ddr-densho-259 — Yasui Family Collection — Objects

img Issei sitting outside (ddr-densho-259-276)

Three unidentified Issei men and one woman sitting outside and eating.

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img Red Cross promotion with a Japanese girl and a white girl holding flags (ddr-densho-259-277)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Two girls sitting on a packing crate. The Caucasian girl is holding a Japanese doll and 2 American flags; the Japanese girl is holding a package and 2 Japanese flags. I don't know what this Red Cross promotion represents. The picture appears to be too recent to be a publicity shot of …

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img Issei men in hansom cab (ddr-densho-259-278)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Masuo Yasui], the Reverend S. Yoshioka, and A. Ikeda (the driver) in a horse-drawn hansom cab. Behind the cab, the first Yasui brothers store with the sign, is seen. The street which surely must have been State Street, was a dirt road."

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img Japanese Americans at a cabin in Mosier, Oregon (ddr-densho-259-279)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "The reason why we were all [at a cabin in Mosier, Oregon] that summer was because along about 1929 [Masuo Yasui] developed an almost lethal case of lobar pneumonia [His wife, Shidzuyo] insisted that he quit work entirely and work on the business of getting well. To that end our whole family …

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img Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-280)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] visiting the Miyake relatives, when she went there for a visit alone, in the summer of 1940."

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img Family gathering in Japanese cemetery (ddr-densho-259-281)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A gathering of the Yasui family clan at the family cemetery in Nanukaichi in the summer of 1926, when the American Yasuis visited their Japanese relatives."

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img Young people's church gathering (ddr-densho-259-282)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Some sort of young Nisei gathering taken in front of the Hood River Riverside Church, a Congregational church Since both the Reverends Lester Bond, the then-pastor at Riverside, and Taro Goto are shown, I figure that this was some sort of a young peoples' church gathering, mostly likely a YPCC [Young People's …

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img "Third Yasui Brothers Store under construction" (ddr-densho-259-283)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Texaco service station being built on the corner of First and Oak Streets in Hood River, Oregon Third Yasui Brothers Store under construction."

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img "Third Yasui Brothers Store under construction" (ddr-densho-259-284)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This view [of the third Yasui Brothers Store under construction] was looking north northwest. The brick building to the left was the Hood River Hotel. The wooden building with the cupola and the verandas on both the first and second stories was the old Mt. Hood Hotel."

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img "The Hood River Japanese Methodist Church Camp" (ddr-densho-259-285)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Hood River Japanese Methodist Church Camp at Tilly Jane Campground in the Mount Hood National Forest We actually camped out in tents then, and the supplies had to be hauled across the Tilly Jane Creek canyon on a cable car [This picture] includes Raymond Hiroshige (a U of O college classmate …

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img Young People's Christian Conference (photocopy) (ddr-densho-259-286)

Photocopy. Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group photo of many young Nisei This surely must have been another YPCC gathering this conference likely took place at a church in Portland."

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img Young People's Christian Conference (ddr-densho-259-287)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A sectional Young People's Christian Conference (YPCC) which was held in Yakima, WA, February 23, 1935."

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img Young People's Christian Conference (ddr-densho-259-288)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group photo of many young Nisei This surely must have been another YPCC gathering this conference likely took place at a church in Portland."

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img Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-289)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui]'s visit to Japan in the summer of 1940 Front, [left to right]: Yasuo, Michi, Kameno, Taiitsuro. Back, [left to right]: Tokiko, Norie (Yasuo's wife), Hiroshi, Sachiko."

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img Nisei girl and cousin in Japan (ddr-densho-259-290)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] and cousin Midori [Miyake] in Japan, summer of 1940."

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img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-291)

Wedding portrait captioned "Mr. and Mrs. Yasui." However, it does not appear to be a portrait of Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasui.

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img Group portrait in front of torii in Japan (ddr-densho-259-292)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Large number of Japan relatives (my guess) with Michi [Yasui]. There's a fairly large torii [gate] in the background and what seems to be ongoing construction of a mon (Japanese entrance gate)."

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img Family in Japanese garden (ddr-densho-259-293)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Family friends, Kitaka."

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img Family at Miyajima, Japan (ddr-densho-259-294)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi, Fumi and Saburo Miyake at Miyajima, Japan, with the famous 'floating' torii [gate] in the background. This is considered to be one of the 3 most famous scenic views in Japan."

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img Textile factory workers in Japan (ddr-densho-259-295)

Saburo Miyake's textile factory. Caption by Homer Yasui: "A textile or weaving factory, with the relatives and workers inside the shop. I've always understood that Saburo's and [Shidzuyo Yasui]'s father, Ichiro, ran a fishnet making factory. On the machine just before it reaches the completed roll of fabric, the material does look like netting."

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img Young People's Christian Conference (ddr-densho-259-296)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group photo of another YPCC [Young People's Christian Conference], this time at the Centenary-Wilbur Church which was on the eastside of Portland." Caption on front of photograph: "Fourth Oregon Sectional Y.P.C.C. Centenary - Wilbur Church, Portland, Oregon, March 28-29, 1936."

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img "Japan-America students society" (ddr-densho-259-297)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group photo of what I will guess was a college group. This is a mixed group of young adult Caucasians and Nisei, both men and women. Since Frances Maeda is holding the Japanese Hino maru, and the American flag crosses it, I think that this may have been a Japan-America students …

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img "Garden in Texas" (ddr-densho-259-298)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Garden in Texas."

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img "Hood River Japanese community welcoming dignitaries" (ddr-densho-259-299)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Hood River Japanese community welcoming dignitaries." Caption by Homer Yasui: "A very large gathering of Nikkei in front of the Hood River Japanese Community Hall I will guess that the couple in the center was the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Debuchi Kakka and Mrs. Debuchi. According to Corky Kawasaki, Kakka …

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img Four women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-300)

Four women in kimono with flowers. Caption on front of photograph reads "[illegible, Amano, 5/7/30."

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