Alameda Japanese American History Project: Family and Community Collection ddr-ajah-6
978 items
978 items
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Girl and boy standing nursery yard (ddr-ajah-6-426)
Caption below photo: Frances Yasuyo Idea and brother, Mitsuru Ikeda, at their parent's business, the Alameda Nursery. The family lived on the property. Mitsuru was born on June 14, 1927, making this photo early 1930s
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Group posing outside two buildings (ddr-ajah-6-427)
Caption below photo: Backrow L to R: Harry Ikeda, Jim (last name unknown), Frances Yasuyo Ikeda, unknown, unknown, Mitsuko (Harry's wife). Front row L to R: unknown, Mitsuru (holding camera) Ikeda and unknown young girl. Probably posing at the Ikeda home and business at 2530 Blanding Avenue, Alameda, CA. December 5, 1931
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Harry Ikeda with fish (ddr-ajah-6-428)
Caption below photo: Yoyoji Harry Ikeda and his catch of striped bass, Alameda, CA, April 1937
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Group of five women posing for photo on sidewalk (ddr-ajah-6-429)
Caption below photo: Masako Abe, Frances Yasuyo Ikeda, Friends gather for a photo in Alameda, CA, circa late 1940s or 1950s
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Water tower at Amache (ddr-ajah-6-430)
Caption below photo: Water tower at Amache, Colorado, September 1943 to June 1945
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Mitsuko Ikeda standing in snow (ddr-ajah-6-431)
Caption below photo: Mitsuko Ikeda of Alameda, CA at Amache incarceration camp in the snow. Late 1943 to early 1945
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Two men sitting outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-432)
Caption below photo: Mr. Kozono, Yoyoji "Harry" Ikeda of Alameda, CA. Amache, Colorado incarceration camp, September 1944
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Man standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-433)
Caption below photo: Frank Masutani, Amache, Colorado 1944-1945
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Barracks in the snow at Amache (ddr-ajah-6-434)
Caption below photo: Amache, Colorado incarceration camp. 1944
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Mitsuko Ikeda at Amache (ddr-ajah-6-435)
Caption below photo: Mitsuko Ikeda in Amache incarceration camp, circa mid 1945, she was Harry Ikeda's second wife and the family was living in Alameda, CA before the war. Mitsuko died of cancer in 1953.
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Frances and Misuru Ikeda at Amache (ddr-ajah-6-436)
Caption below photo: Frances Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda with brother, Mitsuru. Amache, Colorado, Block 6G, Building 7. May 1945. The Ikedas were from Alameda, CA.
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Document with photo and clippings titled "Building the World of Tomorrow" (ddr-ajah-6-437)
Document with clippings and photo of Mitsuru Ikeda in graduation robes. Caption on page: Mitsuru Ikeda graduates high school while incarcerated in Amache, Colorado in January, Colorado in January 1945. He was born on June 14, 1927 in Alameda, CA.
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Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda (ddr-ajah-6-438)
Caption below photo: Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda of Alameda, CA. Amache, Colorado, May 1945
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Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda sitting on bed inside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-439)
Caption below photo: Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda, of Alameda, CA., in her barracks at 6G-7C at Amache incarceration camp. The back of the chair has her father's name, Yoyoji listed. Note the May 1945 calendar, Roi Tan cigars box and other household items. By July she and her brother, MItsuru, would leave Amache for Sacramento, CA and …
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Yasuyo Ikeda at Amache (ddr-ajah-6-441)
Caption below photo: Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda of Alameda, CA, at Amache, Co. Printed on photo: May 1945
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Portrait of Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda (ddr-ajah-6-442)
Caption below photo: Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda at Amache incarceration camp in May 1945. She was from Alameda, CA.
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Three young women sitting outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-443)
Caption below photo: Misao Muratani, Frances Yasuyo Ikeda of Alameda, CA, Annabel Tsujimoto. Amache incarceration camp
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Photo and biographical information about Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda (ddr-ajah-6-444)
Document with photo, biographical information and diagram of Amache camp
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Woman standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-445)
Caption below photo: Mrs. Kozono at Amache incarceration camp, likely May 1945
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Wedding portrait of couple (ddr-ajah-6-446)
Caption below photo: Frances Yasuyo Ikeda marries Yasuharu Koike, August 3, 1947. They had met at the Alameda Nursery and were married at Alameda Japanese Methodist Church.
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Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda with bridesmaids (ddr-ajah-6-447)
Caption below photo: August 3, 1947, wedding party for Frances Yasuyo Ikeda. She married Yasuharu Koike. Yasu's younger sister, Hiyoye is at left, Elly Nomura is at right.
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Wooden sign for Alameda Nursery Co. (ddr-ajah-6-448)
Caption below photo: Measuring 5' 22" across is the wooden sign from Yoyoji "Harry" Ikeda's Alameda Nursery, circa 1950s. It is not the original version of the sign. The nursery closed not long after Harry died on March 19, 1980.
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Alien Land Ownership-Guardian record (ddr-ajah-6-449)
Listing Yosuyo and Mitsuru Ikeda as owners of property. Caption below photo: California, U.S. Alien Land Ownership Records, 1921-1952 for Yasuyo Ikeda
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Portrait of Kanjiro Inouye (ddr-ajah-6-450)
Caption below photo: Kanjiro Inouye of Alameda, CA., circa 1903. Kanjiro, born January 3, 1883 in Japan, arrived from Japan age 20 and worked as a gardener for 52 years in Alameda. He married Natsumo on April 6,1908 in Seattle, WA.