Morita Cole Family Collection

PARTNER

Densho
Visit partner

COLLECTION ID

ddr-densho-409

DESCRIPTION

Photos of the Morita family on their property in Oregon prior to incarceration at Minidoka and after the war in Chicago.

INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE

1934-1980

BULK UNIT DATE

1934-1945

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

72 photos

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

CREATORS

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Morita Cole Family Collection, Densho

RIGHTS

72 Objects

Morita Family portrait (ddr-densho-409-1)
img Morita Family portrait (ddr-densho-409-1)
Nine Morita family members posing together. Caption on back "April 1945 Morita's Family". Diana Lynn Rieko Morita Cole is the baby in photo.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-409-1/
William Minoru Hohri standing next to car with
img William Minoru Hohri standing next to car with "REDRESS" plates (ddr-densho-409-2)
Caption on photo: "Well, Diana, the plates are the car's best accessory / William Hohri October 1991, Chicago"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-409-2/
Portrait of wedding party (ddr-densho-409-3)
img Portrait of wedding party (ddr-densho-409-3)
Wedding of Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama and Art Shibayama
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-409-3/
Portrait of Diana Lynn Reiko Morita (ddr-densho-409-4)
img Portrait of Diana Lynn Reiko Morita (ddr-densho-409-4)
Caption on back: "10 mos old Diana Lynn Morita / Mr. and Mrs. R. Otomaru"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-409-4/
Photo of Diana Lynn Reiko Morita with Santa (ddr-densho-409-5)
img Photo of Diana Lynn Reiko Morita with Santa (ddr-densho-409-5)
Caption on back: "Diana"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-409-5/
Portrait of Morita family taken in garden (ddr-densho-409-6)
img Portrait of Morita family taken in garden (ddr-densho-409-6)
Portrait of the Morita family taken in a garden includes the Morita grandparents of Diana Lynn Rieko Morita Cole
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-409-6/
Class picture of Ogden School Graduates (ddr-densho-409-7)
img Class picture of Ogden School Graduates (ddr-densho-409-7)
Diana Lynn Reiko Morita is standing in the top row on the far left.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-409-7/
Woman and Diana (ddr-densho-409-8)
img Woman and Diana (ddr-densho-409-8)
Unidentified woman holding Diana Lynn Rieko Morita Cole outside a barrack at Minidoka.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-409-8/
Outside a barrack with a garden (ddr-densho-409-9)
img Outside a barrack with a garden (ddr-densho-409-9)
Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada, Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama, Diana Lynn Rieko Morita Cole and Esther Yayoi Otomaru standing together outside a barrack at Minidoka.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-409-9/
Claude and Mototsugu Masao Morita Jr. (ddr-densho-409-10)
img Claude and Mototsugu Masao Morita Jr. (ddr-densho-409-10)
Claude Goro Morita and Mototsugu Masao Morita Junior standing together outside a house. 1934 written on front.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-409-10/

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