ddr-ajah-4 — Alameda Japanese American History Project: Buena Vista United Methodist Church Collection — Objects

img Couple posing in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-51)

Caption below photo: Munch Mizokuchi, as Phillip, and Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, are actors in "An Old Kentucky Garden," a stageplay at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA. March 1937

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img Couple posing in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-52)

Caption below photo: Tim Yamasaki, as Stephen Foster and Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, are actors from "An Old Kentucky Garden," a stageplay at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. The show was directed by Ruby Yoshino and Albert Torio. March 1937

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img Couple posing in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-53)

Caption below photo: Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, and Leroy Kajiwara, as Colonel Staunton, are two of the actors in the stageplay of "An Old Kentucky Garden" at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. March 1937

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img Three women in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-54)

Caption below photo: Kiyo Date (left), as Elmino, Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, and Shinayo Kikuchi sing in "An Old Kentucky Garden", a stageplay at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. The show was directed by Ruby Yoshino and Alber Torio. March 1937

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img Man posing in costume (ddr-ajah-4-55)

Caption below photo: Min Yoshida, playing the role of Majundahr, the Hindu magician, is one of the actors in the stageplay of "An Old Kentucky Garden," at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. The show was directed by Ruby Yoshino and Albert Torio. March 1937

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doc Program for "An Old Kentucky Garden" (ddr-ajah-4-56)

Seventh Benefit Entertainment of the Young Peoples Epworth League. Includes ads for local businesses,

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img Large group photo outside church (ddr-ajah-4-57)

Printed on photo front: Japanese Methodist Church "Last Issei Services" Alameda, California, February 15, 1942. Caption below photo: On February 15, 1942, the JME church held a farewell service conducted by Rev. Shigeo Shimada and attended by 120 members and friends, many of whom stepped forward for baptism. Dr. J.B. Cobb and his wife, former missionaries …

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doc 300 Japanese Must Evacuate Alameda Tuesday (ddr-ajah-4-58)

Document with photos, clippings and transcriptions of newspaper articles concerning the forced evacuation of Alameda

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img Group of women on steps of church (ddr-ajah-4-59)

Caption below photo: Fujinkai Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Alameda, CA., circa 1952. Duplicate photo with names identified

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img Group of women and children outside building (ddr-ajah-4-60)

Caption below photo: Women and children pose in front of the former chapel of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA. 1954

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doc Document with photos, documents and historical information about the Methodist Japanese School and Masaharu Oba (ddr-ajah-4-61)

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img Portrait of Sensei Isuji Nakajima (ddr-ajah-4-62)

Caption below photo: Sensei Isuji Nakajima. He arrived in August 1917 to replace Sensei Masaharu Oba, who had left his teaching position at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Alameda, Ca. Photo circa 1917

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img Class photo of Japanese School at Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South (ddr-ajah-4-63)

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Digital document with class photo and history of the church run Japanese school at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church in Alameda (ddr-ajah-4-64)

img Digital document with class photo and history of the church run Japanese school at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church in Alameda (ddr-ajah-4-64)

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av Ties that Bind: Generations of Faith (ddr-ajah-4-65)

A video commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California.

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av Footage from Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (1 of 3) (ddr-ajah-4-66)

Footage featuring services and interviews from the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California. Shot for a documentary commemorating Buena Vista's centennial called Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith, produced by Wendy Hanamura.

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av Footage from Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (2 of 3) (ddr-ajah-4-67)

Footage featuring services and interviews from the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California. Shot for a documentary commemorating Buena Vista's centennial called Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith, produced by Wendy Hanamura.

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av Footage from Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (3 of 3) (ddr-ajah-4-68)

Footage featuring services and interviews from the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California. Shot for a documentary commemorating Buena Vista's centennial called Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith, produced by Wendy Hanamura.

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av Home movie footage of the wedding of Nellie Itahara and Bill Takeda (ddr-ajah-4-69)

Home movie footage showing friends and pastor of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church celebrating the marriage of Bill Takeda and Nellie Fumiko Itahara in what appears to be a private home.

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av Buena Vista United Methodist Church of Alameda summer picnic (ddr-ajah-4-70)

Home movies of the annual summer picnic of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church of Alameda, CA in 1963. Scenes include games, baseball.

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av Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church snow trip (ddr-ajah-4-71)

Home movies of the snow trip in Lake Tahoe of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church. Includes scenes of the church's annual Spring Festival or Bazaar, Easter service with an Easter egg hunt, and a church picnic held at Crab Cove, Alameda, California. Home movies taken by Haruo "Howe" Hanamura (April 10, 1919 - August 18, …

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av Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church's 70th Anniversary (ddr-ajah-4-72)

Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church of Alameda, California's 70th anniversary celebration. Scenes include members arriving, past ministers, games for kids, and Halloween parade and party. Home movies taken by Haruo "Howe" Hanamura (April 10, 1919 - August 18, 2012).

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av Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church's Spring Festival (ddr-ajah-4-73)

Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church of Alameda, California's Spring Festival or bazaar. Scenes include members cooking, games, a church picnic at Crab Cove, and an outing to a swimming pool. Home movies taken by Haruo "Howe" Hanamura (April 10, 1919 - August 18, 2012).

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av Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church snow trip (ddr-ajah-4-74)

Home movie footage taken on a family vacation to Yellowstone National Park and at a Buena Vista United Methodist Church Church snow trip.

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av Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church snow trip (ddr-ajah-4-75)

Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church of Alameda, California's snow trip. Also includes scenes of Mary Hanamura's third grade Sunday School field trip to the Oakland zoo.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-75/

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