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Cherry tree planting ceremony (ddr-densho-140-15)
img Cherry tree planting ceremony (ddr-densho-140-15)
A delegation from Japan plants cherry trees in Seattle's Seward Park. Front row (L to R): unidentified, unidentified, Genji Mihara, Consul Suemasa Okamoto, Premier R. Wakazuki, Mr. Tokusaburo Sowa.
Nihonmachi restaurant (ddr-densho-140-2)
img Nihonmachi restaurant (ddr-densho-140-2)
Genji Mihara talks with the waiter at an Issei-operated cafe in Seattle's Nihonmachi or Japantown. (L to R): Genji Mihara, Sakae Ojima, unidentified.
Identification photo (ddr-densho-15-23)
img Identification photo (ddr-densho-15-23)
Norio Mitsuoka at eighteen. This photo was used for identification on a trip to Japan.
Grand Restaurant (ddr-densho-15-124)
img Grand Restaurant (ddr-densho-15-124)
The Grand Restaurant was operated by George and Kane Mitsuoka. It was located on First Avenue between Pike and Union Streets.
Family portrait (ddr-densho-15-125)
img Family portrait (ddr-densho-15-125)
The Mitsuoka family. Left to right: Reiko, George, Masahiro (Roy), and Kane Mitsuoka. Norio Mitsuoka stands behind Masahiro, between his parents.
Men leaving for Alaska (ddr-densho-15-38)
img Men leaving for Alaska (ddr-densho-15-38)
These Japanese Americans are en route to Alaska to work in the canneries. Several can be identified: "Turk" Fujiya and Jim Yoshida stand fifth and sixth from the left; Ben Uyeno and George Yano stand third and second from the right. Ben Uyeno later became a well-known doctor in Seattle's Japanese American community. He was interviewed …
Issei man and his son (ddr-densho-15-3)
img Issei man and his son (ddr-densho-15-3)
George Sataru Mitsuoka (right) and his son, Masayoshi (Roy), are standing in the backyard of their home located at 112 15th Avenue in Seattle's Nihonmachi.
Exterior walls at the temple construction site (ddr-sbbt-4-87)
img Exterior walls at the temple construction site (ddr-sbbt-4-87)
Work begins on exterior walls at the temple construction site (1427 S. Main Street).
Partially built temple roof and outer walls (ddr-sbbt-4-100)
img Partially built temple roof and outer walls (ddr-sbbt-4-100)
View of the partially built temple roof and outer walls at the new temple building (1427 S. Main Street).
Surveying at the temple construction site (ddr-sbbt-4-74)
img Surveying at the temple construction site (ddr-sbbt-4-74)
Two men stand at the temple construction site (1427 S. Main Street) amidst surveying equipment.
Man works on interior walls at the new temple building (ddr-sbbt-4-131)
img Man works on interior walls at the new temple building (ddr-sbbt-4-131)
A man works on interior walls for the new temple building (1427 S. Main Street).
Letter from the Seattle Buddhist Church to Pierce A. Horrocks (ddr-sbbt-4-33)
doc Letter from the Seattle Buddhist Church to Pierce A. Horrocks (ddr-sbbt-4-33)
A letter from the Seattle Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Pierce A. Horrocks, Architect, authorizing hiring H. Hanson for brick work.
Man stands at the temple construction site (ddr-sbbt-4-140)
img Man stands at the temple construction site (ddr-sbbt-4-140)
A man in overalls stands at the temple construction site (1427 S. Main Street).
Partially built outer walls and stairwells (ddr-sbbt-4-103)
img Partially built outer walls and stairwells (ddr-sbbt-4-103)
Partially built outer walls and stairwells at the new temple building (1427 S. Main Street).
Letter from Stephen F. Branch to the Buddhist Mission Society (ddr-sbbt-4-46)
doc Letter from Stephen F. Branch to the Buddhist Mission Society (ddr-sbbt-4-46)
A letter from the Stephen F. Branch, painting contractor, to the Buddhist Mission Society (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) with estimates for spray painting an interior temple room.
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