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vh Peggie Nishimura Bain Interview (ddr-densho-1000-170)

Nisei female. Born March 31, 1909, in Vashon Island, Washington. Raised in Vashon Island and Des Moines, Washington, before being removed with her two children to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California. Later transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka, Idaho, before resettling in Chicago, Illinois. Lived and worked in Chicago before eventually returning to …

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vh Darlene Mukoda Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-27)

Sansei female. Born May 27, 1938, in Loomis, California. At the age of four, removed with family to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Family left camp in 1944 to live and work at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey. Attended nursing school in New Jersey, worked as a nurse, and raised …

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img Men shoveling snow from roof of barracks (ddr-ajah-2-782)

Caption: Snow makes life for Army soldiers difficult. Location is either Belden, in Northern California, or somewhere near Reno, Nevada. The U.S. Army sent Joe Iwataki ad his outfit to this area of California to guard trains, tracks and tunnels. Iwataki was from Alameda, CA. January 1942. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-290 with additional notes.

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XVII No. 17 (January 29, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-464)

Selected article titles: "Message to the Residents" (p. 1), "JACL Leader Speaks at Mess 32" (p. 1), "Nisei Nabbed in California" (p. 1).

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img Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-244)

A friend of Hisa Nimura poses on the porch of a house in Pasadena, California. Written on back of photograph "Sept 11 Pasadena"

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img Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-252)

A friend of Hisa Nimura poses in front of a car in Pasadena, California. Written on back of photograph "Sept 25 '47 Pasadena"

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img Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-243)

Friend of Hisa Nimura poses in front of a palm tree while in Pasadena, California. Written on back of photograph "Sept 11 Pasadena"

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doc Letter to Anne Margrave to Paul Franks (ddr-densho-342-37)

Letter from Paul Franks to Anne Margrave, Librarian of the Inyo County Free Library of Independence, California, regarding planning a library for Manzanar.

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img Photo album cover (ddr-densho-357-309)

Caption: "Rev. and Mrs. Terakawa, Stockton California Book no. 3, 1932." The caption was written above a postcard of a Yosemite Valley artwork.

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img Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-246)

Friends of Hisa Nimura pose in front of a palm tree in Pasadena, California. Written on back of photograph "Sept 11 '47 Pasadena"

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img Japanese Americans fishing (ddr-densho-37-367)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. During the noon hour, evacuee farm workers fish for carp in a nearby slough.

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img Alien Land Ownership-Guardian record (ddr-ajah-6-449)

Listing Yosuyo and Mitsuru Ikeda as owners of property. Caption below photo: California, U.S. Alien Land Ownership Records, 1921-1952 for Yasuyo Ikeda

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img Government worker interviewing issei farmer (ddr-densho-151-242)

Original caption: Byron, California. This farmer of Japanese ancestry is being interviewed at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station three days before evacuation.

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img Nisei girls waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-236)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Girls of Japanese ancestry have just sighted a Greyhound bus which will take them to an Assembly center.

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img Japanese Americans working in garden (ddr-densho-151-340)

Original caption: San Bruno, California. Mrs. Fujita and her neighbor inspecting the tiny vegetable garden she has planted in front of their barracks.

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img Family preparing for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-232)

Original caption: San Fransico, California. Street scene in Japanese quarter on day preceding evacuation to assembly center. Their household effects will be stored.

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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 8, No. 376 (March 30, 1935) (ddr-densho-96-411)

Selected article titles: "California Bill Against Japanese" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-overs" (p. 3), "Out-of-Town News" (p. 4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-96-411/

doc Music contract for the March Hares (ddr-densho-336-668)

A contract for the March Hares to perform at the 1974 Central California Young People's Christian Conference/Lake Sequoia Retreat Snow-Hike Reunion.

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doc Scene the Pictorial Magazine Vol. 3 No. 2 (June 1951) (ddr-densho-266-31)

Selected article titles: "Fair brings Japan to Seattle" (p. 11), "Search uncovers early California Japanese community" (p. 36), "Ma-gensui Banzai!" (p. 14).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-266-31/

doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-48)

Excerpt: "Thank your for all of the letters we have been receiving from you." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-130)

Excerpt: "How do you like this color ink? It's pretty awful, huh!" Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-66)

Excerpt: "Well, I finally graduated high school and I'm enjoying a 2 week vacation." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-185)

Excerpt: "How are you? Okay, I hope. As for us, we are the same." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-220)

Excerpt: "How are you? Glad to hear that your health condition has gotten better." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (cont.) (ddr-densho-153-198)

Excerpt: "...came over & we all started gabbing like we had a regular gab session!" Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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