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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 …

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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 …

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img The Bellevue girls' basketball team (ddr-densho-353-391)

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img Japanese farms near Midlakes (ddr-densho-353-54)

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img Man and children in front of car (ddr-densho-353-55)

Captioned: "Bellevue packing house."

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img The Bellevue Kokaido (ddr-densho-353-324)

Captioned: "The Bellevue Kokaido (community hall) is dedicated by a group of well-wishers."

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img Bellevue grade school students (ddr-densho-353-249)

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img Numoto family farm (ddr-densho-353-60)

Captioned: "The Numoto family working on their thriving strawberry farm. The water tower is reminiscent of the days before a city water system existed."

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img The Bellevue Kokaido (ddr-densho-353-325)

Captioned: "The Bellevue Kokaido (community hall) is dedicated by a crowd of well-wishers."

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doc Blank Questionnaire with envelope (ddr-chijacl-1-14)

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doc Persons in household by occupation of household head census by JANA in Bellevue from folder 5/37 (ddr-densho-514-42)

Persons in household by occupation of household head census taken in Bellevue

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doc Individual households census by JANA in Bellevue from folder 6/8 (ddr-densho-514-11)

Individual households census taken in Bellevue

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img Funeral (ddr-densho-430-38)

Photograph of a funeral procession for Ayoko Arai.

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doc Program for 1998 Regional Taiko Gathering (ddr-densho-530-14)

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 1, January 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-318)

Newsletter covering the following topics: 1993 President, Mako Nakagawa; 61st Installation Banquet, January 22, 1983, Butcher Restaurant (Atrium Design Center), Homer Yasui-emcee; Lake Washington JACL Dinner, January 15 at Benjamins in Bellevue, $16.00, 1983 President Ken Okuma, Keynote-Ron Mamiya; National JACL President, Floyd Shimomura, visits Seattle in December and speaks to a large throng from Seattle, …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 1, January 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-317)

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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).

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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 …

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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 …

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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-50-10)

The establishment of business associations in Seattle's Japantown

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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-50-7)

The development of Seattle's Japantown businesses and industries

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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

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vh Frank Miyamoto Interview I Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-50-4)

Relationships with other ethnic groups and segregationist attitudes