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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Washington Junior High 1934 graduation photo (ddr-densho-477-59)
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.
Mitzi Nakahara Senior Portrait (ddr-densho-477-77)
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.
Flower Arranging Class (ddr-densho-477-76)
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.
Growing Up in Portland (ddr-densho-496-1)
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.
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