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vh Mae Kanazawa Hara Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-168-4)

Seizing an opportunity to study music in Chicago for three years

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vh Mae Kanazawa Hara Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-168-6)

Continuing musical training in Japan teaching at a mission school

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vh Minoru "Min" Tsubota Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-149-20)

Performing with the Nisei Melodian band at dances, Japanese community activities

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vh Sue Takimoto Okabe Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-74-9)

"It hurts, but you don't show it," facing racist audiences while singing and traveling with USO

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vh Sue Takimoto Okabe Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-74-16)

Civic work and current involvement with Jive Bombers Christmas performance

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vh Sue Takimoto Okabe Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-74-17)

Other recent performances and musical productions: Larry Honda Quartet & Music to Remember

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vh Sue Takimoto Okabe Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-74-14)

Career highlights: "It's just a job"

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vh Sue Takimoto Okabe Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-74-8)

Continuing with intensive music training, an "avocation only"; leaving Denver for Minidoka, "probably the only person who ran away from home into camp"

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vh George Yoshida Interview Segment 48 (ddr-densho-1000-132-48)

Forming the J-Town Jazz Ensemble, mostly made up of Sansei musicians

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vh George Yoshida Interview Segment 47 (ddr-densho-1000-132-47)

Learning the drums and playing in bands

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doc Song lyrics (ddr-csujad-7-31)

Several pages of well known popular song lyrics from the era. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_Song Lyrics

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doc Music for Dianne ("Bubbles") Endo (ddr-csujad-7-25)

Sheet music containing "Taps," "Stars and stripes forever," and "Yankee doodle." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_Music for Dianne (Bubbles) Endo

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doc Helen Hasegawa (ddr-csujad-8-17)

Oral history interview with Helen Hasegawa. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Hasegawa, Helen

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img S.F. Sonichi Band (ddr-csujad-11-62)

A marching band named Sonichi plays at the Japan Day celebration during the San Francisco World's Fair, which took place on Treasure Island in 1939. From page 25 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_25_001

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img S.F. Sonichi Band (ddr-csujad-11-63)

A marching band named Sonichi plays at the Japan Day celebration during the San Francisco World's Fair, which took place on Treasure Island in 1939. From page 25 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_25_002

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img Incarcerees watching outdoor musical performance at Manzanar incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-20)

Incarcerees watching outdoor musical performance at Manzanar incarceration camp. June 5, 1942. Photo by Francis Stewart. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_020

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img Swing Band practice at Heart Mountain incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-51)

Swing Band practice at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. September 16, 1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_f16

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img String instruments group (ddr-csujad-25-258)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page is a photograph of a group of students performing string instruments and a flute. The photograph is probably taken in the 1920s. Location is unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_053

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img McCarver R (ddr-csujad-25-348)

A group photograph of music performers of Morton Matthew McCarver Middle School in Tacoma, Seattle. The photograph is taken by A. B. Read Photo Studio in Tacoma, Washington in front of the school building in June 1937. Inscription reads: Read a3555. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_010

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img Susuki Juria-jo shusai Dai 1-kai Piano Onshukai [First Piano Performance coordinated by Ms. Julia Susuki] (ddr-csujad-25-213)

A page of album containing the Taenaka family. Pasted on the page is a group photograph of performers at the first piano performance coordinated by Ms. Julia Susuki. The performers include Japanese American youth. It is most likely taken in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Music students (ddr-densho-200-7)

Piano students of Michiko Morita, violin students of Fumiko Morita. Margaret Morita Hiratsuka: front row, third from right.

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img Music students (ddr-densho-200-6)

Piano students of Michiko Morita, violin students of Fumiko Morita. Margaret Morita Hiratsuka: front row, third from right.

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doc Yankee doodle (ddr-csujad-7-27)

See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_Music for Dianne (Bubbles) Endo_P03

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doc Dr. George Suda (ddr-csujad-8-65)

Oral history interview with Dr. George Suda. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Suda, Dr George

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doc Kou Uyemaruko (ddr-csujad-8-81)

Oral history interview with Kou Uyemaruko [Ko Uemaruko]. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Uyemaruko, Kou

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