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Isoshima family grave (ddr-densho-477-790)
img Isoshima family grave (ddr-densho-477-790)
Photograph of the grave stone for Takeo Isoshima, Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima and Mark Ken Isoshima.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-790/
Monzaburo Nakahara funeral (ddr-densho-477-784)
img Monzaburo Nakahara funeral (ddr-densho-477-784)
Photograph of graveside funeral service for Monzaburo Nakahara with friends and family gathered.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-784/
Mitzi Isoshima funeral altar (ddr-densho-477-788)
img Mitzi Isoshima funeral altar (ddr-densho-477-788)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-788/
Mitzi Isoshima at sunset memorial cemetery (ddr-densho-477-742)
img Mitzi Isoshima at sunset memorial cemetery (ddr-densho-477-742)
The caption below the photo reads "At Sunset Memorial Cemetery in Bellevue" in black ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-742/
Monzaburo Nakahara funeral altar (ddr-densho-477-783)
img Monzaburo Nakahara funeral altar (ddr-densho-477-783)
The caption below the photo reads "Monzaburo Nakahara passed away Feb. 20, 2001 Mitsuko's younger brother" in black ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-783/
Family funeral luncheon (ddr-densho-477-794)
img Family funeral luncheon (ddr-densho-477-794)
The caption near the photo reads "Funeral luncheon at Sushi Fuji in Seattle" in black ink.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-794/
Mitzi Isoshima Obituary (ddr-densho-477-785)
doc Mitzi Isoshima Obituary (ddr-densho-477-785)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-477-785/
Frank Miyamoto Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-50)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-50)
Nisei male. Born July 29, 1912, in Seattle, Washington. Wrote 'Social Solidarity Among the Japanese in Seattle' as a Master's thesis, published in 1939 as one of the first academic works on the Japanese immigrant community. Incarcerated in Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Member of the Evacuation and Resettlement Study which studied the incarceration and resettlement …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50/
Fumiko M. Noji Interview (ddr-densho-1000-72)
vh Fumiko M. Noji Interview (ddr-densho-1000-72)
Nisei female. Born October 13, 1909, in Bellingham, Washington. Lost her United States citizenship when she married an Issei through an arranged marriage. Before 1920, her husband's family established Columbia Greenhouse, one of the first Japanese American-owned greenhouse businesses. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Husband was held by the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-72/

Narrator Tom Matsuoka

Kibei male. Born August 1, 1903, in Sprecklesville, Maui, Hawaii. Taken to Japan in 1905 and raised by grandparents. Returned to the United States in 1919, joining father at Barneston sawmill in Washington. Married and farmed in Bellevue, Washington. Founded Bellevue Seinenkai and managed the Bellevue Vegetable Growers Association prior to World War II. Was picked …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/56/

Narrator Rae Takekawa

Sansei female. Born August 27, 1927, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on the family farm in Bellevue, Washington, prior to World War II. Was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released early to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana. At the onset of World War II, her father was …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/89/

Narrator George M. Yoshino

Nisei male. Born February 25, 1921, in Bellevue, Washington. Grew up in Bellevue, where parents operated a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. While in camp, obtained temporary leave to work for a railroad company. Volunteered for the military, and served with the Military Intelligence …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/402/

Narrator Seichi Hayashida

Nisei male. Born May 15, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in a Japanese American farming community in Bellevue, Washington. Incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California, and at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Longtime member and supporter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/17/

Narrator Betty Fumiye Ito

Nisei female. Born March 29, 1918, in Seattle, Washington, and spent childhood in Medina and Bellevue, Washington. While in high school was a member of the Bellevue Strawberry Festival's Queen's Court. In 1939 married Kenji Ito, a prominent Japanese American lawyer who practiced in Seattle. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, recounts her experiences as her …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/214/

Narrator Bernadette Suda Horiuchi

Nisei female. Born February 11, 1913, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Seattle and Bellevue, Washington, areas. In 1928, was involved in a serious ferry accident in which five of her family members, including both of her parents, perished. Married renowned artist Paul Horiuchi and lived in Rock Springs, Wyoming, where Paul worked for a …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/386/

Narrator Chizuko Norton

Nisei female. Born July 3, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in Japan; Bellevue, Washington; and Kirkland, Washington. Incarcerated at Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Returned to Seattle after the war, obtained master's degree from the University of Washington in the field of social work. Founded Seattle's first alternative school …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/76/
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-50-10)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-50-10)
The establishment of business associations in Seattle's Japantown
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-10/
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-50-7)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-50-7)
The development of Seattle's Japantown businesses and industries
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-7/
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-50-9)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-50-9)
Race relations in prewar Seattle and the spread of Japanese businesses into larger society
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-9/
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-50-4)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-50-4)
Relationships with other ethnic groups and segregationist attitudes
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-4/
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-50-12)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-50-12)
Comparing Japanese community development with other immigrant groups
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-12/
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-50-11)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-50-11)
Role of the business associations in the development of Seattle's Japantown's businesses and industries
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-11/
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-50-2)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-50-2)
Discussion of reasons for Japanese immigration to the U.S.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-2/
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-50-5)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-50-5)
Isseis' prewar employment: anti-Japanese sentiment in sawmills
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-5/
Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-50-13)
vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-50-13)
Gambling and the Japanese American underworld
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-50-13/
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