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img Alameda Meeting 1935 (ddr-ajah-2-4)

Panorama of large group posed in front of building. Inscription on front in Japanese. Stamp on back: Tsuji Photo Service, Oakland, California

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doc Kentsu's Chronology (ddr-ohs-1-65)

Genealogy of the Yabe family who were originally from Okinawa and immigrated to California during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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doc Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-201)

Excerpt: "I just stopped studying my history to drop you a few lines." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his father (ddr-densho-153-144)

Excerpt: "We got two trunks and a bag yesterday while we are absent." Sent from Los Angeles, California, possibly to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his father (ddr-densho-153-52)

Excerpt: "Joe I am sorry you got flu again. How you feeling now?" Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-70)

Excerpt: "Yesterday we got the fast ball pictures and hope you liked them." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-116)

Excerpt: "Got you letter today and the material which Towru sent came yesterday." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-102)

Excerpt: "Sorry I haven't been writing to you but I really was busy." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their mother (ddr-densho-153-177)

Excerpt: "I received Joe's long letter and was very much interested with it." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his mother (ddr-densho-153-213)

Excerpt: "I jast came home from English school, and found your Easter Card." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.

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doc Letter from Kimi Fujii to Daniel Cooper (ddr-densho-433-235)

Kimi Fujii writes to Daniel Cooper, Mayor of Hayward, to present the city council with tickets to the California Spring Garden Show.

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img Japanese Americans eating in a mess hall (ddr-densho-37-482)

Original WRA caption: Arcadia, California. Meal time, cafeteria-style, for these children at Santa Anita assembly center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Camp classroom (ddr-densho-37-173)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. World History and English, a two hour class taught by Mrs. Hanny Billigmeier.

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img Hog farm (ddr-densho-37-80)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A view of hogs at the temporary hog farm at this relocation center.

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img Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-409)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar, California. Construction of barrack apartments for evacuees of Japanese ancestry has commenced at this War Relocation Authority Center.

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vh Bill Hiroshi Shishima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-393)

Nisei male. Born December 24, 1930, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California where parents ran a successful grocery store business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While in Heart Mountain, became involved in Boy Scouts activities. Left camp and returned to …

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Collection Klimek Collection (ddr-densho-11)

The Klimek collection, 1998, documents the pilgrimage to the site of the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Photographs depict participants viewing barracks, old foundations from the camp, and Castle Rock and attending a memorial service at Linkville cemetery in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-11/

Collection Nakano Collection (ddr-densho-177)

The Nakano collection consists of several photographs belonging to Densho narrator James Nakano. Originally born in Hawaii, Mr. Nakano was removed to the mainland U.S. during World War II. The photographs in this collection were taken at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-177/

Collection Yamanaka Collection (ddr-densho-188)

This collection contains documents and photographs from Densho narrator K. Morgan Yamanaka. The documents include letters and papers regarding Tule Lake, California, during the time it was designated a segregation center, including documents about the Tule Lake stockade and renunication of citizenship.

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

Collection Mercedian Collection (ddr-densho-191)

This collection consists of issues of the Mercedian, which was the newspaper for the Merced Assembly Center, California, open from May 6, 1942, to September 15, 1942. The newspaper provided information about activities and sports, living conditions, and the move to permanent camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-191/

Collection Harry Hiroshi Imamura Collection (ddr-densho-253)

The Harry Hiroshi Imamura Collection consists of 7 paintings by Harry Hiroshi Imamura. These paintings capture the journey to and life in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Mr. Imamura began painting in the 1970s after he sold his truckstop restaurant, the East Valley Cafe.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-253/

Collection Inyo County Free Library Collection (ddr-densho-342)

The Inyo County Free Library Collection consists primarily of documents published by the War Relocation Authority. The collection also contains the transcripts of several speeches given by personnel from the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and correspondence regarding establishing a library at Manzanar.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-342/

img Little Americans with Japanese faces [Nancy Fujita and Gordon Nagai] (ddr-csujad-23-5)

A photograph of Nancy Kiyoko Fujita from Petaluma, California (Block 10-H, 12-C at Amache) and Gordon Nagai from Livingston, California (Block 10-H, 11-B at Amache) appeared in an issue of "Time" or known as "Time magazine" either in late 1943 or early 1944 along with an article discussing the resettlement issue. See this object in the …

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img Henry Katsumi Fujita (ddr-csujad-23-9)

Sunset Studio (Petaluma, California) portrait of Henry Katsumi Fujita upon his graduation from Petaluma High School in June 1925. He was born on July 4, 1908 in Salinas, California where his parents worked on the Spreckels sugar beet farm. He was 16 years of age when this graduation photo was taken. The portrait is signed by …

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doc Postcard from U. [Usami] Terada to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, October 2, 1942 (ddr-csujad-4-5)

The postcard is correspondence from Usami Terada, an incarceree at the Rohwer incarceration camp, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas in Lawndale, California. Usami Terada discusses his arrival to El Paso, Texas, on the way to Arkansas, describing the styles of the houses in Texas, comparing them to homes in Hermosa Beach, California. The postcard depicts a …

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