Community activities
Japanese Americans of the pre-World War II era, urban and rural dwellers alike, lived in tight-knit communities bound together by a wide variety of shared associations and institutions. In an era marked by pronounced anti-Asian racism, Japanese Americans in cities tended to live in segregated ghettoes. While discrimination was the reason for isolated Japanese American neighborhoods, the well-organized and tight-knit community provided a rich social and cultural foundation for the Japanese immigrants and their children.
Community activities
(1964)
1964 items
1964 items
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Dr. Thompson on Pest Control (ddr-jamsj-1-184)
Seventh Annual Landscape Gardener's Convention held in Southern California.
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Reception dinner room shot (ddr-jamsj-1-482)
Dinner reception for the Ninth Annual California Landscape Gardeners Convention held at Cabana Hotel.
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Min, Fumio, "Sleepy" Koga, John, Herman, Harry (ddr-jamsj-1-170)
Seventh Annual Landscape Gardener's Convention held in Southern California.
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Woman trying on hats (ddr-jamsj-1-452)
A women's event being held at the Ninth Annual Landscape Gardeners Convention.
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Jack C. Dutton-- Mayor of Anaheim (ddr-jamsj-1-168)
Seventh Annual Landscape Gardener's Convention held in Southern California.
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Kanji Getting the Word- Geo, Tom, Martin (ddr-jamsj-1-137)
Seventh Annual Landscape Gardener's Convention held in Southern California.
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...And " May I Introduce the Delegates from San Jose" (ddr-jamsj-1-198)
Seventh Annual Landscape Gardener's Convention held in Southern California.
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Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-262)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "St. Marks Church in Hood River, showing [Masuo Yasui], several Issei men, a Caucasian minister, and remarkably, a Japanese minister not Isaac Inouye. St. Marks was either a Catholic or Episcopalian church--or maybe it was a Lutheran church. In any event, the two clerics are wearing their collars backwards, as Catholic and …
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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.
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Young Nisei man and woman (ddr-densho-259-540)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui] and unidentified Nisei girl. I don't know who this woman is, but it seems to me that it was taken when Ches went to Wapato, [Washington], to participate in a baseball game. In any case, Ches is clowning around, which he frequently did."
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Group of Issei women with reverend (ddr-densho-259-225)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Mrs. Munemoto, Mrs. Iwasa, Mrs. Iwatsuka, Mrs. Tanimoto, Mrs. Yamaki, Rev. [Isaac] Inouye."