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vh Bo Sakaguchi oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-13)

Oral history of Bo Sakaguchi, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-16

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-13/

av Ritsuo Takeuchi oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-16)

Oral history of Ritsuo Takeuchi, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-20

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-16/

av Emi Kami oral history interview (ddr-csujad-31-6)

Oral history of Emi Kami, recorded as part of Asian American Studies 390, California State University, Northridge. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: JSFVOH_01-06

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-31-6/

img Two fishermen (ddr-densho-29-1)

Fishing for striped bass was a popular pastime for the Japanese American community in California. Kay (Kazuo) Watanabe (left) and Jiro Habara hold two bass they caught near Rio Vista on the Sacramento River. Fishing for striped bass was a popular pastime for the Japanese American community in California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-29-1/

img Photograph of man standing next to "Seybold" machine (ddr-csujad-55-2613)

A photograph of man standing next to "Seybold" machine. Strawberry basket factory. Pre-World War II. Florin, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2777

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2613/

doc Map of Yamato Colony sections (ddr-csujad-55-1998)

Hand drawn map of the Yamato Colony sections in Merced County, California. See also sac_jaac_2090 through sac_jaac_2102. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2101

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1998/

img Tule Lake WRA Center (ddr-csujad-55-2474)

Aerial photographic map indicating the area boundary of the Tule Lake incarceration camp in Modoc County, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2580

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2474/

vh Kerry Christenson Powell Interview (ddr-manz-1-144)

White female. Grew up in California and moved to Lone Pine as a child. During World War II, visited the Manzanar concentration camp, California, on a trip with the Camp Fire girls. Active in Lone Pine community groups, and established a film festival featuring movies from the area.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-144/

vh Minoru Yamaguchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-127)

Nisei male. Born 1940 in Spreckels, California. Soon after Minoru was born, father decided to move the family to Japan. Lived in Japan during World War II, returning to the U.S. in the 1960s. Went to school in Chicago for a time before eventually settling in Southern California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-127/

vh Gloria Toshiko Imagire Interview (ddr-manz-1-46)

Nisei female. Born June 25, 1935, in Vacaville, California. Grew up in Vacaville before being removed to the Turlock Assembly Center, California, and the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. After the war, lived briefly with parents in Ogden, Utah, before returning to the Sacramento area.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-46/

vh Sumiye Takeno Interview (ddr-manz-1-36)

Nisei female. Born November 17, 1922, in Florin, California. Grew up in Florin, where parents operated a farm. Just prior to World War II, attended sewing school in Los Angeles. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Married in camp, and moved to Denver, Colorado.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-36/

vh Fusako Yamamoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-49)

Nisei female. Born March 29, 1920, in Sacramento, California, where father owned and operated a restaurant, and mother taught Japanese language school. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in Chicago before eventually returning to Sacramento.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-49/

vh Madelon Arai Yamamoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-118)

Nisei female. Born October 10, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where father had a gardening business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, where father notably helped to build the Japanese garden. After leaving camp, Madelon returned to Los Angeles.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-118/

vh Frank Isamu Kikuchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-5)

Nisei male. Born 1925, and during childhood lived in various places in the Midwest, Seattle, Washington, and Los Angeles, California. Was a high school student when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and after camp returned to Los Angeles.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-5/

vh Bo T. Sakaguchi Interview (ddr-manz-1-8)

Nisei male. Born 1925 and raised in North Hollywood, California. Removed to Manzanar concentration camp, California, following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Attended high school in camp, then left in 1945 to attend college. Drafted into the army, then lived and worked in various locations after World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-8/

vh Margie Y. Wong Interview (ddr-manz-1-113)

Nisei female. Born July 5, 1936, in Boyle Heights, California, where father ran a wholesale grocery business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Lived and attended school for a time in Salt Lake City, Utah, after leaving camp, then returned to Boyle Heights.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-113/

vh Kenji Ogawa Interview (ddr-manz-1-170)

Sansei male. Born April 16, 1942, in Manzanar, California. In 1943, parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and were transferred to the Tule Lake segregation center, California. Moved with family to Japan, and returned to the United States in the 1950s to attend high school.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-170/

doc Program for the Seabiscuit Redecication event (September 23, 1991) (ddr-janm-4-18)

Program for the Seabiscuit Redecication event held at the Tanforan Race Track in San Bruno, California (September 23, 1991).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-18/

img Commemorative Matchbox (ddr-jamsj-1-188)

Commemorative matchbox given out at the dual Seventh Annual Landscape Gardener's Convention and Nineth Annual California Landscape Gardener Convention.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-1-188/

doc Death Valley - Its Impounded Americans: The Contributions by Americans of Japanese Ancestry During World War II (ddr-densho-402-39)

Keepsake Number 27. Published for the 38th Annual Death Valley '49ers Encampment; November 5-8, 1987; Death Valley, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-402-39/

doc Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-254)

Hisa Nimura poses next to a car in Pasadena California. Written on back of photograph "Pasadena Sept 25 '47"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-254/

img Mt. Shasta (ddr-densho-378-1068)

Photograph of a field with a mountain in the background. Captions on album page: "California - 1940 -" and "Mt. Shasta"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-378-1068/

doc The First Rohwer Reunion (ddr-densho-379-402)

Program from the First Rohwer Reunion held on July 20 & 21, 1990 at Stouffer Concourse Hotel, Los Angeles, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-402/

doc Card from Tomoye Takahashi to Tomoyuki Nozawa and Margaret Imaoka (ddr-densho-423-386)

At a layover in Cincinnati. Finds the city, like other mid-west and eastern cities ugly and misses California

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-386/

img Portrait of a young Japanese American (ddr-densho-151-378)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry at this War Relocation Authority center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-378/

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