Recreational activities

Japanese American communities organized group social activities such as family picnics and outings to the beach or to parks when the demands of work allowed. These activities gave hardworking families the chance to spend leisure time with their friends and neighbors.

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img Buried in the Sand (ddr-one-1-608)

Black and white photographic negative of Aki (Shiraishi) Dong's legs buried in the sand at a beach trip planned by the Sorelles (a high school social club). Behind her are parked cars with unidentified Nisei walking by.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-608/

img Indoor Carnival Fundraiser- Bingo (ddr-one-1-87)

Black and white photographic negative of an indoor carnival fundraiser possibly hosted by the Sorelles or Adelphons (Japanese American young women's groups). People sitting and playing bingo, watchers stand behind. Sitting left to right: Henry "Wimpy" Kawata, George Kasahara, Terry Mishiro, Diane (Ando) Harder, Minoru "Bob" Ando, unidentified woman, Betty (Hiuga) Nishimura, Tomo Saito, Fumi (Nunotani) …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-87/

img Dance (ddr-one-1-103)

Black and white photographic negative of unidentified couples sitting on a long bench along the wall at a dance.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-103/

img Indoor Carnival Fundraiser- Balloon Darts (ddr-one-1-90)

Black and white photographic negative of an indoor carnival fundraiser possibly hosted by the Sorelles or Adelphons (Japanese American young women's groups). Group of men watch an unidentified Issei throw a dart. Identified on the far left hand side is Walt Asakawa, sitting behind the dart thrower is Mr. Murahashi, standing on the far right wearing …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-90/

img Dance (ddr-one-1-104)

Black and white photographic negative of unidentified couples sitting along a wall at a dance. Second person sitting on the bench from the left is Ruby (Takashima) Sumino, two from her is James "Jim" Kasuo "Kaz" Tsujimura.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-104/

img Dance (ddr-one-1-98)

Black and white photographic negative of two unidentified couples dancing together at an informal dance, possibly a Sorelles (a high school social group) event.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-98/

img Indoor Carnival Fundraiser- Penny pitch (ddr-one-1-89)

Black and white photographic negative of an indoor carnival fundraiser possibly hosted by the Sorelles or Adelphons (Japanese American young women's groups). Young men pitching pennies. Left to right: Ko Hirata, Thomas "Tom" Fujita, Ko Tambara, Frank Furukawa Jr.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-89/

img Through the tunnel (ddr-one-1-582)

Black and white photographic print of a man and two young girls walking through a tiled tunnel at Multnomah Falls. For negative please see ONLC 4548 (ddr-one-1-579).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-582/

img Multnomah Falls (ddr-one-1-581)

Black and white photographic negative of Multnomah Falls and parking lot for Multnomah Falls' visitors.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-581/

img Buried in the Sand (ddr-one-1-607)

Black and white photographic negative of Aki (Shiraishi) Dong's legs buried in the sand at a beach trip planned by the Sorelles (a high school social club). In the background, three Nisei playing with a beach ball, on the far right is Rose Namba on the far left is Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba and the girl …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-607/

img Through the tunnel (ddr-one-1-579)

Black and white photographic negative of a man and two young girls walking through a tiled tunnel at Multnomah Falls. For print please see ONLC 4779 (ddr-one-1-582).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-579/

img Frank Hirahara at Multnomah Falls (ddr-one-1-576)

Black and white photographic negative of Frank C. Hirahara standing behind he Multnomah Falls sign with a waterfall in the background.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-576/

img Dance (ddr-one-1-100)

Black and white photographic negative of couples dancing together at an informal dance, possibly a Sorelles (a high school social group) event. Women seated along wall from left to right: Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba, May (Ebihara) Gelfand, Betty Ishida, Rose Haruye (Muramatsu) Ouchida, and Loretta (Fujii) Kaneko. Dancing on the far left is Betty Nakashimada and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-100/

img Outdoor choral concert (ddr-densho-329-726)

A chorus of ten or twelve people cluster in a semi-circle while others recline nearby to listen, in a woodland setting. Likely the Saturday weekly choral group described in Kan's letter ddr-densho-329-872, written in the early days of his fellowship at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin East in 1939.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-726/

img Outdoor chamber music gathering (ddr-densho-329-723)

A string quartet plays outdoors among trees and boulders while an informal audience reclines to listen. Very likely taken during Kan's fellowship at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin East in 1939 as described in Kan's letter ddr-densho-329-872. Also seen as a print in object ddr-densho-329-835.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-723/