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img Community picnic (ddr-one-1-453)

Color slide of people sitting around a picnic table at a community picnic. From left to right: Ted Tamaki, Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Eddie Tamiyasu, Nobuko (Ochiai) Susaki, and unidentified. According to donor processed on September 12, 1952.

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 38 "Alice in Wonderland" (ddr-one-1-463)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 38 driving down W Burnside in front of a crowd outside the Shoreline Hotel. The float contains a depiction of Alice from "Alice in Wonderland" wearing blue dress with a white apron made from flowers. Sitting on the float in front of Alice next to a yellow sign with …

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img Christmas (ddr-one-1-649)

Black and white photographic negative of two unidentified Japanese American children sitting under a Christmas tree with wrapped presents in their laps. An unidentified woman is sitting on the left side.

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img Sorelles Beach Outing (ddr-one-1-392)

Black and white photographic negative of crowd of Nisei at a beach outing planned by the Sorrelles (a high school social group).

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-207)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers in a partial circle in front of a crowd that encloses the dancers. Obon dancers: left corner of image in front of dancer wearing a headscarf is Phyllis Midori (Ando) Muramatsu, behind woman in headscarf is Mabel (Maekawa) Ota followed by Kathleen "Kathie" Haruko (Matsuda) Sato, ninth from …

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-191)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers waving small Japanese flags. Left line from left to right: Hisano Sakamoto, Kaoru Funatake and unidentified women. Right line from left to right: Grace Mieko (Muramatsu) Ouchida, Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Betty Nakashimada, Shiz (Fujita) Inaba and an unidentified woman. Obon is an annual event hosted by …

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img Horseshoes (ddr-one-1-653)

Black and white photographic negative of an unidentified Nisei throwing a horseshoe at the beach in Oregon.

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img Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) Odori Performance (ddr-one-1-406)

Black and white photographic negative of two unidentified dancers with fans performing an Odori folk dance on stage for Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) inside the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple). Two woman sit on stage in western style clothes, one playing a shamisen. A man is visible looking around the curtain …

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img Congregation (ddr-one-1-328)

Black and white photographic negative of a Christian congregation sitting in pews looking forward. Man setting on the far left is Tsugo Ikeda. No one identified in first pew. Second pew from left to right: Betty Ishida, and Jayne (Katada) Furukawa, others unidentified. Note on identification sheets says saddle shoes worn in image were made by …

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img Wedding Reception (ddr-one-1-133)

Black and white photographic negative of a unknown wedding reception with a group of wedding guests standing next to the gift table. Standing in the back behind the gifts is Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka.

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img Frank Hirahara in developing room (ddr-one-1-567)

Photographic negative of a close up of Frank Hirahara sitting in front of a large sink developing photographs.

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-317)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Dancers from left to right: Patricia “Pat” (Ikata) Iboshi, Marjory "Marge" (Ando) Smith, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Toshiko (Maekawa) Okino, Susan Shizuko (Yoshida) Kurimoto, and Nobuko Yoshida. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church …

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img Man and Child (ddr-one-1-575)

Black and white photographic negative of a Chinese American man holding young boy with number "1" sign. This negative was taken as part of a scavenger hunt put on by the Oregon Camera Club.

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-217)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers performing before a crowd. Boy standing alone in grass field: David Onishi. Obon dancers: right line, third from right Helen Hachiya; right line, fourth from right Sumi Hachiya; right line, fifth from right Arthur Ojiro “Art” Sasaki. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church …

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img Community Picnic (ddr-one-1-382)

Black and white photographic negative of two picnic tables with people sitting with plates of food in front of them. The community picnic is at Viking Park and is hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple). Sitting at picnic table in foreground left to right: Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando, and …

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img Unidentified Nisei Model (ddr-one-1-662)

Unidentified Nisei woman sitting on the ground with her legs crossed posing for the camera.

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 33 "General Petroleum" (ddr-one-1-514)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 33 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float is made of white and blue flowers, with a large red Pegasus flying over top. …

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-184)

Black and white photographic negative of the crowd and Obon dancers taken from behind the crowd. Obon dancers wave small Japanese and American flags. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community. This image was taken at Holladay Park in …

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img Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) Odori Performance (ddr-one-1-405)

Black and white photographic negative of an Odori folk dance on stage for Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) at Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple). Dancers front row from right to left: Mary (Nakata) Fujii and Shiz (Fujita) Inaba.

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-222)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers performing in front of a large crowd. Obon dancers left line: Tomi Tsujimura and Yukiye Itoyama. Obon dancers right line: Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando and Atsuko "Alice" Kida. All others unidentified. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) …

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-258)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers in three partial circles performing in front of a large crowd seated in bleachers. Inner circle: Tom Shigeto Tamiyasu. Middle circle foreground to background: Joan “Janice” (Nakayama) Kimoto, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, and Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando. Outer circle: second from the front: Tomi Tsujimura. Obon is an annual …

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img Sitting on the Beach (ddr-one-1-617)

Black and white photographic negative of an unidentified Nisei sitting on the beach drinking a bottle of soda. From left to right: Betty Nakashimada, unidentified, Mary (Nakata) Fujii, and Martha Fujii.

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-290)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers wearing straw hats performing an Odori folk dance in front of a large crowd at Obon. Obon Dancers: second to the right Grace (Tachibana) Ishikawa, and third to the right Kathleen "Kathie" Haruko (Matsuda) Sato. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- Crowd (ddr-one-1-448)

Color slide of crowd and light post outside the Shoreline Hotel and Anchor Inn on W Burnside. Presumably the crowd has gathered to watch the Portland Rose Festival Parade. The Rose Festival Parade is an annual event in which floats are made out of flowers and paraded down the streets of Portland. According to donor processed …

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img Oregon Buddhist Church Annual Lotus Bazaar- Bingo Table (ddr-one-1-719)

Black and white photographic print of a group of people playing bingo at the Oregon Buddhist Church's Annual Lotus Bazaar. Sitting left to right: unidentified, Shig Yuzuriha, Shiz (Fujita) Inaba, Lily (Tsujimura) Hongo Namba, unidentified, and unidentified. The Oregon Buddhist Church is now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple. For negative please see ONLC 2910 (ddr-one-1-108).

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