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img Jim Moroto hiking in snow (ddr-densho-383-166)

Written on album page below photograph: "'The Prospector' Jim Moroto, Orca, AAA 1931".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-166/

img Two men standing along beach (ddr-densho-383-140)

Left to right: George Tokuda and Tatsuo Ishimoto. Written on album page below photograph: "Tatsuo Ishimoto and I".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-140/

img Ketchikan shoreline from boat (ddr-densho-383-154)

Written on album page below photograph: "Ketchikan".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-154/

img Man on deck of S.S. Northwestern (ddr-densho-383-128)

Lifesaver along side reads "S.S. Northwestern, New York".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-128/

img Two men on ladder to pier (ddr-densho-383-169)

From top down: Toshimi Nishimura and Mr. Fujita, the cannry boss. Written on album page below photograph: "Tosh and Mr. Fujita".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-169/

img View of ocean in Alaska (ddr-densho-383-39)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-39/

img Isamu Ito in front of huts in forest (ddr-densho-383-182)

Written on album page below photograph: "Mr. Isamu Ita[sic]"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-182/

img Gold mine in Juneau (ddr-densho-383-137)

Written on album page below photograph: "A Gold Mine, Juneau".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-137/

img Men hiking up snowy mountain (ddr-densho-383-54)

Bob Higashida is second from left. Lefty Yamaguchi is third from right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-54/

img Shoreline of Alaskan town from ship (ddr-densho-383-79)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-79/

img Takashi Matsumoto dressed in white on edge of beach (ddr-densho-383-171)

Written on album page below photograph: "Takashi Matsumoto, Orca AAA 1931"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-171/

img Yash Takahashi without clothes on beach (ddr-densho-383-170)

Written on album page below photograph: "'Tarzan' Nature in the Raw - Yash Takahashi". Printed and pasted on top of photograph: "The Height of Futility: Playing strip poker in a nudist colony." William "Yash" Takahashi was a University of Washington graduate in 1937. He was on the debate team and a member of the Japanese Students …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-170/

img Photo album (ddr-densho-383-1)

Photo album of George Tokuda from time as pharmacy student at University of Washington; includes time spent in Alaska.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-1/

img Remnants of pier on waterfront in Alaska (ddr-densho-383-152)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-152/

img Two men hiking in snow (ddr-densho-383-134)

Left to right: Toshimi Nishimura and George Tokuda. Written on album page below photograph: "Climbin' at Orca".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-134/

img Five men and a dog camping (ddr-densho-383-57)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-57/

img Three men on porch (ddr-densho-383-44)

Left to right: Bob Higashida, Hide Setsuda, and Isamu Ito. Written on album page next to photograph: "Mr. Ito, Bob Higashida, Hide Setsuda".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-44/

img Waterfront with gulls (ddr-densho-383-135)

Written on album page below photograph: "Lunch Time For Seagulls".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-135/

img Three men fishing in river (ddr-densho-383-41)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-41/

img Railroad tracks (ddr-densho-383-216)

Written on album page below photograph: "Overlooking Skagway AAA 1932".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-216/

img Four young men aboard ship (ddr-densho-383-58)

George Tokuda on far left. Possibly taken aboard the S.S. Northwestern, on which George Tokuda worked as a waiter when he was twenty years old.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-58/

img Mr. Fujita on deck of ship (ddr-densho-383-83)

Written on album page below photograph: "Mr. Fujita, Cannery Foreman at Hunter's Bay, 1930".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-83/

img Two men sitting on deck of ship (ddr-densho-383-157)

Written on album page below photograph: "Mr. Endo".

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-157/

img Taiko foraging for plants (ddr-densho-383-92)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-92/

doc The New Japanese American News 1949 Yearbook (ddr-densho-474-54)

Postwar directory of Japanese Americans living across the United States published by Shin Nichibei (Los Angeles Japanese newspaper). Names and community organizations are listed alphabetically by geographic region (states listed generally from west to east followed by Alaska, Hawaii, Canada, Caribbean Islands, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and South America). Includes 220-page photographic advertising section for Japanese-owned businesses …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-54/