ddr-ajah-6 — Alameda Japanese American History Project: Family and Community Collection — Objects

img Hama and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-501)

Caption below photo: Hama Itahara and her daughter, Fumiko "Nellie". Nellie was born on January 10, 1914. photo circa 1916, Alameda, CA.

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img Six small children (ddr-ajah-6-502)

Caption below photo: Left to right: ?, Nakaso, ?, Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (plaid outfit), ?, Hanae Nakayama Alameda, CA 1918. Nellie would be four years old

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doc Certificate of Promotion at Porter School for Fumiko Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-503)

Caption below photo: Porter School Certificate of Promotion, Alameda, CA. Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara June 18, 1920

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img Five girls sitting on lawn (ddr-ajah-6-504)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara is second from the left. She was born on January 10, 1914, making this photo circa 1920. Alameda, CA

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img Two girls in costumes by car (ddr-ajah-6-505)

Caption below photo: At left is Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara with friend Hazel Takii in Alameda, CA., circa mid 1920s. They are dressed in their Halloween costumes.

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img Portrait of Shizuki Itahara and unidentified boy (ddr-ajah-6-506)

Caption below photo: At left is Shizuka Itahara, first born child of Yoshio Itahara and Hama Komatsu. He remained in Hiroshima, Japan when is parents immigrated to Alameda, CA., in 1902. Shizuka's American born sister (1914) was Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara. Younger boy is unknown. Photo taken in Hiroshima, Japan, circa 1920s

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img Yoshio Itahara with bicycle (ddr-ajah-6-507)

Caption below photo: Yoshio Itahara "Papa's photo might have been taken along the fence of the early Japanese Methodist Episcopal church (Alameda, CA),. . .where we lived during resettlement following internment, but he looks much younger with he bicycle, so it might have been along the wall on Pacific Court (a street that no longer exists). …

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doc Image of Shuzo "Bill" Takeda's Japanese passport titled: A Japanese Passport, translated (ddr-ajah-6-508)

Caption below image: Passport for Shuzo "Bill" Takeda, of Hiroshima, Japan so he could immigrate to America / May 15, 1924. Shozo would later marry Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara and live in Alameda, CA.

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doc Inspection card for Shozu Takeda to board ship to the United States (ddr-ajah-6-509)

Caption between images: Inspection card for Shuzo Takeda of Hiroshima, as he leaves the port of Kobe, Japan on his way to American aboard the Siberia Maru.

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doc Visa for Shozu Takeda (ddr-ajah-6-510)

Caption below image: Visa for Shozu Takeda, dated May 15, 1924 at the American consulate in Yokohama, Japan. Shozu was on his way to San Francisco, CA.

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img Girl sitting on swing (ddr-ajah-6-511)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, about age 10, on a swing set in Alameda, CA. She may be holding her bento (box Lunch), circa 1924

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img Portrait of Shuzo Takeda and his mother (ddr-ajah-6-512)

Caption below photo: At right is Shuzo Takeda, 14, just prior to leaving Japan for American. His mother is to the left. He was her eighth son. He arrived in San Francisco, CA aboard the last ship allowed to come from Japan, as laws enacted in 1924 effectively ended Japanese immigration to America

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img Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in kimono (ddr-ajah-6-513)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, age 13, in 1927. Born in Alameda, CA., this photo commemorates her first visit to Japan.

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doc Elementary School diploma for Fumiko N. Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-514)

Caption below image: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara's graduation diploma from Porter School, Alameda, CA. June 1928

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doc Document titled Surveying alameda's Japantown Up on the Roof with Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-515)

Document includes photos, clipping and stories of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA.

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img Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara sitting on rooftop (ddr-ajah-6-516)

Photo part of album page. Caption on page: "Nell" "Stick your tongue in [indecipherable]". Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara poses on the roof of her parent's 1621 Park Street apartment in downtown Alameda, CA, circa 1928-1929. Two versions of same photo with different dates.

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img Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara sitting on stairway (ddr-ajah-6-517)

Caption below photo: Sporting pigtails is Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA, on the steps of Mary Help Hall (the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda), circa 1929. Nellie is about 15 years old here.

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img Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara standing in garden (ddr-ajah-6-518)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, Alameda, CA circa 1930

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doc Certificate of Promotion from Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South for Fumiko Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-519)

Caption below image: Certificate of Promotion for Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA. She was promoted from the Senior department to the Bible department by Haruo Imura on September 14, 1930. Torao Miki was the superintendent of the Sunday School at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda.

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img Three women standing on sidewalk (ddr-ajah-6-520)

Caption below photo: L to R: Masa Hanamura, Marge Kajiwara and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, circa 1930s, Alameda, CA.

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img Man and woman sitting on beach (ddr-ajah-6-521)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara and friend George Rokutani picnic at a favorite place to enjoy themselves, Santa Cruz Beach. The pair were from Alameda, CA. Circa early 1930s

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img Group sitting on lawn (ddr-ajah-6-522)

Caption below photo: Left to right: Emi "Amy" Kono, XX, Yo Yamasaki, Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, XX, XX, Louise Towata, Marge Kajiwara. Circa 1930, Alameda, CA

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img Portrait of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in formal dress (ddr-ajah-6-523)

Caption below photo: 1932 Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA. Inscription on photo front: Sincerely yours Fumiko Itahara '32

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img Portrait of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-524)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA. Tsuji Photo Studio of nearby Oakland used Rembrandt lighting to create this portrait. Circa 1932

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img Portrait of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-525)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara graduates from Alameda High School, Alameda, CA, 1932. Photo hand tinted.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-525/

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