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Woman and child (ddr-densho-359-936)
Pauline Nakata and her son, Kenji Nakata, relax on the front lawn of the Kawamoto house.

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Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-999)
The Kawamoto family sit for a portrait. Back row from left to right: Shigeko and Joe Kawamoto, Masaaki and Pauline Nakata. Front Row from left to right: Jeanette Otsuka, Kaichi and Itsuno Kawamoto with grandson Kenji Nakata, Alice Kawamoto

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Kawamoto brother and his wife and sister (ddr-densho-359-360)
Alice Kawamoto poses with her brother and sister-in-law, Joe and Shigeko, in front a car.

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High school portrait (ddr-densho-359-5)
Students post for high school group photograph. Alice Kawamoto is in the 3rd row 8th from left. Elva Shinozaki is in the second from, 4th from left. Written on the back of the photograph is the name of each student with their graduation year in the order they appear in the photograph. Students unpictured are listed …




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Japanese American woman (ddr-densho-359-383)
The caption under the photograph in the album "Chiyo Takami of Spokane".

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Kawamoto family photograph album (ddr-densho-359-207)
Alice Kawamoto family photograph album includes photos covering many subjects including school classes, weddings, farming, vacations and mountain climbing.

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Picnic (ddr-densho-359-152)
Members of the Kawamoto family enjoy watermelon.Standing: Jean Kawamoto; seated from left: Don Nakata, Pauline Nakata, Kenji Nakata, and Kaichi Kawamoto

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Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-691)
Stamped in the bottom right hand corner "Ochi Studio Seattle, Wash." The caption written beneath the photograph states the date "Sept 20 1931" and also a caption in Japanese.

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High school graduation announcement (ddr-densho-359-9)
Alice Kawamoto's high school graduation annoucement. She graduated valedictorian of her class.

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Portrait of a girl (ddr-densho-359-231)
Yukiye Pauline Kawamoto. Caption under the photograph in the album "Pauline 1928 'sweet fifteen' graduation".


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Woman and children on the lawn (ddr-densho-359-1037)
Unidentified child (far right) with Pauline and Kenji Nakata at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.



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Cows in a field (ddr-densho-359-1094)
Photographs of the Kawamoto property taken by George Evans in 1944.

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Buddhist Convention (ddr-one-1-331)
Black and white photographic negative of members of the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple) at a Buddhist convention at Collin's Field House in Seattle, Washington. Back row left to right: Frances (Kinoshita) Mayeda, Aki (Shiraishi) Dong, Mary (Nakata) Fujii, unidentified, Jean (Tsujimura) Takashima, remaining unidentified. Front row left to right: Sumi …

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Young Buddhist League Convention Court and Queen (ddr-one-1-26)
Black and white photographic print of the Fourth Annual Northwest Young Buddhist League's Convection Court and Queen. Left to Right: Mae (Okazaki) Sasaki of Tacoma, Washington; Margaret Tomoguchi of Seattle, Washington; Mary (Nakata) Fujii of Portland, Oregon (Queen); Sumi (Hashimoto) Kurokawa, and Takako Nitta of Spokane, Washington. This photograph was found in Frank Hirahara's memorabilia of …