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img Soldier (ddr-densho-201-492)

Caption in album: "Joe Sakamoto / California."

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img Soldier (ddr-densho-201-508)

Caption in album: "Koichi Yamamoto / California."

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img A family swimming (ddr-densho-300-473)

Caption in album: "California, July 1952."

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img A family in front of a car (ddr-densho-300-475)

Caption in album: "California, July 1952."

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img A family swimming (ddr-densho-300-474)

Caption in album: "California, July 1952."

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img A family (ddr-densho-300-476)

Caption in album: "California, July 1952."

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img Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-325-132)

Sumito Horiuchi at Camp Roberts, California

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img Echo Lake Park (ddr-densho-326-504)

Caption: Echo Lake Park / LA California

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img Grauman's Chinese Theater (ddr-densho-328-429)

Caption in album: "1949 / Hollywood, California."

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img View of Lake Tahoe (ddr-densho-328-158)

Caption in album: "Lake Tahoe, California."

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img View of Lake Tahoe (ddr-densho-328-160)

Caption in album: "Lake Tahoe, California."

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vh Irene Najima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-226)

Nisei female. Born August 9, 1927, in Petaluma, California. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada concentration camp, Colorado. Following World War II, established career as a teacher in Hawaii and California.

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Collection Alameda Japanese American History Project: Digital Stories Collection (ddr-ajah-8)

This collection contains short digital stories documenting the experience of Alameda's Japanese Americans and is part of the California of the Past: Digital Storytelling Project. The project was produced by the Alameda Free Library with a grant from the California State Library.

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Collection Eastern California Museum Harry Bentley Wells and Shirley Elizabeth Wells Collection (ddr-csujad-48)

Collection of documents and ephemera from Harry Bentley Wells, teacher at Manzanar War Relocation Center High School and Shirley Elizabeth Wells, registered nurse (R.N.) at Manzanar War Relocation Center. This collection includes correspondence, memos, reports, student papers, grade book, commencement program, prom invitation, and other memorabilia from the eleven months H. Bentley Wells was employed at …

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vh Clyde Taylor Interview (ddr-manz-1-82)

White male. Born February 16, 1930, in Hollywood, California. Grew up in Oregon before family moved to Big Pine, California, prior to World War II. Was involved in a high school football game with Japanese American students from the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the war, served in the military and eventually settled in Sacramento, California.

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vh Ko Nishimura Interview (ddr-manz-1-174)

Nisei male. Grew up the Pasadena, California, area, where parents worked in a family-owned nursery. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, family moved to Reedley, California, for a short time before being removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. At Manzanar, father worked for the government's guayule project. After leaving camp, returned to California and became …

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doc Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon (ddr-janm-18-19)

Envelope is addressed to to Harold Landon in West Los Angeles, California from John (Sohei) Hohri in Manzanar, California, postmarked June 16, 1943.

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Laws Directed at Japanese. California May Prevent Orientals Holding Land, From Being Members of Corporations and From Attending School. (January 14, 1909) (ddr-densho-56-138)

doc Laws Directed at Japanese. California May Prevent Orientals Holding Land, From Being Members of Corporations and From Attending School. (January 14, 1909) (ddr-densho-56-138)

The Seattle Daily Times, January 14, 1909, p. 11

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vh Susan Brown Phelps Interview (ddr-manz-1-147)

White female. Born March 1, 1941, in Bishop, California. During World War II, father was the assistant project director at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the war, lived and worked in various places before eventually returning to Inyo County, California.

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vh Ben Y. Tonooka Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-390-30)

Returning to California

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Ike Hatchimonji Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-381-16)

Returning to California

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Marian Asao Kurosu Interview Segment 64 (ddr-densho-1000-118-64)

Memories of the trip from Tule Lake, California to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming

During this interview, Mrs. Kurosu alternately speaks in both English and Japanese. As a result, the English translation of the transcript contains [Jpn.] and [Eng.], which indicate whether the original dialogue was spoken in Japanese or English.

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vh Mollie Nakasaki Interview Segment 19 (ddr-jamsj-2-4-19)

Opening a Chinese restaurant in San Jose, California, after World War II

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

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vh George Hanada Interview Segment 1 (ddr-jamsj-2-5-1)

Family background: parents' immigration from Japan, leasing a ranch in California

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

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vh James Sakamoto Interview Segment 7 (ddr-jamsj-2-1-7)

Moving to Stockton, California, in an attempt to avoid mass removal

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-1-7/

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