ddr-csujad-57 — Whittier Public Library First Friends Church Photographs and Records — Objects

img Kotzebue Friends Church established 1897 (ddr-csujad-57-1)

A group of children stand before a church, wearing warm winter clothes. In front of the church is a bell tower. The Kotzebue Friends Church, of Kotzebue, Alaska, was established as a mission of the First Friends Church, of Whittier, California. [Sign above church door] KOTZEBUE / FRIENDS CHURCH / ESTABLISHED 1897 [Verso:] [Stamped] Harry Haworth …

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img Kotzebue Friends Church church service (ddr-csujad-57-2)

Interior view of the Kotzebue Friends Church, of Kotzebue, Alaska. Children and adults sit in pews, wearing warm winter clothing. This church was established as a mission of the First Friends Church, of Whittier, California. Verso: [Stamped] Harry Haworth Photography / P. O. Box 575 - Altadena, California. [Handwritten] Kotzebue Friends Church Church Service [Handwritten] #597. …

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img Kotzebue Friends Church church service (ddr-csujad-57-3)

Interior view of the Kotzebue Friends Church, of Kotzebue, Alaska. A group of children sit in rows on benches, while a woman stands before them. All are wearing warm winter clothes. This church was established as a mission of the First Friends Church, of Whittier, California. Verso: [Stamped] Harry Haworth Photography / P. O. Box 575 …

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doc Alaska: the indigenous church at work (ddr-csujad-57-4)

A history of the partnership between the First Friends Church of Whittier, California, and the people of the Kotzebue Sound area of Northwestern Alaska. Verso: [Stamped] Harry Haworth Photography / P. O. Box 575 - Altadena, California. [Handwritten] Kotzebue Friends Church [Handwritten, faded] Please return to Helen Stanton. See this object in the California State Universities …

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img Yearly meeting of Friends Church, 1915 (ddr-csujad-57-5)

Yearly meeting of Friends' Church, 1915. Men stand behind seated women and children to pose for a group portrait outdoors, before a two-story structure. [Handwritten on photo] Yearly Meeting of Friends' Church 1915 [Handwritten on verso] 85-05-08.315 [This is a Whittier Museum accession number.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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img Yearly meeting of Friends Church, 1921 (ddr-csujad-57-6)

Yearly meeting at Whittier, 1921. Men, women and children pose for a group portrait outdoors, on a lawn in front of trees and houses. [Handwritten on photo] Yearly Meeting at Whittier 1921. [Illegible.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0006

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img Friends congregants (ddr-csujad-57-7)

A group of men, women and children pose for a group portrait outdoors, on a lawn with trees behind them. They are likely congregation of Friends Japanese Church, located in Norwalk, California. A mission of the First Friends Church of Whittier, California. [Handwritten on photo] Photo by Ronie Meyer - Whittier - Cal. June 22 - …

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img Friends Headquarters (ddr-csujad-57-8)

A group of men, women and children stand on the front steps of First Friends Church, located at 13205 (310 E.) Philadelphia Street, Whittier, Calif. The group is likely composed of members of First Friends Church (Whittier, Calif.) and members of Friends Japanese Church (Norwalk, Calif.). [Handwritten on photo] July 23, 1918 [Stamped on matboard] F. …

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img Mr. and Mrs. Tamotsu (ddr-csujad-57-9)

A bride and groom stand onstage along side three men, two women and one flower girl. A woman stands ready to play the fiddle and another woman is seated at a piano. Rows of men, women and children are seated in rows of wooden chairs, some facing the stage, some turned toward the camera at the …

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img Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lakota (ddr-csujad-57-10)

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lakota, wedding portrait. [Stamped on photo] TOYO Miyatake [Handwritten on matboard flap] To Mrs. Lydia M. Cammack / With sincere wishes, / Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lakota / Sister Jane, Asawa, June 1948 [Handwritten on verso] 85-05-08.268 [This is a Whittier Museum accession number.] See this object in the California State Universities …

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doc Contract to build Sunday school rooms at Japanese Mission in Norwalk (ddr-csujad-57-11)

Contract to build Sunday school rooms at Japanese Mission in Norwalk, later called Friends Japanese Church. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0011

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doc Japanese Church debt 1929 (ddr-csujad-57-12)

Amounts pledged by Friends congregations of Whittier, East Whittier, Burbank, and Pasadena, to help build Friends Japanese Church, located at 12043 (6470 E.) (219) Orange Street, Norwalk, Calif. [Handwritten document] Japanese Church debt 1929 [List of names and amounts. Includes categories Burbank, E. Whittier, and Pasadena.] Title from note. See this object in the California State …

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img Friends congregants (ddr-csujad-57-13)

Eight women standing behind six men and one boy, presumably members of the First Friends Church in Whittier, Calif. [Handwritten on photo] August 26, 1917 See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0013

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img Japanese Sunday school at the new church (ddr-csujad-57-14)

Congregants of a Sunday School class at Friends Japanese Church. [Handwritten on photo] Japanese S. S. at the New Church [Handwritten on verso] The church completed Lydia Cammack 1924 [Sign hanging above door] FRIENDS JAPANESE CHURCH / G. T. Hayashi, Pastor. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0014

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img Workmen, Japanese Church (ddr-csujad-57-15)

Building the Friends Japanese Church. [Handwritten caption on photo] Workmen. Japanese church. [Handwritten on verso] 1924. Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0015

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img Friends Japanese Church (ddr-csujad-57-16)

A man and woman of short stature standing with a taller man on the front steps of the Friends Japanese Church. [Sign over the church door] FRIENDS JAPANESE CHURCH / G. T. HAYASHI, Pastor. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0016

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img Katsumi Shigamatsu (ddr-csujad-57-17)

A man holds the hand of a little girl. Behind them is a truck and a building. [Handwritten on photo] At mission Whittier, Katsurmi Shigamatsu, 1924 [Handwritten on verso] Katsumi Shigematsu / 9 yes old girl / June 10, 1924 at Japanese Mission Whittier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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img Easter with no church (ddr-csujad-57-18)

Group photo of children and adults outdoors. [Handwritten note on photo] Easter with no church. Apr. 20, 1924 [Handwritten on verso] On Easter Sunday. Apr. 20, '24. At the S.S. Norwalk, Calif. [illegible] outside [illegible]. No church. Title from note. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0018

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img Clearing the ground for Japanese Church, Norwalk (ddr-csujad-57-19)

Five adults and one child stand in a clearing with houses and trees in the background. Dust or smoke is in the air. [Handwritten note on photo] Clearing the ground for Japanese church, Norwalk. Aug 30, 1924 - Mrs. Foster and Cammack [Handwritten on verso] Mrs. Cammack __ raking for burning. Aug. 30, 1924 (7). Title …

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img Final orange (ddr-csujad-57-20)

Two women stand in front of an orange tree, smiling. One woman is picking an orange. [Handwritten note on photo] The final orange 19__ / Mrs. Nishida & Hazel. [Handwritten on verso] Hazel W. Reichand and Mrs. Tenko Nishida picking her final orange. Feb. 3, 1927. Title from note. See this object in the California State …

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img New Japanese Congregational Church (ddr-csujad-57-21)

Two-story church building with five people standing on the front steps. There are two mentions of a Japanese Congregational Church in Montebello in the Whittier Daily News (1945-05-15, p. 8, c. 6 and 1948-11-03, p. 4, c. 6). [Handwritten caption on photo] New Japanese Congregational Church [Handwritten on verso] 44. Title from caption. See this object …

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img Goro George Inouye (ddr-csujad-57-22)

A man stands ensconced within an orange tree, his smiling face surrounded by leaves and oranges, one hand holding an orange. [Handwritten on photo] To Mrs. H. W. Reichard. To Greet your Birthday Dec 1st 1916. Goro George Inouye From H. O. L. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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doc Notes handwritten by Kay Saito, Treasurer of Friends Japanese Church (ddr-csujad-57-23)

Letterhead with notes handwritten by Kay Saito, Treasurer of Friends Japanese Church (styled here as Norwalk Friend Japanese Church). [Printed letterhead, top margin] Phone Downey 5368 / P. O. Box 21 / NORWALK FRIEND JAPANESE CHURCH / 219 ORANGE ST., NORWALK, CALIF. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0023

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doc Subscription for Japanese Church (ddr-csujad-57-24)

A written list of names of Whittier First Friends Church members and amounts pledged to help build the Norwalk Japanese church. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0024

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doc Documents on the members of the Friends Japanese Church in Norwalk during the incarceration (ddr-csujad-57-25)

A collection of documents regarding the incarceration camps of the members of the Friends Japanese Church in Norwalk, associated with the First Friends Church in Whittier, California. Includes meeting minutes, letters, and a report of Japanese Committee 1941-1942. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0025

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