Hawai'i

img Two boats (ddr-densho-492-54)

Photograph of two boats with Anegawa Maru sailors seated and standing. Written in the upper left corner is "Hilo" in blue ink. Written on the back is "Amigawa's [sic] officers crossing Bay" in black ink.

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img Summer in Hawaii (ddr-densho-492-34)

Photograph of a group of 4 sitting and standing on a rocky cliffside. Written on the top of the photograph is "Summer - in Hawaii" in blue ink.

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img Hide (Ninomiya) Yamamoto (ddr-densho-492-43)

Portrait of Hide (Ninomiya) Yamamoto in a kimono.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-43/

img Hide (Ninomiya) Yamamoto (ddr-densho-492-41)

Portrait of Hide (Ninomiya) Yamamoto in a kimono. Written on the bottom of the photograph is "Mother" in blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-41/

img Graduating students of Hilo Boarding School 1906 (ddr-densho-492-37)

Photograph of eight graduates of Hilo Boarding School class of 1906, each wearing a dark suit with leis. Standing in the back row, second from the left is Soichi T. Yamamoto. Written in the lower right corner is "HBS class - 1906" in blue ink. A blue arrow points to Soichi T. Yamamoto

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-37/

img Hide (Ninomiya) Yamamoto (ddr-densho-492-44)

Photograph of Hide (Ninomiya) Yamamoto in a kimono. Caption on the back in Japanese

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-44/

img Sumo at picnic (ddr-densho-492-36)

Photograph of two men sumo wrestling surrounded by a small crowd. Written on the photograph is "Sumo on Picnic - Hilo" in blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-36/

doc Postcard to Soichi T. Yamamoto from M. Yamamoto (ddr-densho-492-17)

Postcard from M. Yamamoto to Soichi T. Yamamoto acknowledging his last letter and promising to write soon. The front of the postcard includes a series of three photographs, one of students in a formation on the grounds, another of Taro plants growing in a field, and the third of an unidentified young man outside the Hilo …

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img Sugar cane crop (ddr-densho-492-58)

Written on the back is "#288 Waiakeu Rm. Sugar cane in blossom" in pencil.

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img Hilo Boarding School Garden (ddr-densho-492-8)

Photograph of palm trees and other plants on the campus of the Hilo Boarding School. Written in the upper right corner is "Lymans Garden" in blue ink.

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img Hide (Ninomiya) Yamamoto (ddr-densho-492-51)

Photograph of Hide (Ninomiya) Yamamoto sitting in a chair. Written on the photograph in both yellow ink and red ink is "1915." Written on the back is "Received De. 25-1915 While at U of I. Urbana Ill" in black ink.

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img Mo'oheau Bandstand (ddr-densho-492-23)

Photograph of a bandstand in Mo'oheau Park with a crowd forming around it. Written in the upper left corner is "Hilo" in blue ink. Written on the back is "Mooheau Hall" in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-23/

img Anegawa Maru (ddr-densho-492-59)

Photograph of Anegawa Maru in Hilo Bay. Written on the back is "Amigawa [sic] Kan" in black ink.

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img Graduating students of Hilo Boarding School 1907 (ddr-densho-492-13)

Photograph of seven graduates of Hilo Boarding School class of 1907, each wearing a light suit with leis. Written in the upper left corner is "HBS class - 1907" in blue ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-13/

img Hilo Boarding School class photo (ddr-densho-492-4)

Black and white photograph of students in uniform standing outside a newly constructed building on Hilo Boarding School's campus. On the far left is Olando Lyman and Soichi T. Yamamoto. Written along the top right side of the photograph is "Hilo Boarding Sch. New Bldg." in blue ink. Written on the lower left is "Olando Lyman" …

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img 12 people outside church (ddr-densho-492-20)

Photograph of 12 people standing outside a building with a Japanese plaque above the door. Written on the photograph in the upper right corner is "Hilo Church" in blue ink.

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img Mr. Neff and Students (ddr-densho-492-10)

Portrait of Mr. Neff (seated center) with 7 students from Hilo Boarding School, including Soichi T. Yamamoto (standing far right). Written along the top of the photograph is "Mr Neff & students" in blue ink. Written on the back is "T. Yamamoto Yamamoto H.B.S. 1905" in pencil with a line and circle indicating where Yamamoto is …

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img Graduating students of Hilo Boarding School 1906 (ddr-densho-492-19)

Photograph of eight graduates of Hilo Boarding School, each wearing a dark suit with leis standing holding their diplomas around a basaltic rock. Second from the left is Soichi T. Yamamoto

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-492-19/

img Hide (Ninomiya) Yamamoto (ddr-densho-492-39)

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vh Ramsay Yosuke Mori Interview (ddr-densho-1000-316)

Nisei male. Born February 23, 1933, in Tokyo, Japan. Moved with parents to Hawaii at a young age, and grew up in Honolulu, where family held a prominent position in the community. Just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, parents received a phone call from Japan, which was tapped by the FBI. The U.S. government …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-316/

vh Haruye Murakami Hagiwara Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-284-19)

Lifestyle changes during the war: gas masks, martial law

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-284-19/

vh Haruye Murakami Hagiwara Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-284-16)

Father's arrest by a Japanese American police officer

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-284-16/

vh Jane Komeiji Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-406-10)

Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-406-10/

vh Jane Komeiji Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-406-11)

The aftermath of the bombing of Pearl Harbor: being visited by the FBI

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vh Sadaichi Kubota Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-40-11)

Cleaning up the aftermath of Pearl Harbor, seeing the "puffs of smoke"

This interview was conducted at the 1998 Americans of Japanese Ancestry Veterans National Convention, held in Honolulu, Hawaii. Because of the full conference schedule, interviews conducted at the reunion were generally shorter in length than the typical Densho interview and tend to concentrate on …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-40-11/

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