520 items
520 items
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Japanese Americans waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-247)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry congregated at Wartime Civil Control Administration station under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 28, awaiting evacuation buses which will take them to Tanforan Assembly center for later transfer to War Relocation Authority cnters where they will spend the duration.
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Group of men with young boy sitting at a table (ddr-ajah-6-584)
Caption below photo: Tired from a day's work of picking cantaloupes by hand, Issei men relax and enjoy the fruits of their labor. The men probably come from the Oakland, CA., area and were working in the Turlock vicinity of the Central Valley of California. 1922
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School photo in front of building (ddr-densho-329-599)
30 students and 2 teachers outside building, on steps and benches. One big American flag, a banner that reads Lockwood Junior High, and the front row holding Oakland 1926 and California pennants. Inscribed on back: "Kaneji Domoto H9" in green pencil. Printed on back: Hugo Weltz, Photographer
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Man looking out from outdoor shower (ddr-ajah-6-587)
Caption below photo: After a long day of picking cantaloupes by hand, and Issei man, likely from Oakland, CA., cleans up in a makeshift shower. He was working in the Turlock vicinity of the Central Valley of California, where cantaloupes were grown due to the favorable weather. circa 1922
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Large group photo outside building (ddr-ajah-3-191)
Label on front of photo in Japanese: June 6, 1976. Translation below photo: Alameda Buddhist Church 60th Annual Senior Appreciation, June 6, 1976 Buddhist Temple of Alameda, California. Photo by Utsumi studio of Oakland, CA. / Second row chair Rev. Eiyu Terao / Second row chair Bishop Kenryu Takashi Tsuji
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Closed Japanese American store (ddr-densho-151-43)
Original WRA caption: Oakland, California. Following evacuation orders, this store, at 13th and Franklin streets, was closed. The owner, a University of California graduate of Japanese descent, placed the "I AM AMERICAN" sign on the store front on Dec. 8, the day after Pearl Harbor. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 59 (May 16, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-148)
Selected article titles: "War Casualties"; "School Supt. Checks Committee Report"; "Okusako Honored"; "Girl Join WACs"; "Shots Fired Into Home of Fresno Issei Leaders"; "Throw Rock in House"; "Want Ads Today"; "Church Loses Case in Court"; "Investigation Demanded"; "Improvement Club"; "Fire Destroys Hotel in Oakland, California"; "Urge Confiscation of Nisei Ranches."
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Norman I. Hirose Interview (ddr-densho-1013-7)
Nisei male. Born June 22, 1926, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943 because of mother's wish to have the family move to Japan. …
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Couple says apologies not enough for internment (ddr-csujad-55-2522)
Newspaper clipping from "Oakland tribune" about former incarcerees, Ernest and Chizu Iiyama. Covers the Iiyama's experience in camp and life after incarceration. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2629
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Letter to Frank Nishioka from John Lawton (ddr-densho-292-4)
John Lawton, WRA District Relocation Officer, writes to Frank Nishioka about household goods and personal effects being held at the Baptist Christian Church in Oakland, California. The church property had been sold and Nishioka needs to decide what to do with his property. Lawton suggests getting in contact with the Chicago relocation office.
Narrator Art Imagire
Nisei male. Born August 1, 1933, in Oakland, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, moved with family to Reno, Nevada, during the "voluntary evacuation" period. Attended the University of Nevada and later worked for an aerospace company.
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Miyoko Kaneta Interview (ddr-densho-1000-449)
Nisei female. Born December 16, 1926, in El Centro, California. Grew up in various places in California, where parents owned a barbershop. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with her family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, resettled in Hazelton, Idaho, and Oakland, California, before moving to Seattle, Washington. After the war, …
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Roy M. Hirabayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-313)
Sansei male. Born January 1, 1951, in Berkeley, California. Grew up in Oakland, and got involved with music at an early age. Attended Cal State Hayward and San Jose State during the Civil Rights Movement. Got involved with civil rights and Asian American issues. Along with wife, PJ Hirabayashi, founded the prominent group San Jose Taiko.
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Funeral group portrait at cemetery (ddr-densho-329-720)
Group photo of attendees of the funeral of Teru Domoto with flowers at the cemetery. "Mrs. K. Domoto" and "11/29" written on back. Studio stamp reads "TSUJI PHOTO STUDIO, 814 Franklin Street, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA". Back of photo scanned in two pieces. Identical photo appears in the Yuriko Domoto Tsukada Collection, with object ID ddr-densho-356-12.
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Norm Hayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-468)
Sansei male. Born September 11, 1939, in Oakland, California. Grandfather, father, and other family members established a nursery business in San Francisco, California prior to World War II. During the war, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to San Francisco and …
Narrator Isao East Oshima
Nisei male. Born April 20, 1921, in Berkeley, California. Family moved frequently as a child, and was living in Oakland, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left camp for Cleveland, Ohio, eventually settling permanently in the Twin …
Narrator Norman I. Hirose
Nisei male. Born June 22, 1926, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" in 1943 because of mother's wish to have the family move to Japan. …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4333 (July 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-47)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Nurse Finds Soldiers She Serves Have No Race Prejudice"; "Methodist Confab Held in Oakland"; "500 Combat Vets in Hospital Protest VFW Rejecting Nisei"; "Nisei Soldier Fears He Must Face Battle at Home"; "Relocation Ups and Downs in Southern California"; "Burglary Reported at Tule Lake"; "Dr. George Iki Joins Inter-racial Clinic in Los …
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Japanese Americans waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-327)
Original caption: Oakland, California. Mr. and Mrs. Kitagaki with two of their children at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station a few minutes before departure by bus for Tanforan Assembly center. A local church member is handing Kimiko a pamphlet expressing the good wishes of the church toward the departing evacuees. Mr. Kitagaki, prior to evacuation, …
Narrator Roy M. Hirabayashi
Sansei male. Born January 1, 1951, in Berkeley, California. Grew up in Oakland, and got involved with music at an early age. Attended Cal State Hayward and San Jose State during the Civil Rights Movement. Got involved with civil rights and Asian American issues. Along with wife, PJ Hirabayashi, founded the prominent group San Jose Taiko.
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Kitano Hayashi (ddr-densho-441-95)
Photograph of Kitano Hayashi working in his brother Hirokichi "Harry" Hayashi's greenhouse.
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Parade float (ddr-densho-441-10)
Hayashi Nursery parade float with two horse and a carriage decorated in flowers.
