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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Mae Hara and Rae Yoshioka at World's Fair (ddr-densho-308-5)
Mae (Kanazawa) Hara spent three years (1932-1935) in Chicago to attend college and study music. During the summer of 1933, Chicago hosted the World's Fair. Hara and her cousin, Rae Yoshioka, worked at the Japanese Pavilion. During the opening ceremonies both girls wore kimonos and served as ushers. Hara also sang in a 5,000 voice choir …
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Hara wedding (ddr-densho-308-6)
Mae (Kanazawa) Hara returned to Seattle, Washington from teaching music in Japan in the spring of 1939. While Hara had been abroad, her parents had arranged a marriage between her and a childhood friend, Iwao Hara. They were married on October 19, 1939.
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Panorama of large group of Japanese on outing (ddr-densho-321-1410)
Caption: Tacoma, WA About 1925 or 1926 / Japanese Community Beach Gathering
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Group photo seated at banquet (ddr-densho-341-87)
Caption: Bay Region YPCC Banquet at Y.M.C.A. S.F. April 4, 1937
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Program for Annual Bay Region Sectional Conference (ddr-densho-341-14)
Front and back covers and 20 pages, including personal notes by Viola Imai
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Letter from May Shirakawa to Viola Imai (ddr-densho-341-112)
List of Sacramento officers. Inside envelope on page 51
