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img House (ddr-densho-359-285)

Caption below the photograph in the album "De Witt Clark home". Photograph taken during a summer spent at Wing Point on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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img View from Chuckanut Point (ddr-densho-359-19)

A landscape photograph from Chuckanut Point located south of Bellingham, Washington. The photograph is signed Cylde Banks, a local photographer and camera shop owner.

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img Photo of a car from the front (ddr-densho-483-286)

Sepia photo of a car taken from the front. Licence plate is 74-721 Washington. Caption on album page: "1931" written in white ink.

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vh Gordon Hirabayashi Interview II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-18-3)

Prewar life at the University of Washington: extra-curricular activities open to Japanese American students, but not the Greek system

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img Passengers aboard ship (ddr-densho-383-72)

Billie Shizuko Tashiro aboard ship, wearing white cap and waving. Billie Tashiro was a University of Washington graduate in 1932 with a degree in Business Administration. During her time as a University of Washington student she was a member of the Fuyo Kai organization, and held the position of Fuyo Kai's Corresponding Secretary in 1932. Written …

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img Portrait of Billie Shizuko Tashiro (ddr-densho-383-322)

Billie Shizuko Tashiro dressed in white with cap. Written on album page below photograph: "Shizuko T." Billie Tashiro was a University of Washington graduate in 1932 with a degree in Business Administration. During her time as a University of Washington student she was a member of the Fuyo Kai organization, and held the position of Fuyo …

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vh Dotti Yasuko Tagawa Reisbord Interview (ddr-densho-1000-509)

Nisei-Sansei female. Born May 9, 1941, in Seattle Washington. An infant when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, family was sent to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, family returned to Seattle, where Dotti attended school. After high school, moved to Southern California, raised a family, and became a teacher …

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vh Yosh Nakagawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-172)

Nisei male. Born December 27, 1932, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, and was in the third grade during mass removal to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington. Moved with family to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before returning to Seattle to attend middle and high school. Found a lifelong job at Osborn & Ulland, a retail …

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vh Victor Takemoto Interview (ddr-densho-1001-8)

Nisei male. Born October 27, 1926, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Parents were strawberry farmers before World War II. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California. Unlike most Bainbridge Island Japanese Americans, did not transfer to the Minidoka, Idaho, concentration camp. Returned to Bainbridge Island after the war, and attended …

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vh Eiko Yamaichi Interview (ddr-manz-1-175)

Nisei female. Born in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Snoqualmie, Washington, where father worked for the Weyerhaeuser company before the war. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Later transferred to the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving …

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vh Dorothy H. Sato Interview (ddr-one-7-50)

Nisei female. Born May 24, 1923, in Carlisle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington, where parents ran a hotel. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Chicago, Illinois, before returning to Oregon.

(This material is based upon work …

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vh George Morihiro Interview (ddr-densho-1000-182)

Nisei male. Born September 19, 1924, in Tacoma, Washington, and spent childhood in Fife, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the army in 1944 and joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe. Awarded the Purple Heart for actions in the Battle …

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img Issei-run store (ddr-densho-25-11)

Matahichi and Kisa Iseri ran a small store and berry farm in Thomas, Washington. Matahichi first opened the store in the family's garage shown here.

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doc Testimony of Hide Shimomura (ddr-densho-67-291)

Written testimony of Hide Shimomura. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

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doc Testimony of Kinzo Yamamoto (ddr-densho-67-330)

Written testimony of Kinzo Yamamoto. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearing in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

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doc Testimony of Mitsuko (Yasukochi) Funakoshi (ddr-densho-67-272)

Written testimony of Mitsuko (Yasukochi) Funakoshi, born in Meloland, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.

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doc Testimony of Minoru Yasui (ddr-densho-67-333)

Written testimony of Minoru Yasui. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearing in Washington, D.C., on July 14, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

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img Miyuki "Kay" Kida in front of her home (ddr-one-3-121)

Color photograph of Miyuki "Kay" Kida and a relative visiting from Japan standing in front of her home in Pucker Huddle in White Salmon, Washington.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 62, No. 11 (March 18, 1966) (ddr-pc-38-11)

Select article titles: "History Project: Dawn of Asiatic Interests" (p. 1); "Washington Newsletter: Miscegenation Laws" (p. 2); "26th Hawaiian GI Dies in Vietnam" (p. 6).

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img Congregation outside the Japanese Baptist Church (ddr-densho-12-1)

The Japanese Baptist Church is located at 160 Broadway in Seattle, Washington. Before World War II, this area was adjacent to Seattle's Nihonmachi, or Japantown.

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-36-16)

Sumiko Furuta of Bainbridge Island, Washington, on a special ferry to Seattle. From Seattle, she will board a train headed for Manzanar Assembly Center, California.

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doc Amicus brief filed in the Korematsu case (ddr-densho-35-428)

Amicus Curiae brief filed on behalf of the states of California, Oregon and Washington in the Supreme Court case Korematsu v. United States of America.

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img George Tokuda graduation portrait (ddr-densho-383-355)

Portrait taken for graduation from University of Washington. Stamped on front of photograph: "Takano Studio, Seattle". Written on back of photograph: "George Tokuda, UW Graduate".

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img Grays Harbor - Aberdeen (ddr-densho-378-1066)

Photograph of a road becoming a bridge with a banner on the bridge for Grays Harbor. Captions on album page: "Washington" and "Grays Harbor Aberdeen"

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img Woman and daughter looking at a photograph (ddr-densho-61-9)

Fumiko Hayashida (right) is looking at a photograph of herself taken during the 1942 mass removal of persons of Japanese ancestry from Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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