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1247 items
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Chrysanthemums and Salt (ddr-densho-1024-60)
Documentary film by Dianne Fukami on the Japanese American community in San Mateo, California, from its late 1800s origins to the outbreak of World War II. As hinted at by the film's title, Chrysanthemums and Salt largely focuses on two of the major industries that employed Japanese Americans before the war, growing and marketing chrysanthemums and …
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Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (ddr-densho-1024-25)
Documentary film about this history of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church, a Japanese American church in Alameda, California , on its 100th anniversary. Using family photographs, home movies and other sources, the film takes us through the church's history in ten and twenty year intervals, highlighting its founding and early growth through the Issei era, …
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An Oral History with Mitsuo Nitta (ddr-csujad-29-4)
Oral history with Nisei farmer/businessman from pioneering Orange County, California family gives prewar biographical information with emphasis on Japanese Americans in Orange County. Discusses World War II forced removal, experiences in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the role of the Japanese American Citizens League before and after World War II. This oral history was conducted …
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Seiko Ishida and her Third Grade Class (ddr-csujad-29-9)
Seiko Ishida and her 3rd grade class listening to the librarian Miss Matsuoka. Oral history transcript and audio are found in items: csufccop_jaoh_0010 and csufccop_jaoh_0016. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1339_P02
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America in the Making (ddr-csujad-29-10)
Manzanar Elementary Department's program "America in the Making." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1339_P03"
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Kentsu's Chronology (ddr-ohs-1-65)
Genealogy of the Yabe family who were originally from Okinawa and immigrated to California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Marriage License for Kenden Yabe and Mitsuye Jyoko (ddr-ohs-1-274)
The couple were married on August 28, 1919 in Imperial, California. The license was filed in September of 1919.
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Two girls in coats next to a tree (ddr-densho-480-43)
A blurry photography of two girls in coats standing in front of a building, next to a tree.
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Two men stand on the beach (ddr-densho-480-6)
This image was most likely around Pismo or Cayucus.
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The Miyoshi family (including Kumataro, Kiku, Masa, and Toru) poses in front of a car (ddr-densho-480-5)
The Miyoshi family poses in front of a car on the opposite side of a cafe. To the far left is Kumataro Miyoshi, and his wife Kiku Miyoshi is in the middle of the group. Their daughter Masa is third from the right in the group, and the child is her son, Toru. A dog can …
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Commemorative Issue 2600th Anniversary Yearbook and Directory 1940-1941 (ddr-densho-480-2)
The yearbook includes pictures and information about Japanese American businesses, schools, organizations, individuals, and families. The directory includes city indexes for California, as well as a few city indexes for Arizona and Japan, with advertisements for businesses and organizations throughout the city indexes.
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A large group of people at a picnic (ddr-densho-480-42)
Many people sit on the ground, with trees around them. Plates, bottles, and cups can be seen around them. A young child looks at the camera.
