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

doc Document with photo of Ruzyo "Ruzzy" Maeyama and Haru "Lou" Matsuura, clippings and biographical information about Maeyama and Matsuura (ddr-ajah-6-151)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-151/

img Bay District YMWBA Conference 1932 (ddr-ajah-6-152)

Panorama of large group posed in front of building. Caption on back: Bay Area YMWBA "1932". Stamped on back: Tsuji Photo Service, Oakland, California

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-152/

img Alameda Meeting, 2/19/1933 (ddr-ajah-6-153)

Panorama of large group posed in front of building. Caption in Japanese on front

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-153/

img YWBA 1940 (ddr-ajah-6-154)

Panorama of large group posed in front of building. Inscription on front: Twenty Years Anniversary / Alameda YWBA / April 21, 1940. On back: Y.W.B.A. 20th yr anniversary 1940

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-154/

img Alameda Meeting 1935 (ddr-ajah-6-155)

Panorama of large group posed in front of building. Inscription on front in Japanese. Stamp on back: Tsuji Photo Service, Oakland, California

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-155/

img Alameda Meeting 1934 (ddr-ajah-6-156)

Panorama of large group posed in front of building. Inscription on front in Japanese.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-156/

doc Document with photo of man on horseback and transcriptions of newspaper articles (ddr-ajah-6-157)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-157/

img Portrait of Hisae "Mary" Kondo in graduation robes (ddr-ajah-6-158)

Inscription front: Sincerely Yours, Hisae Kondo '37. Caption below photo: Misae "Mary" Kondo, Alameda High School Graduation photo, Alameda, CA 1937

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-158/

img Portrait of boy in suit and hat (ddr-ajah-6-159)

Written on front: March 1944. Caption below photo: A well dressed Doug Kondo poses while incarcerated in Gila, AZ during World War II. His parents were Hajima and Eleanor Kondo of Alameda, Ca. March 1944

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-159/

img Doug and Takiye Kondo standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-160)

Inscription on front: Douglas and grandmother Gila Relocation Center Arizona, U.S.A. 1944. Caption above photo: Doug Kondo poses with his grandmother, Takiye Kondo in Gila River, AZ, 1944. This is the only photo that is known to exist of the Takiye, who was a well respected midwife in her hometown of Alameda, CA before World War …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-160/

doc Birth to Death Takiye Kondo Midwife (ddr-ajah-6-161)

Document including photos, transcription of articles and primary documents related to the life and work of Takiye Kondo

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-161/

img Funeral photo titles Death of a Midwife (ddr-ajah-6-162)

Caption below photo: Midwife Takiye Kondo's funeral service at Gila River incarceration camp 2, Arizona. Takiye suffered an aortic aneurism and dies in Rivers Community Hospital on march 9, 1945. She lived just an hour and a half after being admitted. She was from Alameda, CA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-162/

img Funeral photo outside Buddhist Church at Gila River Camp (ddr-ajah-6-163)

Caption below photo: Midwife Takiye Kondo's funeral service at Gila River incarceration camp 2, Arizona. Takiye suffered an aortic aneurism and died in Rivers Community Hospital on March 9, 1945. She lived just an hour and a half after being admitted. She was from Alameda, CA. This second photo taken by the photographer of the funeral …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-163/

img Portrait of Kondo family (ddr-ajah-6-164)

Caption below photo: Hajime "Henry" Kondo, his wife Eleanor, and two boys, Doug (at left) and Gary pose for well known photographer Toyo Miyatake. The two boys were 12 years apart in age. Originally from Alameda, CA.,the Kondos moved to the Los Angeles area when they returned from their World War II incarceration camp at Gila …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-164/

img Baby posed by Christmas tree in house (ddr-ajah-6-165)

Caption below photo: Hiromu "Hi" Akagi of Alameda, CA, at Christmas with 78rpm shellac record player. Hiromu was born in February 3, 1923.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-165/

img Shizuto Kawamura with friends and family (ddr-ajah-6-166)

Caption below photo: Friends welcome Shiz Kawamura after he returns to Alameda, CA., from Japan, after World War II ended. Photo circa 1954-1955. Two copies of photos, one with names identified.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-166/

doc Document titled: A Japanese Actor arrives in America (ddr-ajah-6-167)

Includes portrait of Matao Koga taken at the T.Y. Sato Studio in San Francisco, portion of ships manifest from 1923 and biographical details of Koga's life

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-167/

img Portrait of Shigeko Iwaihara Koga (ddr-ajah-6-168)

Caption below photo: Shigeko Iwaihara graduates from Alameda High School, circa 1931. She would have been about 20. she was sent to japan with her two siblings to live with their grandparents in 1919 for a Japanese education. Perhaps this put her behind in school. She would later marry Matao Koga in 1949.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-168/

img Portrait of wedding party (ddr-ajah-6-169)

Caption below photo: Shigeko Iwaihara marries Matao Koga, 1939 Both were from Alameda, CA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-169/

img Matao and Shigeko Koga standing by car after their wedding (ddr-ajah-6-170)

Document including photo of Matao and Shigeko Koga, portion of wedding registry and biographical data about Matao Koga

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-170/

img Shigeko Iwaihara Koga with bridesmaids at her wedding (ddr-ajah-6-171)

Written on photo front: February, 1939. Caption below photo: Shigeko (second from right) Iwaihara's wedding party in Alameda, CA. She married Matao Koga. February 26, 1939

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-171/

img Wedding portrait of Shigeko Iwaihara and Matao Koga (ddr-ajah-6-172)

Caption below photo: Shigeko Iwaihara marries Matao Koga, February 26, 1939. She was from Alameda, he was from San Francisco. They would live at 2034 Pacific Avenue in Alameda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-172/

img Shigeko Iwaihara Koga standing by stone lantern (ddr-ajah-6-173)

Caption below photo: Nicely dressed with a scarf and beret is Shigeko "Cookie" Koga, as she poses at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, on February 26, 1929. She had just married Matao Koga and this photo was probably shot not long after the wedding, as she prepared to go on her honeymoon. The lacy sleeves …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-173/

img Three women standing outside Poston Camp school building (ddr-ajah-6-174)

Caption below photo: Shigeko "Cookie" Koga, center, poses with two friends who were teacher at Poston, Arizona, incarceration camp, just as she was. Cookie was from Alameda, CA. Photo circa 1942-1945

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-174/

doc Reproduction of movie poster in Japanese and English (ddr-ajah-6-175)

Caption below photo: 1969 movie poster made by Matao and Shigeko Koga. The Koga's two person business, Koga Kogyo Bu, showed Japanese movies to the Japanese born (Isseis) and Japanese American (Nisei) audience throughout California from 1939 to at least 1969. the Kogas were from Alameda, CA. Original size: 13x17"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-175/

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