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Actress Biography (ddr-densho-325-12)
doc Actress Biography (ddr-densho-325-12)
A typed biography of child actress, Gloria Jean.
Two women stand by a wall (ddr-densho-404-414)
img Two women stand by a wall (ddr-densho-404-414)
Two women stand by a wall surrounded by rubble; likely a scene from a film on a movie screen.
Women in coat (ddr-densho-404-406)
img Women in coat (ddr-densho-404-406)
A woman in a coat holds on to her lapel; likely a scene from a film on a movie screen. Japanese text written on photograph
Woman admiring flowers (ddr-densho-404-415)
img Woman admiring flowers (ddr-densho-404-415)
A woman pulls down a branch to enjoy the blossoms; likely a scene from a film on a movie screen. Caption written in Japanese next to photograph.
Woman holding a bouquet of flowers (ddr-densho-404-413)
img Woman holding a bouquet of flowers (ddr-densho-404-413)
A man stands behind a woman holding a bouquet of flowers; likely a scene from a film on a movie screen.
Document titled:  A Japanese Actor arrives in America (ddr-ajah-6-167)
doc Document titled: A Japanese Actor arrives in America (ddr-ajah-6-167)
Includes portrait of Matao Koga taken at the T.Y. Sato Studio in San Francisco, portion of ships manifest from 1923 and biographical details of Koga's life
Document titled Matao and Shigeko Koga in the Days of Japanese cinema in Alameda (ddr-ajah-6-177)
doc Document titled Matao and Shigeko Koga in the Days of Japanese cinema in Alameda (ddr-ajah-6-177)
Document including photos, reproductions of posters, clippings, biographical information about Matao and Shigeko Koga, and their film business
Reproduction of movie poster in Japanese and English (ddr-ajah-6-175)
doc Reproduction of movie poster in Japanese and English (ddr-ajah-6-175)
Caption below photo: 1969 movie poster made by Matao and Shigeko Koga. The Koga's two person business, Koga Kogyo Bu, showed Japanese movies to the Japanese born (Isseis) and Japanese American (Nisei) audience throughout California from 1939 to at least 1969. the Kogas were from Alameda, CA. Original size: 13x17"
Reproduction of movie poster in Japanese and English (ddr-ajah-6-176)
doc Reproduction of movie poster in Japanese and English (ddr-ajah-6-176)
Caption below photo: 1969 movie poster hand made by Matao and Shigeko Koga's two person business, Koga Kogyo Bu, showed Japanese movies to the Japanese born (Isseis) and Japanese American (Nisei) audience throughout California from 1939 to at least 1969. The Kogas were from Alameda, CA. Original size: 13x 17"
[Newspaper clipping titled:] Days of waiting tells Arthur-Estelle Ishigo story (ddr-csujad-55-2052)
doc [Newspaper clipping titled:] Days of waiting tells Arthur-Estelle Ishigo story (ddr-csujad-55-2052)
Newspaper clipping regarding a film by Steve Okazaki on Estelle Ishigo, a non-Japanese woman who chose to accompany her husband, a Japanese American, to Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Covers the making of the film and background on the life of Estelle Ishigo. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2155
Mary Mon Toy backstage with Robert Ryan and others (ddr-densho-367-78)
img Mary Mon Toy backstage with Robert Ryan and others (ddr-densho-367-78)
Mary Mon Toy is backstage at the premier of the movie "Berlin Express." Mary was one of the star live performers before the movie. She performed in front of an audiencec of 4,000 people in Boston, Massachusetts.
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