Alameda Japanese American History Project: Family and Community Collection
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Alameda Japanese American History Project
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COLLECTION ID
ddr-ajah-6
DESCRIPTION
Collection includes photographs and ephemera from the Alameda community including individuals, families, businesses and community organizations such as the YMBA. There is a set of objects related to the Imagire Sewing School, including biographical notes about the founder, Shizuko Imagire.
INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE
1899-2021
BULK UNIT DATE
1920-1950
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
251 photos of families and individuals in the Alameda community, including community organizations and businesses, 28 digital documents with photos, text and additional historic or biographical information
CONTRIBUTOR
Alameda Japanese American History Project
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Alameda Japanese American History Project, Densho
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
279 Objects
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Panorama of funeral for Yugoro Yamamato, with copy listing identified individuals (ddr-ajah-6-1)
Caption below photo: Mrs. Yugoro Yamamato Funeral 1939 / Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., phot by Tsuji Studio of Oakland.
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Woman and man in uniform standing outside building (ddr-ajah-6-2)
Caption below photo: Hisano Akagi and her second son, Hiromu "Henry", stand in front of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Alameda, CA. He was born in Alameda on February 3, 1923. Hiromu does not appear on the rosters of the 442nd RCT or Military Intelligence School. photo 1948
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Family portrait of Kato family taken in Japan (ddr-ajah-6-3)
Caption on right with biographical data of family
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Portrait of two girls (ddr-ajah-6-4)
Caption below photo: At left: Chizuye Kato(w) in Japan / Written on the back in kanji: "Mikie Fujino Keep it forever". Caption includes biographical data on Chizuye Kato and Buichi Nakata
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Portrait of two girls (ddr-ajah-6-5)
Caption on right of photo: At right: Chizuye Kato(w) in Japan / Written on the back in Kanji: "Chizuye Kato Keep it Forever". Biographical data of Chizuye Kato and Buichi Nakata in caption below photo
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Three girls outside house (ddr-ajah-6-6)
Caption below photo: Left: Chizuye Kato(w) of Alameda, CA. 1926
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Portrait of couple (ddr-ajah-6-7)
Caption below photo: Sojourners in a Strange Land / Passenger lists show that Karoju (b. 1881) and Shime (b. 1884) Kawamura arrived in Honolulu in 1902, and later boarded the ship Mongolia to arrive in San Francisco in 1910. They became life-long members of the church, bringing up their son Shizuto and daughter, Katsumi, in the …
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Passport photo for Shime Iwamasa (ddr-ajah-6-8)
Caption below photo: Shime Iwamasa, age 49. Once she settled in America, she was living in Alameda, CA. August 10, 1932 passport photo
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Wedding photo and copy of wedding announcement (ddr-ajah-6-9)
Caption below photo: Shizuto Kawamura married Haruko "Spring" Kido in 1936 at the home of the Kawamuras on Walnut Street in Alameda, CA. Caption includes additional notes on the couple's move to Japan. Reprint of article in Shin Sekai Asahi Shinbun, April 26, 1936.
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Shizuto Kawamura and three sons sitting on beach (ddr-ajah-6-10)
Caption below photo: Kawamura family at Enoshima, a popular resort area in Japan, circa 1950. They moved from Alameda, CA., to Japan after shout was hired as an engineer at a Tokyo steel mill. He could not find a job in engineering in America. Names identified: George, Seigi, Shizuto, Jiro