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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 21 (May 24, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-21)

Select article titles: "Hearings on temporary Japanese farm labor program completed in Washington; Labor Dep't, labor groups and JACL testifies" (p. 1); "Min Yasui's father dies in Portland, was 70" (p. 1); "JACL-COJAEC lists names of awardees ready to be paid by next appropriation measure; more names to appear" (p. 1); "'Teahouse' production earns ...

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img Japanese theater performance (ddr-densho-167-32)

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img Japanese theater performance (ddr-densho-167-33)

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img Showing of Tannhauser to promote culture and the arts (ddr-densho-299-203)

Caption: "Somehow, sung in Japanese 'a lot seemed to be lost in translation' as a friend said. They also / presented Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticanaand Carmen."

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doc "Rio Rita" musical program (ddr-densho-280-131)

A program for Garfield High School Music Department's production of "Rio Rita," a musical comedy in two acts.

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img Showing of Tannhauser to promote culture and the arts (ddr-densho-299-202)

Caption: "To encourage the arts and in an attempt to expose the GIs to 'culture,' Wagner's opera Tannhauser / was presented."

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img Takarazuka ballet (ddr-csujad-11-53)

Takarazuka girls and elected festival queens, photographed in the Sigmund Stern Grove in San Francisco. From page 20 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_20_001

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img Christmas pageant at Japanese Community Hall (ddr-densho-259-179)

Caption in Japanese at top of photograph: "Iwa Kurisumasu [Christmas celebration]." Caption by Homer Yasui: "A Christmas pageant which was performed by the Nisei members of the Hood River Japanese Methodist Church The girl second left looks like Mika Asai to mel and it might have been Jessie Iwatsuki holding the star on the stick. I ...

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 22 (May 31, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-22)

Select article titles: "House Approves Supplemental Appropriations Bill to Pay 1,300 Claimants over $1,600,000 By Summer" (p. 1); "YWCA director who befriended Japanese in Salt Lake during war years to retire" (p. 1); "Renunciants urged to file Form N-576 as soon as possible to secure administrative review of validity of own action" (p ...

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 4 (January 25, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-4)

Selected article titles: "Builders using gov't financing sued for race bias in selling tract homes" (p. 1); "Eisenhower urges statehood for Hawaii & Alaska" (p.1); "Japan refugee returns home after year stay in California, in Uncle Sam uniform" (p. 1); "Nisei opera soloist set for S.F. season" (p. 2); "Temporary farm worker program extended for Mexicans ...

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doc "The Fortune Teller" operetta program (ddr-densho-280-130)

A program for Garfield High School Music Department's production of "The Fortune Teller," an operetta in three acts.

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img Outdoor theater performance (ddr-densho-201-150)

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img Takarazuka musumes (ddr-csujad-11-9)

The arrival of a Japanese dance troupe, the Takarazuka, in San Francisco. From page 5 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_05_001

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vh Hiroshi Kashiwagi Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-165-27)

Writing another play, Laughter and False Teeth about the moral breakdown and corruption of the camp society

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img Japanese performance (ddr-csujad-25-343)

A photograph of a Japanese theater performance taken by "Aiko," a photo studio in Seattle, Washington. Performers wear kimono. It is taken in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_005

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img Stage performance (ddr-densho-259-532)

Audience watching a performance onstage, some of the audience wearing school uniforms. The performance is an unidentified drama, possibly a kabuki play.

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img Drama group rehearsal (ddr-densho-161-55)

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img Japanese theater performance (ddr-densho-167-34)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 27 (December 23-30, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-50)

Selected article titles: "Jappan-United States Friendship Act Lacks Nikkei Participation" (p.37), "Mandate of 1976 JACL Convention Being Carried Out at Snail's Pace" (p.38, 40), "East West Players, Asian American Actors Group, Now in 13th Season" (p.41), "Interracial Marriages" (p.44-46), "My Sansei Son" (p.50), "Little Tokyo Towers, Home of Happy Issei ...

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 108, No. 12 (March 31, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-12)

Selected article titles: "Next Redress Payment Hearing Before House Appropriations" (p. 1), "SFSU Rejects Nakajo's Grievance" (pp. 1-2), "LEC Update: Letters Relevant to Redress Progress Exchanged" (p. 3), and "Theater Review: EW Players' 'Webster Street Blues' Captures Sansei Life" (p. 5).

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img Seizaburo Mukai's Jackson Theater (ddr-densho-353-95)

Seizaburo Mukai also ran the Atlas, the Circle, and the Rialto theaters.

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img Bunshiren (literary club) members (ddr-densho-353-372)

The club performed Tolstoy's play "The Resurrection." Captioned: "Panel of speakers on the stage of the Nippon Kan, eager to speak on any topic."

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img Babs Namasu (ddr-csujad-11-90)

A character from the "Little Kabuki" in Stockton. This photo is addressed from Shigeru [?] to Tazu Kawamoto. From page 35 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_35_002

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doc Chapter 8, 9, 10 personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-35)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including movies, dances, dissatisfaction with recreation, family dynamics, desire to leave camp, cultural and generational differences, and weather. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were part of a class assignment and collected for the ...

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doc "The Red Mill" musical program (ddr-densho-280-133)

A program for Garfield High School Music Department's production of "Red Hill," a musical comedy in two acts.

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