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)

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img Photo of three young men on lawn (ddr-densho-341-210)

Caption: Exam week at F.S.C. / Typical scene

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-210/

doc Small folded red paper with signatures (ddr-densho-341-60)

Note inside: "When I gave my first banquet speech"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-60/

doc Invitation to post-conference meeting for old and new YPCC officers (ddr-densho-341-139)

Front and back, addressed to Pauline Mayeda

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-139/

doc Fresno Joint Fellowship meeting announcement (ddr-densho-341-171)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-171/

img Group photo from Bay Area conference (ddr-densho-341-104)

Photo in three parts. Caption: "Youth Bear Your Cross / 12th Annual Bay Region Y.P.C.C. April 3-4, 1937

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-104/

doc Fresno Joint Fellowship meeting announcement (ddr-densho-341-179)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-179/

doc Letter to Joy Kawamura from Snau (?) Kaji (ddr-densho-341-199)

Caption: from Livingston. With envelope

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-199/

doc Christmas Program (ddr-densho-341-167)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-167/

img Photo of three women on sidewalk (ddr-densho-341-73)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-73/

img Photo of three women (ddr-densho-341-67)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-67/

doc Cross shaped name tag for conference (ddr-densho-341-121)

For Viola Imai

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-121/

img Golden Gate Bridge taken from a boat (ddr-densho-341-55)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-55/

doc Invitation to swimming party honoring graduates (ddr-densho-341-147)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-147/

doc Post card from Eureka Satori to Viola Imai (ddr-densho-341-113)

List of Sacramento officers. Inside envelope on page 51

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-113/

img Women outside of a church (ddr-densho-341-100)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-100/

img Walter Matsuoka and a companion stand in profile (ddr-densho-390-57)

Walter and a companion, dressed in blue jeans, stand looking off camera and smiling.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-57/

doc Berkeley Nisei Athletic Club 65th Anniversary booklet (ddr-densho-392-89)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-89/

img Walter Matsuoka and two companions jokingly pose in a Walla Walla Jail mock up (ddr-densho-390-70)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-70/

img Welcome party for the Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture (ddr-densho-395-97)

Members of the Seattle Hiroshima Club pose next to a banquet table at a welcome party for Mr. Ohara (Governor of Hiroshima Prefecture). Seiso and Kimiko Bitow are seated on the left side, fourth and fifth from the left.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395-97/

img Group photograph in front of an arch (ddr-densho-395-56)

A group photograph, possibly at the Nippon Kan Theatre. Seiso Bitow is seated on the front row, third from the right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395-56/

img Group dines at Bush Garden restaurant (ddr-densho-395-67)

A group of men and women sit around a dinner table, likely at the Bush Garden restaurant according to accompanying materials.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395-67/

img Group of men in suits and military uniforms (ddr-densho-395-104)

A group of men in suits and military uniforms pose below a sign with Japanese text. Seiso Bitow fourth from left, second row.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395-104/

img Group photograph at a banquet table (ddr-densho-395-96)

A group of men, women, and children pose next to a banquet table lined with meals. Seiso Bitow is standing near the back, second from the left.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395-96/

doc Bitow photograph album (ddr-densho-395-1)

A collection of 111 photographs of community events and family portraits from the Bitow and Maeda families.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395-1/

img Attendees fill a banquet hall (ddr-densho-395-100)

Attendees crowd into a large room decorated with American and Japanese flags and lined with banquet tables. Accompanying materials indicate that the venue is "possibly Nippon Kan Theater" but is more likely Washington Hall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395-100/