PARTNER
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Visit partner
COLLECTION ID
ddr-one-1
DESCRIPTION
Photographs taken by Frank C. Hirahara during the post-war resettlement years in Portland, Oregon. This collection includes over 1500 photographic prints, negatives, and 35mm color slides along with personal artifacts and other historical records. These newly discovered images focus on missing facets of Portland’s Japanese American community from 1948 - 1954, as well as Hirahara’s award winning artistic work as a board member of the Oregon Camera Club and a member of the Photographic Society of America and the Portland Photographic Society.
INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE
1900-1990
BULK UNIT DATE
1948-1954
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Over 1500 photographic prints, negatives, 35mm color slides along with personal artifacts and other historical records.
CONTRIBUTOR
Japanese American Museum of Oregon; Portland, Oregon
CREATORS
- Hirahara, Frank (author)
- photographer (author)
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Frank C. Hirahara Collection, Japanese American Museum of Oregon
RIGHTS

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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