ddr-densho-383 — Tokuda Family Collection

Tokuda Family Collection

ddr-densho-383

The Tokuda Collection consists of three accessions. Accession 1 of the Tokuda collection contains a photograph album of George Tokuda's from his time as a student at the University of Washington in Seattle. Other subjects in the album include summers working in Alaska, and friends and family growing up in Mukilteo. This collection also includes other photographs of prewar life, including George Tokuda's family and childhood in Mukilteo, his wife Tamako Inouye Tokuda, and the Inouye family. Other subjects include scenes from Camp Harmony and Minidoka, as well as postwar resettlement in Seattle. Accession 2 is comprised primarily of material from Tamako Inouye Tokuda, including a transcription of her diary kept at Camp Harmony and Minidoka, correspondence from friends at other camps as well as personal narratives and poetry written later in life and miscellaneous documents related to the evacuation and from camp. Accession 3 is two diaries from 1942 from the Tokuda family, one from an unknown author, and another from Tamako (Inouye) Tokuda. Both diaries reflect on the individual's experiences in the Seattle Area during the forced removal and their first year in camp.

1905-2004

1929-1943

Accession 1: 1 photograph album (including 350 photographs). 115 loose photographs. 7 35mm film negatives. Accession 2: Documents contained in binders and envelopes. Accession 3: 2 Diaries

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img Photo album (ddr-densho-383-1)

Photo album of George Tokuda from time as pharmacy student at University of Washington; includes time spent in Alaska.

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img Floyd Tokuda graduation portrait (ddr-densho-383-2)

Portrait taken for graduation from Everett High School.

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img George Tokuda graduation portrait (ddr-densho-383-3)

Portrait taken for graduation from Everett High School.

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img Yasuko Fukuhara portrait (ddr-densho-383-4)

Yasuko Fukuhara (c. 1905-1938) was a neighbor of the Tokuda family in Seattle in the 1930s. Written on photograph: "Sincerely yours, Mrs. Fukuhara".

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img Yasuko Fukuhara portrait (ddr-densho-383-5)

Yasuko Fukuhara (c. 1905-1938) was a neighbor of the Tokuda family in Seattle in the 1930s.

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img Yasuko Fukuhara pin bowling (ddr-densho-383-6)

Yasuko Fukuhara (c. 1905-1938) was a neighbor of the Tokuda family in the 1930s. Written on album page above photographs: "Mrs. Y Fukuhara". Written on the album page below photographs: "How to throw rolling pins in four lessons".

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img Cutout of seated man (ddr-densho-383-7)

Cutout pasted on top of colored paper circle, to appear as though floating on a bubble. Man likely a University of Washington student and friend of George Tokuda.

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img Cutout of seated man (ddr-densho-383-8)

Cutout pasted on top of colored paper circle, to appear as though floating on a bubble. Man likely a University of Washington student and friend of George Tokuda.

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img Cutout of seated man (ddr-densho-383-9)

Cutout pasted on top of colored paper circle, to appear as though floating on a bubble. Man likely a University of Washington student and friend of George Tokuda.

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img Four women sitting on lawn (ddr-densho-383-10)

Members of the University of Washington pharmacy program with George Tokuda. Left to right: Elsie Johnson, Marion Ostliff, Claire Evans, Ada Marckx. Written on photograph: "Ada Marckx, Marion Ostliff, Elsie Johnson".

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