1518 items
1518 items
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1917 Japanese Class Outing to Mt. Tamalpais (ddr-ajah-6-606)
Two versions of photo post card, one with individuals identified and image of back of card
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Group of men standing in doorway of school building (ddr-ajah-6-603)
Caption below photo: At center is Jumagoro Takagi, standing in front of the Japanese Association of Alameda building on 2256 Pacific Avenue. Second front left is Kanjiro Inouye, circa 1916-1920s.
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Tsutomu Inouye standing in garden (ddr-ajah-6-470)
Caption below photo: Tsutomu Inouye of Alameda, CA circa early 1920s
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Graduation portrait for Shigeshi "Shug" Kadokoro (ddr-ajah-6-77)
Caption below photo: Shigeshi "Shug" Madokoro - Alameda High School graduation, Alameda, CA. circa early 1930s.
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Joshin Motoyoshi standing outside house (ddr-ajah-6-649)
Caption below photo: Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi. He served the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA from 1932-1948. Given his youthful appearance, this photo was shot early in his career at BTOA
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Self portrait of Mataichi Ozeki (ddr-ajah-6-769)
Caption below photo: Self Portrait with Jesus. Includes description of items in photo
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Marge Kajiwara standing on sidewalk carrying books (ddr-ajah-6-70)
Caption below photo: Marge Kajiwara, Alameda, CA. She was born April 19, 1915, making this photo circa 1930s.
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Members of Hiroshima-ken of Alameda posing for photo (ddr-ajah-6-717)
Caption below photo: Hiroshima-ken Colonial Association Alameda Branch. Commemorated The 1st Annual Council Members Alameda, CA. Circa 1910s-1920s. Banner at men's feet in Japanese.
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Woman with baby in baby carriage (ddr-ajah-6-795)
Caption below photo: Akino Ozeki of Alameda, CA., with daughter Hatsuyo, circa 1909
Narrator Tetsuo Nomiyama
Kibei-Nisei male. Born January 20, 1916, in Alameda, California. At the age of five, family returned to live in Japan. Attended school in Japan before returning to the U.S. in 1937. Drafted into the U.S. Army, and was in training when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Resisted military orders while in basic training, …
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Jean Shiraki Gize Interview (ddr-jamsj-2-14)
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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Two men sitting on steps (ddr-ajah-6-238)
Caption below photo: Unknown Issei man (at left) with Matao Koga. Koga immigrated from Japan and lived in San Francisco, CA. He married Shigeko Iwaihara, of Alameda, CA., in 1939. He worked as a Benshi, a man who showed silent movies. Benshi in Japan were as much of an attraction as the stars of the film, …
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Ship Asama Maru docked in San Francisco. (ddr-ajah-6-763)
Caption below photo: the Asama Maru docked at the San Francisco, CA., waterfront, with the west section of the Bay Bridge in the background. Nippon Yusen Kaisha of Japan build the "Queen of the Sea" in 1929. It's first voyage took it to California. It would also visit Hong King, Shanghai, Honolulu and Los Angeles. It …
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Tetsuo Nomiyama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-279)
Kibei-Nisei male. Born January 20, 1916, in Alameda, California. At the age of five, family returned to live in Japan. Attended school in Japan before returning to the U.S. in 1937. Drafted into the U.S. Army, and was in training when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Resisted military orders while in basic training, …
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George Naohara's handwritten annotation (ddr-csujad-38-3)
English translation of handwritten annotation from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 5: When I went to the Manzanar camp in California, late Hiromu Sasaki took me to Maryknoll School, which was a Japanese language school located on Alameda Blvd, Los Angeles, California. I remember I packed my birth certificate, clothes, and other necessities into my …
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George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-161)
English translation of the annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 12: [Right] Japan declared a war, and Japanese Imperial Army attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. When the war broke out, Yuta Masukawa was visiting Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. He rode on a streetcar to get to Little Tokyo and bought a record, "Shina no …