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.

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doc Program for Home meeting (ddr-densho-341-158)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-158/

doc Program for Tenth Annual Bay Region Sectional Conference of YPCC (ddr-densho-341-31)

Signed by Viola H. Imai inside front cover

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-31/

doc Concert program from 1938 conference (ddr-densho-341-129)

Program inserted between pages 60-61

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-129/

img Group photo from Ninth Annual Bay Region YPCC (ddr-densho-341-22)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-341-22/

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/