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img Group of men in baseball uniforms (ddr-ajah-5-54)

Caption below photo: Alameda Taiiku Kai (ATK) baseball team, circa late 1910s-early 1920s.

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img Group of Issei and Nisei men and women (ddr-ajah-3-357)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA. Rev Koryu Iino with Isseis and also young Nisei women. 1920-1928

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img "Nikkei farm family scene" (ddr-densho-259-358)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A Nikkei farm family scene, taken at one of the early Yasui farms in Summit, which is slightly north and a little west of Odell, Oregon. The farm 'family' was mostly the young Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasuis Sitting back left is, I believe, Yoshizaemon Mori...I think that standing in the center is …

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img "Nikkei farm family scene" (ddr-densho-259-133)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A Nikkei farm family scene, taken at one of the early Yasui farms in Summit, which is slightly north and a little west of Odell, Oregon. The farm 'family' was mostly the young Masuo and Shidzuyo Yasuis Sitting back left is, I believe, Yoshizaemon Mori...I think that standing in the center is …

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doc "First Postwar Pacific Northwest JACL Convention 1951" (ddr-densho-201-464)

Program for the 1951 Pacific Northwest Japanese American Citizens League Convention. Title on cover: "First Postwar Pacific Northwest JACL Convention 1951; 'The JACL Comes of Age'; 21st Anniversary; September 1, 2, 3 - Bush Hotel - Seattle, Washington." Includes photographs, advertisements, schedules, a letter from William Devin, Mayor of Seattle, a letter from Harry Takagi, Pacific …

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img Tenchosetsu celebration (ddr-densho-259-444)

Gathering of Issei for the celebration of Tenchosetsu, a day to pray for the long life of the emperor and a celebration of Emperor Taisho's birthday.

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vh Edith Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-101)

Nisei female. Born August 29, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Burlington, Washington. Was just starting college when incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp early because of illness and married a Nisei GI, Harvey Watanabe. Lived in Midwest for duration of war and resettled in Seattle, Washington following the war.

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img School children and teachers outside school (ddr-ajah-6-605)

Caption above photo: Official California Japanese Elementary School at the Japanese Association Building 2325 Pacific, Alameda, CA. Circa 1916 (the first year of the school's existence). Two versions of photo, one with individuals identified and school history

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img Team photo of the Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball team (ddr-ajah-5-78)

Caption below photo: the Alameda Taiiku Kai (ATK) baseball team sporting a variety of uniforms. The AC symbol probably means Athletic club or Alameda Club. Alameda, CA, circa 1920s

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img A funeral at the Seattle Buddhist Church (ddr-densho-293-1)

Reverend Hoshin Fujii presiding over the funeral. Buddhism first came to Seattle in 1896, and when Rev. Fujii took over the Seattle Buddhist Temple in 1908, there were congregations looking to build temples in places as discrete as Auburn, Vancouver, B.C., Spokane, and Yakima. By 1908, the Seattle Temple housed a dormitory for boys and played …

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img Duplicated of ddr-ajah-3-218 with individuals identified (ddr-ajah-3-219)

Caption on photo front: 1928 BTOA Joshi Seinenkai "Young Women of Japan"

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img Issei men in front of Buddhist church (ddr-densho-259-332)

A group of Issei men posed in front of a Buddhist temple in Portland, possibly members of the Nipponjin Kai Japanese Association.

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img 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 …

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img Eight women posing for photo outside house (ddr-ajah-6-118)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei women from Alameda, CA gather in the early 1930s. Individuals identified

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img Alameda Taiiku Kai team photo (ddr-ajah-5-55)

Caption below photo: Alameda Taiiku Kai (ATK) Baseball Team. ATK field was on a lot adjacent to the northeast corner of McKinley park at the end of Walnut St and Clement Ave, Alameda, CA. Circa late 1910s -1920s

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img Gentlemen's clubs (ddr-csujad-25-296)

A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Pasted on the page are four photographs of groups of men. The groups appear to be gentlemens' clubs. Inscription on one of the photographs reads: "g.o.c banquet." Another photograph depicts members of the "Cosmopolitan Club," including Japanese men. Also includes a photograph of a group of …

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img Team photo of ATK baseball team and Korea Maru Japanese ship baseball teams (ddr-ajah-5-74)

Caption below photo: Alameda Taiiku Kai (ATK) vs. Korea Maru Japanese ship team Alameda, CA circa mid 1920s

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img Officers of the J.A.C.L. take oath (ddr-densho-201-468)

New officers of the Japanese American Citizens League are sworn in.

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img Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-197)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "St. Marks Church in Hood River, showing [Masuo Yasui], several Issei men, a Caucasian minister, and remarkably, a Japanese minister not Isaac Inouye. St. Marks was either a Catholic or Episcopalian church--or maybe it was a Lutheran church. In any event, the two clerics are wearing their collars backwards, as Catholic and …

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img Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-110)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "St. Marks Church in Hood River, showing [Masuo Yasui], several Issei men, a Caucasian minister, and remarkably, a Japanese minister not Isaac Inouye. St. Marks was either a Catholic or Episcopalian church--or maybe it was a Lutheran church. In any event, the two clerics are wearing their collars backwards, as Catholic and …

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img Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-237)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "St. Marks Church in Hood River, showing [Masuo Yasui], several Issei men, a Caucasian minister, and remarkably, a Japanese minister not Isaac Inouye. St. Marks was either a Catholic or Episcopalian church--or maybe it was a Lutheran church. In any event, the two clerics are wearing their collars backwards, as Catholic and …

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img Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-262)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "St. Marks Church in Hood River, showing [Masuo Yasui], several Issei men, a Caucasian minister, and remarkably, a Japanese minister not Isaac Inouye. St. Marks was either a Catholic or Episcopalian church--or maybe it was a Lutheran church. In any event, the two clerics are wearing their collars backwards, as Catholic and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-262/