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1512 items
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Home movie footage of the wedding of Nellie Itahara and Bill Takeda (ddr-ajah-4-69)
Home movie footage showing friends and pastor of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church celebrating the marriage of Bill Takeda and Nellie Fumiko Itahara in what appears to be a private home.
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Group photo of children and adults outside Church (ddr-ajah-4-20)
Caption below photo: Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Alameda, CA. Some individuals identified
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Certificate for membership to the Epworth League for The Alameda Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church (ddr-ajah-4-9)
Caption below photo: the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Alameda, CA., Epworth (Youth) League is recognized on July 29, 1924 by the Methodist General Conference
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Group posing for portrait on steps of building (ddr-ajah-4-8)
Caption below photo: Young adult school, Japanese Methodist Episcopal church, South in Alameda, CA. 1920. Front row center in Grace Umezawa
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Group photo of children and adults outside Church (ddr-ajah-4-25)
Group includes children and leaders of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal church and Buddhist Temple
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Large group photo outside the Buena Vista Methodist Church (ddr-ajah-4-14)
Caption below photo: Buena Vista Methodist Church, Alameda, CA. 1956
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Document with photo of Mary Helm Hall at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South of Alameda, CA (ddr-ajah-4-21)
Title: The house that becomes known as Mary Helm Hall as it appeared in 1907
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Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church's 70th Anniversary (ddr-ajah-4-72)
Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church of Alameda, California's 70th anniversary celebration. Scenes include members arriving, past ministers, games for kids, and Halloween parade and party. Home movies taken by Haruo "Howe" Hanamura (April 10, 1919 - August 18, 2012).
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Seven women and teacher posing on steps outside church (ddr-ajah-4-41)
Caption below photo: Mas Miyauchi poses with his Sunday School students on the steps of the Sunday School building, now known as the social hall of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA.. Marge was born in 1915 making this photo circa the early 1930s.
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Group of women on steps of church (ddr-ajah-4-59)
Caption below photo: Fujinkai Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Alameda, CA., circa 1952. Duplicate photo with names identified
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Group photo of members of Alameda Japanese Methodist-Episcopal Church, South (ddr-ajah-4-17)
Farewell party for first minister. Includes copies of photos and history of church.
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Group of children outside building (ddr-ajah-4-7)
Caption below photo: Nisei children in Alameda, CA, circa 1919. Hiroshi Abe drowned in the Alameda estuary while he was looking after some younger children. Individuals identified
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Group posing for photo in garden (ddr-ajah-4-6)
Title: Alameda, CA, circa 1912-1912 Early Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Includes historical information about early development of Alameda and the Japanese Methodist Episcopal church
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Photo of original building for the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church (ddr-ajah-4-42)
2416 Eagle Street, Alameda
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Group of men and women sitting on steps (ddr-ajah-4-39)
Caption below photo: Young adult bible study class at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA. Grace Umezawa is front row center, 1920
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Group standing at podium for transfer of deed for church property (ddr-ajah-4-12)
Caption below photo: October 14, 1950 was a historic day. Dr. W.P. Rankin, representing the Methodist Episcopal Women's Society, handed over the church's Title and Deed to Haruo Imura. After 52 years, they were now the owners of all the land and property occupied by the church. along with this came a new name: the Buena …
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Group of women and children outside building (ddr-ajah-4-60)
Caption below photo: Women and children pose in front of the former chapel of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA. 1954
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Group photo of men, women and children outside building (ddr-ajah-4-10)
Caption below photo: Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, south Fujinkai (women's society), Alameda, CA. Front row center is Rev. Alura (lighter suit) and Rev. Shimada. These young mothers were the backbone of the church. 1932
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Couple posing in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-51)
Caption below photo: Munch Mizokuchi, as Phillip, and Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, are actors in "An Old Kentucky Garden," a stageplay at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA. March 1937
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The Alameda Japanese Grammar School 1908-1916 / September 1983 M. Miyauchi (ddr-ajah-4-19)
Memoir of student who attended the Alameda Japanese Grammar School. Includes names of students and teachers
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Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church's Spring Festival (ddr-ajah-4-73)
Home movie footage of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church of Alameda, California's Spring Festival or bazaar. Scenes include members cooking, games, a church picnic at Crab Cove, and an outing to a swimming pool. Home movies taken by Haruo "Howe" Hanamura (April 10, 1919 - August 18, 2012).
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Three women in costumes (ddr-ajah-4-54)
Caption below photo: Kiyo Date (left), as Elmino, Etsu Yoshida, as Adaliza, and Shinayo Kikuchi sing in "An Old Kentucky Garden", a stageplay at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA. The show was directed by Ruby Yoshino and Alber Torio. March 1937
