PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
COLLECTION ID
ddr-densho-62
DESCRIPTION
The Watanabe collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Edith and Harvey Watanabe, who were each interviewed separately by Densho in 1996.
INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE
1920-1997
BULK UNIT DATE
1920-1942
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
8 photographic prints, color and black and white
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
CREATORS
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Watanabe Family Collection
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted
8 Objects
![Family at a camp pilgrimage (ddr-densho-62-1)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/57/64/57647cb8bf3320b6462bacee2f69fca9.jpg)
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Family at a camp pilgrimage (ddr-densho-62-1)
Watanabe family visiting the former site of Tule Lake concentration camp, California.
![Former camp inmate next to a barbed wire fence (ddr-densho-62-2)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/8c/1e/8c1e26d70488b43b346c5a355fb9116f.jpg)
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Former camp inmate next to a barbed wire fence (ddr-densho-62-2)
Edith Watanabe at site of the former Tule Lake concentration camp, California.
![Wapato Laundry (ddr-densho-62-3)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e1/ab/e1ab259c7687959febdd1918a6286e40.jpg)
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Wapato Laundry (ddr-densho-62-3)
Takagi's Wapato Laundry, the business run by Edith Watanabe's parents.
![Wedding photo (ddr-densho-62-4)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6c/89/6c8953afaeebf7714cbc0f78aa67d1ca.jpg)
![Family portrait (ddr-densho-62-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d6/b0/d6b0e308d19a7e881b10190d3778ae00.jpg)
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-62-5)
Family in the Earle Apartments in Seattle. Edith Watanabe's father Kichiro, mother Kita Takagi, holding Edith; L to R: brother Harry, sister Michiko, sister Miyoko.
![Roosevelt Grade School third grade rhythm band (ddr-densho-62-6)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/01/41/0141587d78a885e88b406ae6a67bcaa1.jpg)
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Roosevelt Grade School third grade rhythm band (ddr-densho-62-6)
Edith Watanabe is the triangle player in the bottom left corner. She doesn't remember anything about being in that band. Top row, L to R: Herbert Miller, Norman Grimbly, Claude Young, Helen Reed, Willie Sue Young, Billie Stinchey, June Elstead, Elsie Ovenall, Jack Stinchey, Louise Neff, Milton Reed. Middle row, L to R: Helen Lay, Evelyn …
![Japanese American girls at a picnic (ddr-densho-62-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/06/db/06dbd806e693e466b396faf5af476b9a.jpg)
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Japanese American girls at a picnic (ddr-densho-62-7)
Edith Watanabe is in the second row, second from the left. Front row, L to R: Mary Hayano, Hana Hayano, Mary Morimoto, Kazuko Hayano, Nancy Akita, (first name unknown) Ogaki. Back row, L to R: (first name unknown) Ozaki, Aiko Takagi, Kimi Nakashima, Miyoko Takagi, Teru Nakashima, Emma M., Michiko Takagi, Mary Shimada, Jean M., cut …
![Family photo (ddr-densho-62-8)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/72/41/7241002edbe7ba67a3dfc46a09c670bb.jpg)
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Family photo (ddr-densho-62-8)
This photograph was taken when the family moved to a farm just before mass removal. Back, L to R: Alice, Tom, Jack. Front, L to R: Frank, Evelyn Hide (Harvey Watanabe's mother).