Identity and values

Like millions of other immigrants in the United States, first-generation Japanese and their children felt the tension of maintaining their cultural heritage amid pressures to conform to mainstream society while also dealing with discrimination. Although most new immigrants in this country have had to struggle with these same conflicts, one traumatic event sets Japanese Americans apart from other immigrant groups: the mass incarceration during World War II.

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doc Crossroads Vol. 2 No. 32 (December 23, 1949) (ddr-densho-507-1)

Selected article titles: “A Generation in Transition” (p. 3), “Mike - A Portrait in Words” (p. 4), “A Burial for the Yellow Peril” (p. 5), “The Boy from Nebraska” (p. 6), “Just Reminiscing” (p. 8), “The Joker” (p. 9), “Yogore” (p. 10), “Coming Along Swimmingly” (p. 11), “Is It Jim or Hippo Or Just Me?” (p. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-507-1/

doc Copy of Mary Ima and Mori Ima's name change request (ddr-densho-483-128)

Certified copy of name change request for Mary and Morinosuki Ima (Imayanagita).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-128/

img Fujihira family photograph album (ddr-densho-518-4)

An album containing photographs from the Fujihira family's time at Minidoka.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-518-4/

img Large group in parade carrying U.S. and Japanese flags (ddr-densho-426-1887)

Inscription on front: Japan Day (9)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1887/

img Two men and two women standing out the Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1864)

Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi on right. Stamped on back: Candid Camera Photo Service / May 11 1939

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1864/

img Large group in parade, at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1888)

Inscription on front: Japan Day / April 29, 1939 / G.G.I.E.T.I. / (7)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1888/

img Man sitting in display in Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-1657)

Golden Gate International Exposition

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img Japanese Pavilion at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1634)

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img Man standing in front of Tom Wing Kong's Chop Suey Restaurant at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1721)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1721/

img Tomoyuki Nozawa standing on fountain at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1720)

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img Woman standing by fountain and sculpture (ddr-densho-426-1639)

Golden Gate International Exposition.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1639/

img Man standing outside Japanese Pavilion (ddr-densho-426-1654)

Golden Gate International Exposition

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img Woman in kimono standing in garden (ddr-densho-426-1856)

Likely in Japanese Pavilion at Golden Gate International Exposition

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img Woman in kimono seated (ddr-densho-426-1614)

Golden Gate International Exposition

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img Parade float decorated like a chicken at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1880)

Inscription of front: Japan Day (14).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1880/

img Large parade float, at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1881)

Inscription on front: Japan Day (15)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1881/

img Man speaking at bank of microphones, at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1891)

Inscription on front: Japan Day (4)

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img Two women and two men standing on stairway (ddr-densho-426-1616)

Men in traditional Japanese clothes. Outside Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition. Inscription on back: Printed / Oct 30, 1939 / The Owl Drug Co.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1616/