Yasui Family Collection ddr-densho-259
729 items
729 items


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Two Nisei children (ddr-densho-259-377)
Two unidentified Nisei children wearing school uniforms.

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Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-378)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of the Yasui family of Mosier, showing father, mother, two young girls and a young boy. The bigger girl is Kazuko and the other one is Shizue. The boy is Takaaki 'Frank.' Our families are not related, although Tokujiro and his wife Masashi--and in fact, all of the Yasuis that I've …

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Japanese American man in a suit (ddr-densho-259-379)
Portrait of an unidentified Japanese American man.

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Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-380)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Magoichiro and Ume Sato family, who used to live in Parkdale [Oregon] Other than Mr. Sato, the only other person I recognize is Mark Kinya Sato. I'll guess that this picture was taken in 1927-28, because the Sato's youngest son, William Katsuya, was born in 1928, and he's in this photograph."

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"Family portrait of a Japanese family in Japan" (ddr-densho-259-381)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of a Japanese family in Japan. All are wearing Japanese clothing and some of them are wearing montsuki. Sometimes this jacket is also called a haori."

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Issei mother with baby (ddr-densho-259-382)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Japanese mother with her baby, who is lying in a wicker crib with a pacifier in its mouth. Yuka [Yasui] has identified this woman as Kinuyo Takeoka, the wife of Daiichi. If this is so, then that baby must be Kay Takeoka who was born in 1920."


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Nisei child holding a sword (ddr-densho-259-384)
Portrait of an unidentified Nisei child carrying a sword.

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Portrait of Issei lawyer (ddr-densho-259-385)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of Daiichi Takeoka as a young man. This man was a highly influential in the Portland and in the Oregon Japanese communities. His oldest son, Kay, says that his father graduated from the University of Oregon law school in 1912...Daiichi Takeoka took a lead role in fighting discriminatory laws such as …

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"Young Nisei boy standing in a car behind the steering wheel" (ddr-densho-259-386)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Young Nisei boy standing in a car behind the steering wheel. Yuka [Yasui] has captioned this youngster as being Kay Takeoka."

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Japanese American family in front of their home (ddr-densho-259-387)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Takeoka family in front of their home on NE Pacific Avenue, Portland, Oregon."

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Japanese American family in San Francisco (ddr-densho-259-388)
Portrait of the Uchida family of San Francisco, California.

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Portrait of Caucasian pastor and his family (ddr-densho-259-389)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of a Caucasian family On the back of the picture, it says that 'This photo has [sic] presented from Mrs. N Evans Rev. Evans was a pastor of the Methodist Church, and he has apointed [sic] as the pastor of Pendel Aug. 1901.'"

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Nikkei family with deer at Miyajima, Japan (ddr-densho-259-390)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Yasuta and Ichino Kageyama family at Miyajima, Japan. [Left to right]: Eiichi (Bob), Ichino, Mikie, Mariko (Molly), Yasuta, Lina (Lena, Charlee)."

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"Portrait of a Nikkei family" (ddr-densho-259-391)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of a Nikkei family. This was the 'George' (Y)Eitaro and Hama (Sato) Yamaki family, first of Oak Grove, then of Pine Grove, Oregon. Front, [left to right]: Hama, Shigenobu, Eitaro. Back, [left to right]: William, Eiko, Mitsuko, Hideo Sato."

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Wedding portrait of Issei couple (ddr-densho-259-392)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding picture of Daiichi and Kinuyo Takeoka, both in western attire. Since Mrs. Takeoka came to the United States in 1918, that's probably when this picture was taken."

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Nikkei family seated in living room (ddr-densho-259-393)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Katsusaburo and Michiko Tamura family portrait, taken in their home located jear the old Emory (?) sawmill east of Odell, [Oregon]. Seated, [left to right]: Michiko (mother), Alice, unidentified Issei man, George & Oscar. Standing, [left to right]: Katsusaburo (father) & Harry."

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"The graduation exercise of the Americanization School sponsored by Japanese Ancestral Society" (ddr-densho-259-394)
Front of photograph: "The graduation exercise of the Americanization School sponsored by Japanese Ancestral Society Portland, Oreg. May 28, 1953." Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group portrait of the Issei in the Portland area who graduated from the Americanization school, in preparation for taking their citizenship examinations."

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Caucasian family next to touring car (ddr-densho-259-395)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "John D. Young family next to their touring car."

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Nikkei family portrait (ddr-densho-259-396)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of the Daiichi and Kinuyo Takeoka family, taken in their home on Pacific St., Portland."

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Nikkei man in graduation cap and gown (ddr-densho-259-397)
Unidentified Nikkei man in a graduation cap and gown.

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"The Hill House" (ddr-densho-259-398)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Hill House, located on Highway 35 near Pine Grove."

