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COLLECTION ID
ddr-densho-403
DESCRIPTION
The Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle Archives focuses on Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish, a Japanese-Filipino national parish in Seattle administered by the Maryknoll Sisters and Fathers from 1925-1953. The collection primarily documents parish and school buildings before the removal and incarceration of the parish’s Japanese parishioners. The records also include a photo of the Kinoshita family along with Fr. Leo Tibesar, who accompanied his parishioners to Minidoka.
INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE
1928-circa 1945
BULK UNIT DATE
1928-circa 1945
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
8 photographic prints, black and white
CONTRIBUTOR
Archdiocese of Seattle
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Archdiocese of Seattle Archives
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted
8 Objects

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Students in front of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School and Church (ddr-densho-403-1)
Students and Maryknoll Sisters posed outside school and church. Photograph taken from E. Jefferson St. Maryknoll school buses in foreground.
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Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School and Church (ddr-densho-403-2)
Photograph taken from E. Jefferson St. Maryknoll school buses in foreground.
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Students posed on front steps of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School (ddr-densho-403-3)
Twenty students and two Maryknoll Sisters are posed for a photograph.
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Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School and Church (ddr-densho-403-4)
Looking at the school and church from the corner of E. Jefferson and 16th Ave.
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Our Lady Queen of Martyrs (ddr-densho-403-5)
Looking at the convent, church, and school from the corner of 17th Ave. and E. Jefferson.
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Our Lady Queen of Martyrs School (ddr-densho-403-6)
West view of the school. Photograph taken from 16th Ave.
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Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Rectory (ddr-densho-403-7)
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Rev. L. H. Tibesar posing with the Kinoshita family at gates of Camp Minidoka, Idaho (ddr-densho-403-8)
Rev. L. H. Tibesar, Maryknoll and pastor of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Seattle posed at Minidoka Concentration Camp near Hunt, Idaho. (L to R) Y. M. McLaughlin, Charles Kinoshita, Fred Kinoshita, Mary Kinoshita, Akino Kinoshita, Jean Alexander, Rev. L. H. Tibesar.
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