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Footage from Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (1 of 3) (ddr-ajah-4-66)
Footage featuring services and interviews from the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California. Shot for a documentary commemorating Buena Vista's centennial called Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith, produced by Wendy Hanamura.
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Howe Hanamura and Wendy Hanamura at Min Nakayama Court, and interview with Howe Hanamura (ddr-ajah-6-312)
B-roll of Howe Hanamura and Wendy Hanamura at Min Nakayama Court in Alameda, California. Interview with Howe Hanamura about the death of Min Nakayama. Part of the 1995 documentary Honor Bound: A Personal Journey.
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Howe Hanamura and Wendy Hanamura at Min Nakayama Court, and interview with Louis Haddad (ddr-ajah-6-314)
B-roll of Howe Hanamura and Wendy Hanamura at Min Nakayama Court in Alameda, California. Interview with Louis Haddad, soldier with the Texas "Lost Battalion." Part of the 1995 documentary Honor Bound: A Personal Journey.
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George Fukayama (ddr-ajah-8-1)
George Fukayama was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 21, 1926. During World War II, he served with the Military Intelligence Service and was assigned to ATIS (Allied Translator Interpreter Section) during the occupation of Japan after the war. Moved to Alameda, California, after military service.
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Wedding portrait of Kenji Tomita and Mary Nakata (ddr-ajah-6-47)
Caption below photo: Kenji Tomita marries Mary Nakata, June 1957 at North Berkeley Methodist Church in California. Both were born in Alameda, CA., Kenji had know Mary from the time she was a very young child.
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Alameda Japanese American History Project: Joe Iwataki Military Service Collection (ddr-ajah-2)
The album contains photos and documents from Joe Iwataki’s military service in WWII including time at MIS language school and posting to the Pacitic theatre. Collection includes material from MIS reunions.
Joe Iwataki was born in Alameda, California and enlisted in the military in Spring of 1941. After Pearl Harbor he was assigned to guard duty …
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Evelyn Glenn for the Nakano Family (ddr-ajah-8-5)
In this video, Evelyn Nakano Glenn talks about her father's family history. Evelyn's grandparents immigrated to the United States and settled in Alameda, California, in the early 1900s. Akajiro Nakano was one of the founders of the Buddhist Temple of Alameda in 1917. During World War II, they were sent to the Gila River concentration camp, …
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Haruo Howe Hanamura, Wendy Hanamura and Jonathan Okagaki in Montclair Park (ddr-ajah-6-310)
B-roll footage of Haruo Howe Hanamura, Wendy Hanamura, and Jonathan Okagai (age 2.5) I Montclair Park, Oakland. Also includes scenes of Alameda, California, and Nakayama Court. Part of the 1995 documentary Honor Bound: A Personal Journey.
Narrator Jean Shiraki Gize
Nisei female. Born June 16, 1938, in Alameda, California. Was age three when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. While in camp, father volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Mother answered an ad in the camp newspaper and …
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Panorama of baseball teams standing in front of crowd at a stadium (ddr-ajah-5-47)
Caption on photo front: 2nd Annual Japanese Baseball Tournament, Stockton, CA 1924 / Lodi YMA, Stockton Yamato, San Joe Asahi, Sacramento Nippon, alameda ATK (Taiiko Kai) / Sponsored by Nippon Sanitarium, Stockton Times Newspaper, Shindo Company, Tsuyura Company & California Grocery Company
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Group of women outside Shizuko Imagire's sewing school (ddr-ajah-6-135)
Caption below photo: California Certified Imagire Women's Sewing School / Shizuko Imagire's first dress shop and sewing school at 1618 Park Street in Alameda, CA. Photo is of her third graduation class, circa 1925. She is standing front row, center.
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Group of women outside Shizuko Imagire's sewing school (ddr-ajah-6-136)
Caption below photo: California Certified Imagire Women's Sewing School / Shizuko Imagire's first dress shop and sewing school at 1618 Park Street in Alameda, CA. Photo is of her fourth graduating class, circa 1926. She is standing front row, center.
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Japanese Americans waiting for buses (ddr-densho-151-181)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Early comers arrive at evacuation meeting place in this Alameda County farming community. Farmers and other evacuees will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Loading baggage onto truck (ddr-densho-151-180)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Piling baggage of evacuees from this Alameda County farming community on the day before evacuation to assembly centers. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Instructions to all persons of Japanese ancestry (ddr-csujad-55-2389)
Newspaper clipping with a reprint of the exclusion orders and evacuation instructions for persons of Japanese ancestry residing in Alameda County, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2495
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Working in field prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-454)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Hands of woman farm- worker preparing soil for transplanting tomato plants, in a field in Alameda County, California, several weeks before evacuation. Farmers and other evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to follow their callings in War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Anna Towata (ddr-ajah-8-10)
Anna Towata was born on November 10, 1916, in Sonoma, California. Her mother was of German descent and her father was born in Japan. During World War II, was sent to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, returned to Alameda and eventually opened a flower shop.
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Men shoveling snow from roof of barracks (ddr-ajah-2-782)
Caption: Snow makes life for Army soldiers difficult. Location is either Belden, in Northern California, or somewhere near Reno, Nevada. The U.S. Army sent Joe Iwataki ad his outfit to this area of California to guard trains, tracks and tunnels. Iwataki was from Alameda, CA. January 1942. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-290 with additional notes.
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Small portrait of Taiji Mashihara (ddr-ajah-6-23)
Caption below photo: Issei Taiji Mashihara, of Alameda, CA., He was a dentistry student at the University of California at Berkeley, then moved to Massachusetts. On July 15, 1920, he was granted a certificate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to practice dentistry and dental surgery. He died of Tuberculosis on January 10, 1927. Photo by Mataichi …
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Keith Nomura for Kiyosuke Nomura (ddr-ajah-8-6)
In this video, Keith Nomura talks about his father, Kiyosuke Nomura. Kiyosuke grew up in the Bay Area and met his wife, who was born in Alameda, California. During World War II, they were removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Kiyosuke wasn't able to graduate from the University of …
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Kenji Tomita Interview (ddr-ajah-1-3)
Nisei male. Born August 25, 1924, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father ran a food wholesaling business. Was in high school when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Left Topaz on student leave to attend the University of …
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Mother with two young children waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-200)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Members of farm family await evacuation bus. In March they came from Santa Barbara County to Alameda County, so that all members of the family could be evacuated together. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
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Shigeki Sugiyama (ddr-ajah-8-7)
Shigeki Sugiyama grew up in Alameda, California. During World War II, he and his family were removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, then transferred to the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Shigeki left Topaz for Ann Arbor Michigan, to attend school. In 1946, he was drafted and attended Officer Candidate School, then served overseas for twenty …
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Men playing cards in barracks (ddr-ajah-2-784)
Caption: Joe Iwataki (taking the photo) and his U.S. Army pals relieve the boredom with a poker game in their barracks near Belden, which was in the Feather River Canyon of Northern California, February 1942. Iwataki was from Alameda, CA. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-376 with additional notes
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Reproduction of movie poster in Japanese and English (ddr-ajah-6-175)
Caption below photo: 1969 movie poster made by Matao and Shigeko Koga. The Koga's two person business, Koga Kogyo Bu, showed Japanese movies to the Japanese born (Isseis) and Japanese American (Nisei) audience throughout California from 1939 to at least 1969. the Kogas were from Alameda, CA. Original size: 13x17"