Issei

The earliest wave of Japanese immigrants, the Issei (first generation), had a strong sense of their ethnic identity and retained the values and traditions of their country of birth. Most came to the United States as sojourners and planned to return to Japan after earning their fortunes. In addition, discriminatory laws forbade them from becoming American citizens and from exercising other basic rights, such as owning or leasing land. Since they were thus prevented from fully taking part in American life, it is not surprising that many still identified strongly with the culture of their homeland.

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img Family of Alfred Eijiro Tatsumi (ddr-densho-353-201)

Front row: June Tomae, Misao, Mrs. Tatsumi. Back row: Albert, Walter, Henry, Jiro, Alfred.

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img Portrait of a man (ddr-densho-353-28)

Yasujiro Osawa arrived in Seattle in 1887.

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img Portrait of a young man (ddr-densho-353-27)

Alfred Eijiro Tatsumi. Photo taken at Judkins Studio, on 2nd and Columbia.

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img Kanjiro and Toshi Tashiro with daughter Shizuko (ddr-densho-353-204)

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img A family on a dairy farm (ddr-densho-353-35)

A dairy farm located in King County.

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img Family in front of house (ddr-densho-353-24)

Mr. and Mrs. Kenji Mori with their first child, in front of their first home in Mukilteo.

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img Sawaye Mukai and her friends (ddr-densho-353-199)

Captioned: "Sawaye Mukai and her friends welcoming Mrs. Horita to the U.S."

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img Men and women in front of sawmill (ddr-densho-353-22)

Mukilteo sawmill. Caption in album: "Japanese sawmill workers greet a new bride."

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img Portrait of a woman and children (ddr-densho-353-30)

Captioned: "A Japanese female domestic and her charges."

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img Photos of lumber mill workers (ddr-densho-353-36)

Captioned: "Lumber mill owned by S. Tsukata."

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img Portrait of a man (ddr-densho-353-37)

Captioned: "A new arrival."

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img Young woman in front of a car (ddr-densho-353-214)

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img A woman holding a cat (ddr-densho-353-31)

Captioned: "A lonely bride and her cat."

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img Four women standing with a car (ddr-densho-353-200)

Captioned: "Four ladies dressed for a Sunday drive."

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img The Koichi Hoida family on their dairy farm (ddr-densho-353-50)

Captioned: "Hoida father and four children."

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img Kinuko Nakatani in kimono (ddr-densho-383-156)

Written on album page below photograph: "Kinuko".

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img Welly Shibata standing on lawn (ddr-densho-383-178)

Written on album page below photograph: "Welly Shibata". Printed and pasted on album page below photograph: "Famous Last Words. And what's wrong with my tone of voice, my haughty beauty?" Welly Shibata was a University of Washington student who graduated in 1929. He was also a member of the Japanese Students Club at the University of …

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