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Isamu Ito in front of huts in forest (ddr-densho-383-182)
img Isamu Ito in front of huts in forest (ddr-densho-383-182)
Written on album page below photograph: "Mr. Isamu Ita[sic]"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-182/
Shoreline of Alaskan town from ship (ddr-densho-383-79)
img Shoreline of Alaskan town from ship (ddr-densho-383-79)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-79/
Yash Takahashi without clothes on beach (ddr-densho-383-170)
img Yash Takahashi without clothes on beach (ddr-densho-383-170)
Written on album page below photograph: "'Tarzan' Nature in the Raw - Yash Takahashi". Printed and pasted on top of photograph: "The Height of Futility: Playing strip poker in a nudist colony." William "Yash" Takahashi was a University of Washington graduate in 1937. He was on the debate team and a member of the Japanese Students …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-170/
Isamu Ito sitting along edge of boardwalk (ddr-densho-383-254)
img Isamu Ito sitting along edge of boardwalk (ddr-densho-383-254)
Isamu Ito was a graduate from the University of Washington in 1931 and a member of the Japanese Students Club. Written on album page below photograph: "Mr. Ito. U of W '31".
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-254/
Woman on boardwalk (ddr-densho-383-215)
img Woman on boardwalk (ddr-densho-383-215)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-215/
Two women on boardwalk (ddr-densho-383-217)
img Two women on boardwalk (ddr-densho-383-217)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-217/
Four young men aboard ship (ddr-densho-383-58)
img Four young men aboard ship (ddr-densho-383-58)
George Tokuda on far left. Possibly taken aboard the S.S. Northwestern, on which George Tokuda worked as a waiter when he was twenty years old.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-58/
Port on Alaskan coast (ddr-densho-383-283)
img Port on Alaskan coast (ddr-densho-383-283)
Houseboats in foreground.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-283/
Two men sitting on deck of ship (ddr-densho-383-157)
img Two men sitting on deck of ship (ddr-densho-383-157)
Written on album page below photograph: "Mr. Endo".
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-157/
Photo of six men on a dock (ddr-densho-483-226)
img Photo of six men on a dock (ddr-densho-483-226)
Faded Sepia photo of six men posing on a dock. Small ink stain at bottom of photo. Caption on album page: "Pictures taken in Alaska" written in white ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-226/
Photo of large group of men at a beach (ddr-densho-483-225)
img Photo of large group of men at a beach (ddr-densho-483-225)
Sepai-toned photo of a large group of men posing on a beach. Caption on album page: "Pictures taken in Alaska" written in white ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-225/
Men playing go (ddr-densho-15-26)
img Men playing go (ddr-densho-15-26)
These Japanese Americans are seen traveling to Alaska to work in the canneries. The man on the left facing the camera is Mr. Abe.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-26/
Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 46, No. 8, August 2009 (ddr-sjacl-1-589)
doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 46, No. 8, August 2009 (ddr-sjacl-1-589)
Selected article titles: "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Centennial" (p. 1, 3), "12th Annual Aki Omatsuri" (p. 1), "The Will of a Samurai" (p. 1).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sjacl-1-589/

Narrator June Takahashi

Nisei female. Born July 21, 1926, in Petersburg, Alaska. Both mother and father were jailed in Petersburg after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in Seattle, Washington.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/88/
June Takahashi Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-88-17)
vh June Takahashi Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-88-17)
Leaving Petersburg, Alaska: realizing no one was going to question the orders
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-88-17/
Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-55-1)
vh Henry Miyatake Interview III Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-55-1)
Driving to Alaska to take a job with the Civil Aeronautics Administration
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-55-1/
Yosh Nakagawa Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-172-22)
vh Yosh Nakagawa Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-172-22)
Attending school in a concentration camp along with Native Americans from Alaska
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-172-22/
Statement of Bill Sheffield (ddr-densho-67-335)
doc Statement of Bill Sheffield (ddr-densho-67-335)
Written statement of Bill Sheffield, Governor of Alaska. This statement was submitted for the hearings on House of Representatives Bill H.R. 4110 in June of 1984.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-335/
Japanese Center in Ketchikan (ddr-densho-442-88)
img Japanese Center in Ketchikan (ddr-densho-442-88)
Photograph of four men standing outside the Japanese Center in Ketchikan, Alaska. Identified left to right is Kichijiro "George" Suzuki, unidentified, Mr. Hagiwara, and Jasomatsu "George" Ohashi.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-442-88/
The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 34 (April 17, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-102)
doc The Northwest Times Vol. 2 No. 34 (April 17, 1948) (ddr-densho-229-102)
"A.V.C. Files Brief as Friend of Court in Takahashi Litigation; Assails Bias in Calif. Measure" (p. 1)," Local 7 Alaska Workers to Consider Strike Vote" (p. 1).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-102/
The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 42 (May 25, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-209)
doc The Northwest Times Vol. 3 No. 42 (May 25, 1949) (ddr-densho-229-209)
"NLRB Turns Down Petition by Two AFL Unions for Vote Among Alaska Cannery Men" (p. 1), "Honors to GI Dead and Dedication of Monument Set" (p. 1).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-209/
The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 21 (March 21, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-8)
doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 21 (March 21, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-8)
"Unions Reject Alaska Industrial Offer" (p. 1), "B.C. Students Ask Citizenship for Japanese, Indians" (p. 1), "Yoshida Urges U.S. to Stay in Japan to Insure Peace" (p. 1)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-229-8/
Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-145-14)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview IV Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-145-14)
Memories of visit to Ketchikan, Alaska, on the trip to the Waterfall Cannery; discussion of native Americans and the canneries

This interview focuses on the narrator's experiences working in the Alaska salmon cannery system in the 1930s.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-145-14/
Album 2 (ddr-densho-287-151)
doc Album 2 (ddr-densho-287-151)
Milton Maeda's brown photo album of pre-war life including photographs of travel to Salem, Oregon; Yakama, Washington; and Alaska to visit friends and work in canneries, and college life.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-287-151/
Axis Aliens Jailed by F.B.I. in Alaska (December 14, 1941) (ddr-densho-56-549)
doc Axis Aliens Jailed by F.B.I. in Alaska (December 14, 1941) (ddr-densho-56-549)
The Seattle Daily Times, December 14, 1941, p. 4
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-549/
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