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 (1956)

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img Five men and two women standing in garden, at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1896)

Inscription on front: Japan Day Reception / Japan Pavilion Garden / G.G.I.E., T.I. April 29, 1939 / (19)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1896/

img Artist painting small figures at Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-1606)

Likely at the Golden Gate International Exposition.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1606/

img Two mannequins in kimonos in "Silk Room" at Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-2082)

Inscription on back: Feb 26

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2082/

img Tomoyuki Nozawa standing at entrance to Chinese Village at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1723)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1723/

img Man standing by mosaic wall (ddr-densho-426-1615)

Golden Gate International Exposition

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1615/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi and unknown woman in kimonos (ddr-densho-426-1692)

At Golden Gate International Exposition

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1692/

img Artist painting small figures at Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-1604)

Likely at the Golden Gate International Exposition.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1604/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi seated at table with unknown man (ddr-densho-426-1621)

Outside Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1621/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi in Kimono (ddr-densho-426-1376)

Likely at Golden Gate International Exposition held at Treasure Island

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1376/

img Man pushing a large lantern on wheels in parade, at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1883)

Inscription on front: Japan Day (12)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1883/

img Boy and girl watching two men demonstrating carving at Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-2093)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2093/

img Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1855)

Inscription on back: Feb 24

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1855/

img Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi in kimono, seated in boat (ddr-densho-426-1597)

Likely at the Golden Gate International Exposition. (negative)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1597/

img Man standing by fountain at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1724)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1724/

img Man speaking at bank of microphones, at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1893)

Inscription on front: Japan Day (3)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1893/

img Garden outside Japanese Pavilion at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-2044)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2044/

img Five women standing on stage, at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1894)

Inscription on front: Japan Day / April 29, 1939 / Japan Pavilion / (Queens) / (17)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1894/

img Woman in kimono in garden at Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-2049)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2049/

img Paper with stamp from Japanese Pavilion at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1512)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1512/

img Two men on grounds of Japanese Pavilion at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1645)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1645/

img Woman standing in garden in kimono (ddr-densho-426-1963)

Golden Gate International Exposition

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1963/

img Man with megaphone and woman standing in front of chalkboard (ddr-densho-426-847)

Possibly part of 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-847/

img Grounds of Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1492)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1492/

img Tomoye Takahashi in garden at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-2078)

Print and negative

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-2078/

img Parade float decorated like a chicken (ddr-densho-426-1868)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1868/