Search Results | Densho Digital Repository

img Fishing Derby Winners (ddr-densho-495-9)

Photograph of the Fishing Derby winners of 1956 around their catch, Dorothy Haruko Nagai in center. Inscribed on the back is "1956" in the upper right corner, "Perch" in the middle, and "Florence M. Harrison / 402 So. Lucla Ave / Redondo Beach - FR 73715" stamped on the right side.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-495-9/

img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-495-7)

Wedding photograph of Dorothy Haruko Nagai (seated center) and six women surrounded by flowers.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-495-7/

img Dorothy Haruko Nagai (ddr-densho-495-6)

Black and white portrait of Dorothy Haruko Nagai

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-495-6/

vh John Tomita Interview (ddr-manz-1-76)

Nisei male. Born August 20, 1920, in Isleton, California. Grew up in Isleton where father operated a restaurant. Attended college and studied engineering before World War II. During the war, removed to the Sacramento (Walerga) Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In camp, worked on the survey crew. Remained in Tule Lake …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-76/

vh Masako Murakami Interview (ddr-manz-1-166)

Sansei female. Born March 27, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Parents were both Kibei from Seattle, Washington, and Bakersfield, California. Grew up in San Francisco, California, where father was in sales. During World War II, removed to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After father signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to the Tule …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-166/

vh Willie K. Ito Interview (ddr-manz-1-149)

Sansei male. Born 1934 in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco, where he developed an early interest in Disney and the art of cartooning. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco. Established a long career working for …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-149/

vh Toshiro Izumi Interview (ddr-manz-1-90)

Nisei male. Born May 7, 1918, in Villa Park, California. Grew up on Terminal Island, California, where father was a fisherman. During World War II, removed to the Tulare Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, relocated to Detroit, Michigan, before being drafted into the Military Intelligence Service. Served in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-90/

vh Fred Nagai Interview (ddr-manz-1-119)

Nisei male. Born June 25, 1918, in Selleck, Washington. Grew up in Selleck, a lumber community, before moving with family to Santa Monica, California. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Salt Lake City, Utah, before returning to California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-119/

vh Miyoko Sakai Nagai Interview (ddr-manz-1-120)

Nisei female. Born October 4, 1925, in San Diego, California. Grew up in Los Feliz, California, where family ran a successful flower shop. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, eventually returned to California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-120/

vh Dorothy Kuwaye Interview (ddr-manz-1-68)

Nisei female. Born May 7, 1928, in Covina, California. At young age, suffered an accident in which she was hit by a car, and was raised by a non-Japanese American family. During World War II, rejoined biological family in the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Lived for a time in New …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-68/

vh Kenji Ogawa Interview (ddr-manz-1-170)

Sansei male. Born April 16, 1942, in Manzanar, California. In 1943, parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and were transferred to the Tule Lake segregation center, California. Moved with family to Japan, and returned to the United States in the 1950s to attend high school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-170/

vh Richard M. Murakami Interview (ddr-manz-1-161)

Sansei male. Born January 29, 1932, in Florin, California. Grew up in Sacramento, California, where father ran a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, returned with family to Florin. Removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943, transferred to the Jerome concentration …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-161/

vh Thomas T. Noguchi Interview (ddr-densho-1021-8)

Thomas Noguchi was the first Japanese American to serve as the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner of Los Angeles Country. Well-known for conducting autopsies of public figures such as Robert F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, and William Holden, Noguchi was in the position between 1967 and 1982. As a Shin Issei immigrant born in Japan (in 1927) and trained …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1021-8/

vh Richard Kosaki Interview (ddr-janm-13-1)

Nisei male. Born September 14, 1924, in Waikiki, Hawaii. Attended McKinley High School, where he was student body president, just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Served as a language instructor for the U.S. Military Intelligence Service during World War II, and was stationed in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Earned PhD in …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-13-1/

img Portrait of group (ddr-densho-426-184)

Tomoye and Henri Takahashi seated in front. Caption of back: Japanese American National History Museum, LA January, 1985?

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-184/