Education

Most of the Nisei (second-generation Japanese Americans) who grew up on the West Coast lived in relatively small sections of the city and shared common experiences in the public schools as well as Japanese language schools. The World War II incarceration interrupted thousands of students' elementary, high school and university educations.

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img Seattle Japanese Language School 1933 Graduation (ddr-densho-477-67)

Photograph of the 1933 graduating class from the Seattle Japanese Language School. The caption on the top of the photograph reads "Japanese School Graduation / March 26, 1933" in black ink, written on a piece of paper or tape. There are paper flags pointing out Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima and Helen Shimizu. Their is a caption along …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-67/

img Washington Junior High 1934 graduation photo (ddr-densho-477-59)

Photograph of a class of children, with some adults in the back. A paper tab notes where Mitsuko is in the group. The caption below the photo is "Washington Junior High 1934 / Mitsuko (2nd Row)" written in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-59/

img Mitzi Nakahara Senior Portrait (ddr-densho-477-77)

Colorized senior portrait of Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima. Written in the lower right corner of photograph is "Nov. 1936" in black ink. The caption below the photo is "High School Picture / Broadway High School" written in black ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-77/

img Flower Arranging Class (ddr-densho-477-76)

Photograph of a students of a flower arranging school arranged in front of a storefront. A woman, possibly Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima, is flagged with a paper marker. Inscription on the photograph in the lower right corner is in Japanese. The caption below the photograph reads "Flower Arranging School - 1936" in ink.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-76/

doc Growing Up in Portland (ddr-densho-496-1)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his childhood and upbringing in Portland leading up to evacuation.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-496-1/

img Children in graudation robes (ddr-densho-359-1123)

Two children pose in graduation robes and diplomas.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1123/

img Portrait of two students (ddr-densho-359-618)

Two girls pose for a portrait in school uniforms. The caption beneath the photogrpah is in Japanese.

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img Portrait of woman (ddr-densho-359-533)

The caption above the photograph in the album states" Mrs. Perkins my instructor in high school 1925".

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img Portrait of a woman (ddr-densho-359-315)

The photograph is signed "Lovingly Shigeko Iseri May 1937"

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img Portrait of woman (ddr-densho-359-345)

Photograph is signed "Most Sincerely Shizu". Shizu Seike - Highline High 1938

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img Graduates (ddr-densho-359-1252)

Two men pose in their graduation robes. Bob Okano is on the left.

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img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-359-497)

Jeanette Kawamoto poses with her diploma.

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img Portrait of a man (ddr-densho-359-1190)

The right bottom corner is signed "Walter".

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img Portrait of girl (ddr-densho-359-534)

The caption below the photograph in the album states "Miss Mildred Cook, Prosser"

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img Class portrait (ddr-densho-359-542)

Jeanette Kawamoto is 7th from left, front row seated

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img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-359-492)

Jeanette Kawamoto poses with her diploma.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-492/

img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-359-532)

Jeanette Kawamoto. The caption beneath the photograph in album "Graduation picture May, 1925".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-532/

img School portrait (ddr-densho-359-573)

The stamp of the photograph studio in the bottom left hand corner of photograph says "S. Karube Fukuoka".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-573/

img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-475-749)

Black and white portrait of an unidentified young man in graduation regalia.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-749/

img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-475-754)

Black and white portrait of an unidentified young man in graduation regalia.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-754/

img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-475-750)

Black and white portrait of an unidentified young man in graduation regalia.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-750/

img Class photo (ddr-densho-475-7)

Sepia tinted class photo with children. Written in pencil on the back lower right corner: "1934"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-7/

img Graduation portrait (ddr-densho-475-748)

Black and white portrait of an unidentified young man in graduation regalia.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-748/

img Amy Lee Nato (ddr-densho-475-753)

Black and white portrait of Amy Lee Nato in graduation regalia. Inscription in blue ink reads "To Frank Miwa / Sincerely yours, Amy Lee Nato Class of '42"

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img Graduate portrait (ddr-densho-475-218)

Black and white photograph of an unidentified young man in graduation cap and gown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-218/