[Thursday, October 10, 11:25am] The Internet Archive is currently experiencing an outage. Video and audio materials in the DDR are hosted there and are currently unavailable. Transcripts of interviews are still available. We don't know when Internet Archive will be back up but we'll keep you updated. Status updates are available on social media: BlueSky, Mastodon, Twitter. We apologize for the inconvenience.

[Friday, Oct 11 11:35] Update: Estimated timeline is "days, not weeks".

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 (1218)

Filters

Facilities

Format

Genre

Usage

Use <Ctrl> or (⌘) keys to select multiple terms

Gallery view
List view

1218 items

img Chunaka Fujihira standing in Mr. Kogita's garden (ddr-densho-518-73)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Old Man, Mr. Kogita, The man who made This garden.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-73/

img Nobi sitting in the grass (ddr-densho-518-236)

Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Nobi.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-236/

img Girl sitting with artist doing painting demonstration (ddr-densho-426-1605)

Likely at the Golden Gate International Exposition.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1605/

img Pagoda on grounds of Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1495)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1495/

img Large group in parade carrying U.S. and Japanese flags (ddr-densho-426-1887)

Inscription on front: Japan Day (9)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1887/

img Large group photo taken at Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-2079)

Inscribed on front: Commemorates[?] for Officers, Employees, concerns of Japanese Pavilion

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2079/

img Small tag stamped Golden Gate International Exposition / Treasure Island / 1939 (ddr-densho-426-2054)

Inscription on front: Miss Tomoe Nozawa

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2054/

img Two men and two women standing out the Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1864)

Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi on right. Stamped on back: Candid Camera Photo Service / May 11 1939

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1864/

img Large group in parade, at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1888)

Inscription on front: Japan Day / April 29, 1939 / G.G.I.E.T.I. / (7)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1888/

img Man in uniform outside Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-2071)

Likely at the Golden Gate International Exposition. (negative)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2071/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi sitting in round window at Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-2098)

At Golden Gate International Exposition. Inscription on note on back: f=3.5 1/5 super xx under sat 10/7/39. Print and negative

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2098/

img Man sitting in display in Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-1657)

Golden Gate International Exposition

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1657/

img Japanese Pavilion at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1634)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1634/

img Boy and girl watching two men demonstrating carving at Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-2112)

Inscription on note on back: f3.5 to super xx Sat Oct 7th 1939. Duplicate of ddr-densho-2093

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2112/

img Man standing in front of Tom Wing Kong's Chop Suey Restaurant at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1721)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1721/

img Tomoyuki Nozawa standing on fountain at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1720)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1720/

img Japanese Pavilion at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1499)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1499/

img Two men sitting on ground in garden (ddr-densho-426-2074)

At Golden Gate International Exposition. Stamped on back: Printed / Oct 30, 1939 / The Owl Drug Co

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2074/

img Woman behind table talking with two men (ddr-densho-426-849)

Possibly part of 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-849/

img Artisan demonstrating craft at Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-1601)

Likely at the Golden Gate International Exposition.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1601/

img View of pond and buildings of Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-1118)

At Golden Gate International Exposition held at Treasure Island

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1118/

img Woman standing by fountain and sculpture (ddr-densho-426-1639)

Golden Gate International Exposition.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1639/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi standing before tiled wall (ddr-densho-426-2113)

Wearing Japanese Pavilion uniform at Golden Gate International Exposition. Inscription on back: Fri Sept 22 '39. Duplicate of ddr-densho-426-1695

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2113/

img Man standing outside Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-1654)

Golden Gate International Exposition

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1654/

img Line of women in kimonos posing on steps of Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-2087)

Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi 4th from left. Inscription: Miss Nozawa wed July 26?

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2087/