father's loss of a friend and mentor after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-190-21)
Training alongside Japanese Americans from Hawaii: learning pidgin "just so we could get by"
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
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Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-190-19)
Brother's military service experience as the only Japanese American in an integrated unit
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.