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img Yoko Takahashi's wedding (ddr-one-2-139)

Black and white photographic print of unidentified individuals standing outside at Yoko Takahashi’s wedding. Two women stand with their backs to the camera, one dressed in a kimono the other in a western style coat. Yoko's head is visible between their shoulders. Shiuko Sakai, the donor, met Yoko around 1947-1948 when Donor was billeted at an …

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img Japanese man instructs maid on chores (ddr-densho-299-47)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-3063. 23 April 1948 / Living standards in Japan: / This photograph of Japanese home life / is to be used in a S & S feature story / on the living standards throughout Japan. / Mr. Miyata, who lives with his son, a / Japanese harp maker, in Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, / Japan, …

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img Buddhist Golden Jubilee (ddr-sbbt-3-13)

Group photograph outside the Buddhist Church of San Francisco for the Buddhist Golden Jubilee.

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doc Letters from Megumi Sasaki, Naoji Okine, Miyuki Okine to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine, April, 1948 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-243)

Contains three letters to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine from his relatives in Hiroshima Japan and one envelope. The letters are written by Megumi Sasaki, Naoji Okine, and Miyuki Okine and enclosed in the same envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_74_001-004

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img Japanese nurse bandages injured infant (ddr-densho-299-43)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5608. 30 June 48 / Medical aid for earthquake: / A Japanese first aid attendent puts / the finishing touches to the bandage / which she has placed around this / Japanese infant's injured head. The / earthquake, worst Japanese post war / disaster, struck merclessly [sic] late / in the afternoon og …

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img Refugees walking past rubbled remains of town (ddr-densho-299-41)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5614. 30 June 48 / Quake rocks Fukui: / Refugees from the June 28, 1948 / earthquake which struck the city / of Fukui, Japan, and 39 other / neighboring villages, move along / the roads leading out of the / stricken area, in hopes of finding / a new home. The quake …

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img A boy sitting in the rubble of his house after an earthquake (ddr-densho-299-14)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5497. 29 June 48 / Quake rocks southern coast of Japan: / playing with dirt on the spot where his house / once stood this Japanese child, too / young to realize what has happen [sic], is / undisturbed by the horrow which sur- / rounds him. The quake which struck / on …

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vh Kay Yatabe Interview (ddr-ajah-1-9)

Sansei female. Born April 16, 1948 in Berkeley, California. During World War II, parents were incarcerated at the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to the Bay Area, and Kay grew up in El Cerrito, California, where parents ran a shoe repair shop. Attended UC Berkeley …

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Collection Frank C. Hirahara Collection (ddr-one-1)

Photographs taken by Frank C. Hirahara during the post-war resettlement years in Portland, Oregon. This collection includes over 1500 photographic prints, negatives, and 35mm color slides along with personal artifacts and other historical records. These newly discovered images focus on missing facets of Portland’s Japanese American community from 1948 - 1954, as well as Hirahara’s award …

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Narrator Tom Akashi

Nisei male. Born June 7, 1929, in Merced, California. Grew up in Mount Eden, California, and was removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp in Utah, then moved to Tule Lake concentration camp after family volunteered to move to Japan. While at Tule Lake, …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/178/

doc Letter from Chester L. Fordney, Deputy Director, Service Recognition Board, to Mr. George H. Nakamura, June 29, 1948 (ddr-csujad-55-2406)

Correspondence from Chester Fordney to George Hideo Nakamura regarding Nakamura's claim. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2512

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 4 (August 2, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-31)

Selected article titles: "442nd Infantry Reactivated Army Reserver as 252 Disabled Nisei Watch Rites" (p. 1), "Senate Tables Evacuation Claims Proposal Until 1948" (p. 1), "Masaoka Speaks on Minority Problems at New York" (p. 1), "Civil Service Will Drop Use of 'Japanese' Classification in Employee Loyalty Standards" (p. 2), "Ku Klux Klan Led Race Hate Campaigns …

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img Refugees look through the rubble of their homes in Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-46)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5499. 29 June 48 / Southern coast of Japan hit by deva- / stating quake: / In the aftermath of the quake which / rocked the city of Fukui, Japan, / and surrounding area, on June 28th / 1948, these Japanese rummage through / the ruins of their homes in an effort / …

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img Praying over earthquake victims (ddr-densho-299-39)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5607. 30 June 48 / Charred remains excavated from / earthquake ruins: / Japanese pray over the charred / remains of Japanese earthquake victims / in Fukui, Japanese sea town hardest / hit by the earthquake of 28 June 1948, / which stuck without warning in the / late afternoon, leaving a trail …

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img Refugees inspecting rubble from their homes (ddr-densho-299-42)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5384. 1 July 48 / Aftermath of quake in Japan: / In Morita, Japan, one of the Southern / sea towns hit hardest by the quake / which struck without warning, Japanese / return to their once proud city with / little to look forward to. The quake / which struck on 28 …

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vh Nick Nagatani Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-535)

Sansei male. Born August 6, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois. Spent in early life in Chicago before family moved to Los Angeles, California, where father worked in the defense industry. Joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War. After returning from Vietnam, joined a grassroots community organization known as the Yellow Brotherhood. Founded the …

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vh Nick Nagatani Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-540)

Sansei male. Born August 6, 1948, in Chicago, Illinois. Spent in early life in Chicago before family moved to Los Angeles, California, where father worked in the defense industry. Joined the U.S. Marine Corps and served in the Vietnam War. After returning from Vietnam, joined a grassroots community organization known as the Yellow Brotherhood. Founded the …

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vh Floyd Shimomura Interview (ddr-densho-1000-466)

Sansei male. Born March 13, 1948, in Winters, California. Grew up in the Winters area where parents worked on a farm they had run before World War II, when they were incarcerated at the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Graduated from UC Davis School of Law, and worked in various capacities for the State of California. Elected …

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Narrator Ronald Ikejiri

Sansei male. Born December 3, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, parents had been incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Father signed 'no-no' on the so-called 'loyalty questionnaire', renounced U.S. citizenship, and was sent to the Department of Justice camp at Bismarck, North Dakota. Family did not end up expatriating to …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/909/