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Group of adults and children posing for photo outside building (ddr-ajah-4-2)
img Group of adults and children posing for photo outside building (ddr-ajah-4-2)
Caption above photo: Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, leaders and children, Alameda, CA., circa 1909
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-2/
Document with photos, documents and historical information about the Methodist Japanese School and Masaharu Oba (ddr-ajah-4-61)
doc Document with photos, documents and historical information about the Methodist Japanese School and Masaharu Oba (ddr-ajah-4-61)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-61/
Class photo of grammar school at Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church (ddr-ajah-4-18)
img Class photo of grammar school at Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church (ddr-ajah-4-18)
Caption above photo: Japanese Grammar School at Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Alameda, CA, 19081916
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-18/
Digital document with class photo and history of the church run Japanese school at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church in Alameda (ddr-ajah-4-64)
img Digital document with class photo and history of the church run Japanese school at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church in Alameda (ddr-ajah-4-64)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-64/
Photo of Mary Helm House with children in front (ddr-ajah-4-22)
img Photo of Mary Helm House with children in front (ddr-ajah-4-22)
Caption: Mary Helm Hall, Alameda, Cal. Home and School for Japanese
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-22/
Two men playing instruments on stage (ddr-ajah-6-951)
img Two men playing instruments on stage (ddr-ajah-6-951)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-951/
Page with photo of Akiko Nakayama, with clipping and biographical data (ddr-ajah-6-99)
doc Page with photo of Akiko Nakayama, with clipping and biographical data (ddr-ajah-6-99)
Inscription on photo front: To Hathuyo Ageki from Akiko Nakayama Sept. 21 1926. Clipping is announcement of wedding of Nakayama and Eisada Muramtasu.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-99/
Three girls outside florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-378)
img Three girls outside florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-378)
Caption below photo: Date sisters Kiyoko "Florence", Yuriko "Lily" and Chiyoko "Mary" pose in front of their family business, Date Florist at 2304-2306 Encinal in Alameda, CA., circa mid 1930s.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-378/
Portrait of wedding party (ddr-ajah-6-185)
img Portrait of wedding party (ddr-ajah-6-185)
Caption below photo: Goro Sato marries Kimiko Nakayama in Alameda, CA. In 1936, she was living in Decoto, some 24 miles to the south, November 272, 1936.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-185/
Copy of front and back of
img Copy of front and back of "The Japanese American Creed" (ddr-ajah-6-278)
Inscription on front: To Ikuko with Thanks and signed by Mike Masaoka. Written on back: Read over Station KROW in Oakland by myself - October 1941 and signed by Mr. Mike Masaoka. Ikuko Takano.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-278/
Crowd playing a ball game at community event (ddr-ajah-6-742)
img Crowd playing a ball game at community event (ddr-ajah-6-742)
Caption below photo: a game of throwing a ball into a basket draws a crowd at a Japanese community event. Location is likely somewhere in the Alameda to Niles vicinity of the San Francisco Bay Area, circa 1910-1920s
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-742/
Certificate of Promotion at Porter School for Fumiko Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-503)
doc Certificate of Promotion at Porter School for Fumiko Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-503)
Caption below photo: Porter School Certificate of Promotion, Alameda, CA. Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara June 18, 1920
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-503/
Group at a picnic while collecting fiddlehead ferns captioned: Searching for the elusive Warabi (ddr-ajah-6-720)
img Group at a picnic while collecting fiddlehead ferns captioned: Searching for the elusive Warabi (ddr-ajah-6-720)
Includes background on harvesting wild fiddleheads in the Japanese community
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-720/
Boys playing on swings (ddr-ajah-6-740)
img Boys playing on swings (ddr-ajah-6-740)
Caption below photo: Nisei boys play on a swing in Alameda, CA., circa 1910-1930s. The white house in the background is 2327 Buena Vista Avenue. A few years after World War II ended, it would become the home of Bill Takeda and Nellie Itahara.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-740/
Three boys (ddr-ajah-6-358)
img Three boys (ddr-ajah-6-358)
Caption below photo: Young Nisei boys Robert (left) and Shunji (No Suggestions), pose with Kazuo "Henry" Date. The Akamatsus and Dates were from Alameda, CA. Kaz was born March 23, 1917 making this photo mid-1920's
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-358/
Five girls playing in yard (ddr-ajah-6-36)
img Five girls playing in yard (ddr-ajah-6-36)
Caption on right of photo: Backyard Fun / The three Nakata sisters and their friends enjoy themselves on a backyard slide. They are the daughter of Buichi Nakata and Chizuye Katow Nakata. Top to bottom: Dorothy Nakata / Florence Nakata / Lily Kato / Michi Fujikawa / May 18, 1938 in Alameda, CA. Girl on swing: …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-36/
Dresses on display inside Shizuko Imagire's shop and sewing school (ddr-ajah-6-138)
img Dresses on display inside Shizuko Imagire's shop and sewing school (ddr-ajah-6-138)
Caption below photo: Shizuko Imagire's dress shop and sewing school Oakland, CA. Her first location was across the Oakland Estuary, in Alameda. She held exhibits of her student's work inside her stores. July 2, 1939. Inscription on photo front: Imagire Sewing Class Tenth Exhibit 7-2-1939
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-138/
Three children and a woman sitting on steps with Easter baskets (ddr-ajah-6-903)
img Three children and a woman sitting on steps with Easter baskets (ddr-ajah-6-903)
Caption below photo: Dianne (left front), Doug and Janet Takeda sit on the steps of Risaburo Takeda's house at 2418 Railroad Ave in Alameda, CA., before it became 2419 Tilden Way, circa 1954. Woman at back is a friend of Hawaii.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-903/
Portrait of Miyoshi Wada (ddr-ajah-6-967)
img Portrait of Miyoshi Wada (ddr-ajah-6-967)
Caption below photo: Miyoshi Wada of Alameda, CA, circa mid 1930s. Inscription on photo front: Dear Tomo, Love, Miyo
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-967/
Man in baseball uniform (ddr-ajah-6-58)
img Man in baseball uniform (ddr-ajah-6-58)
Photo framed in a heart. Caption below photo: Non Iwahashi. Alameda Taiiku kai baseball team, circa 1930s
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-58/
Boy with bicycle on sidewalk (ddr-ajah-6-456)
img Boy with bicycle on sidewalk (ddr-ajah-6-456)
Caption below photo: The bicycle is too big for Yoshiharu Inouye Alameda, CA., circa 1920. His parents were Kanjiro and Natsuno Inouye
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-456/
Phot and text titled: The Faceless Monks of Emptyness (ddr-ajah-6-354)
doc Phot and text titled: The Faceless Monks of Emptyness (ddr-ajah-6-354)
Photos and history of Komuso monks. Ineko Takano in costume.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-354/
Two copies of funeral photo for Yamamoto, one version including individuals identified (ddr-ajah-6-971)
img Two copies of funeral photo for Yamamoto, one version including individuals identified (ddr-ajah-6-971)
Photo damaged
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-971/
Portrait of Fumiko
img Portrait of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-524)
Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA. Tsuji Photo Studio of nearby Oakland used Rembrandt lighting to create this portrait. Circa 1932
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-524/
Two women outside house (ddr-ajah-6-827)
img Two women outside house (ddr-ajah-6-827)
Caption below photo: Hatsuyo Ozeki (left) and Hiroko Nakata pose at what is likely the Ozeki house on 2325 Clement Ave in Alameda, CA. By 1930, Hatsuyo's father, Mataichi, moved his family to this address. She would be 27 in 1930.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-827/
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