Yasui Family Collection ddr-densho-259
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Portrait of Japanese American family (ddr-densho-259-301)
Portrait of an unidentified Japanese American family.
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"Hood River Japanese Community" (ddr-densho-259-302)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A large gathering of the Hood River Nihonjin, at what I think was taken on the little knoll to the northeast of the Hood River Japanese Community Hall."
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"Yasui Brothers Second store" (ddr-densho-259-303)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A large gathering of mostly Issei men along the south side of the second [Yasui Brothers] store."
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Young People's Christian Conference (ddr-densho-259-304)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another posed group of YPCC [Young People's Christian Conference] attendees this time in Hood River, and taken in front of the Hood River High School auditorium."
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Fourth biennial Japanese American Citizens League convention (ddr-densho-259-305)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group of JACL [Japanese American Citizens League] members at the 4th biennial national convention held in Seattle, September 1936. There are only some 50-75 people present, which indicates how small the beginnings of JACL were."
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Issei members of Portland Methodist church (ddr-densho-259-306)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group of Issei members of the Epworth Methodist Church in Portland. The ministers at the time were Rev. Osuga and Rev. Frank Iritani."
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Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church of Portland (ddr-densho-259-307)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group of members of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church of Portland. This old church was actually a remodeled home and it was located near 16th Avenue and Glisan Street."
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Issei and Nisei on the street (ddr-densho-259-308)
Unidentified Issei and Nisei on the street, possibly in Hood River, Oregon.
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Portrait of Japanese family in kimono (ddr-densho-259-309)
Hisa Fujii Miyake and Ichiro Miyake and their son Saburo Miyake.
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"Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall" (ddr-densho-259-310)
Unidentified Japanese women in kimono. Part of a demonstration of a wedding ceremony at the community hall.
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"Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall" (ddr-densho-259-311)
Unidentified Japanese women in kimono. Part of a demonstration of a wedding ceremony at the community hall.
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Japanese men at Diet Building in Tokyo (ddr-densho-259-313)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Japanese man and two Japanese students standing in front of a stone building. This is Saburo Miyake and his two boys, Shiro and Goro. The building is the Diet Building in Tokyo."
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"Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley" (ddr-densho-259-315)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley, looking south from Panorama Point. This is a beautiful picture of what the valley looked like in the old days."
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Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley (ddr-densho-259-316)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "View of the [Hood River] valley taken from Panorama Point, but from a slightly different angle."
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Passport picture of Nikkei family (ddr-densho-259-317)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Small family group photo of an Issei family in Dee. This is the Yasuta and Ichino Kageyama family. This may have been their passport pictures [sic] taken for their visit to Japan, which was in 1933."
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Nissei man (ddr-densho-259-318)
Ches Yasui with mountains in the background, possibly in Hood River, Oregon.
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Hood River Japanese community band (ddr-densho-259-319)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Hood River Japanese community band--or maybe it was the Hood River Japanese Methodist Church Band I think that LeRoy Burns used to lead this band and maybe later on it was a Mr. Savo, but in this picture, neither of them are pictured. This was taken on the wooden front steps …
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Woman in kimono with bonsai tree (ddr-densho-259-320)
Unidentified woman posing with bonsai tree on tatami mats.
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"Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall" (ddr-densho-259-321)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall."
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"Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall" (ddr-densho-259-322)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall."
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Hood River Japanese Methodist Church Orchestra (ddr-densho-259-323)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Hood River Japanese Methodist Church orchestra. This was not the same organization as the band. Here LeRoy (?) Burns was the orchestra organizer, leader and instructor. I think that Rev. [Isaac] Inouye just lent moral support. Notice that on the bass drum...it reads, 'H.R.H.S.', and 'Japanese'...HRHS of course stood for Hood …
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Issei man (ddr-densho-259-324)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of Masuo Yasui as a middle aged man."