PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
COLLECTION ID
ddr-densho-390
DESCRIPTION
The Matsuoka Family collection consists of personal family documents, photographs, books, and objects belonging to the Matsuoka family. The collection is primarily made up of photographs, Harry's family history, and Walter's high school experience. Also included are materials from the Amache concentration camp where the family was incarcerated and reunions that the family was involved with. Walter Matsuoka and David Matsuoka completed interviews with the Preserving California's Japantowns Collection.
INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE
1909-1986
BULK UNIT DATE
1940-1955
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
154 documents, photographs, books, and objects
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
CREATORS
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Matsuoka Family Collection, Densho
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
154 Objects
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Portrait of Harry Matsuoka (ddr-densho-390-1)
A small portrait of Harry Matsuoka, most likely for an identification card.
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Kuroko Studio envelope (ddr-densho-390-2)
Photograph envelope with a total of $1.00 and advertisement for Ansco Film.
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Juyo Matsuoka's alien registration card (ddr-densho-390-3)
Juyo's alien registration card with receipt attached to the inside cover.
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Bessie Matsuoka's passenger inspection card (ddr-densho-390-9)
Passengers inspection card for Haruko (Bessie) Matsuoka, on a voyage from Japan to the United States aboard the S.S. Persia Maru.
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Juyo Matsuoka's passenger inspection card (ddr-densho-390-10)
Passenger inspection card for Juyo Matsuoka, on a voyage from Japan to the United States aboard the S.S. Persia Maru.