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img Taenaka family and relatives (ddr-csujad-25-217)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are six photographs of the Taenaka family, including Yaeko, Chiyoko, and Saiko and their relatives, most likely taken in Los Angeles, California in the early 1930s. In the photographs, Japanese American females and children are wearing kimono. See this object in the California State …

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doc Invoice, correspondence, card and envelope regarding rental of caps and gowns for March 7, 1943 (ddr-csujad-48-52)

Assorted communication for the rental of graduation caps and gowns for the graduating senior class at Manzanar High School between Harry Bentley Wells and Manzanar Cooperative Enterprises, and between the Cap and Gown Company of California and Mr. S. Sugimoto at Manzanar Cooperative Enterprises. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9052. See this object in the California …

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img Nisei men grouped around the back of truck (ddr-csujad-44-48)

A photograph of seven Nisei men, incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, grouped around the back of a large truck. The truck is loaded with furniture and boxes. Three men are in the truck bed. Four men are on the ground bending over a crate. A barrack is visible behind them. See this object in the California …

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doc From the Immigrant and Negro Press-AMERICA'S YOUNGEST NEWSPAPER (ddr-csujad-19-52)

This is an article form the magazine "Common Ground," summer 1942, which discusses in detail about a lively mimeographed news paper called the "Manzanar Free Press" from the Manzanar incarceration camp which was one of the first camps in California for the people of the Japanese ancestry forced to evacuate. See this object in the California …

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img Taenaka family portrait (ddr-csujad-25-253)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are three photographs including a portrait of the Taenaka family taken in Los Angeles, California between 1921 and 1923 and a photograph of the Taenaka family members along with other people in the Japanese community having a picnic. See this object in the California …

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img Taenaka family, children (ddr-csujad-25-261)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the pages are thirteen photographs mainly of the Taenakas' children. One photograph includes all the family members: Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Yaeko, Ukichi, Toshikuni, Chiyoko, and Saiko Taenaka. The photographs are taken in the early 1920s in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State …

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img Taenaka family, kimono (ddr-csujad-25-271)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of the Taenaka family, including Kamie, Haruko, Chiyoko, and Saiko taken with the local Japanese American community in Los Angeles, California. Haruko, Chiyoko and Saiko wear kimono. The photographs are probably taken in the early 1930s. See this object in the …

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img Kamie Taenaka (ddr-csujad-25-226)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of Kamie Taenaka [Shibuya]. Include Haruko and Tamesaburo Taenaka. The photographs are taken around the early 1910s in Los Angeles, California. Also include Kamie Taenaka's photographs most likely taken in Japan before the marriage. See this object in the California State …

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img Finishing touches, painting (ddr-csujad-38-301)

Photographed is the Masukawa family's house in Los Angeles, California, being repaired. The caption reads: Finishing touches, painting. Title from caption. The handwritten note on the back side describes the house. The first part of the note is found in item: csudh_nao_0352. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 19. See this object in …

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doc Permit of local board for registrant to depart from the United States (ddr-csujad-42-7)

A permit issued by Los Angeles Local Board. It certifies that Fumio Fred Takano's departure from the United States is "not likely to be called for military service." He works for Del Monte Cannery, San Diego, California, and requests the permit to visit Mexico for fuel supplies when fishing tuna. See this object in the California …

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doc Letter from Fumio Fred Takano to Mrs. Florence Packer, August 18, 1943 (ddr-csujad-42-74)

A letter from Fumio Fred Takano to Florence Packer in Los Angeles, California. Fumio writes from the Gila River incarceration camp. The letter requests Florence Packer to deliver Fumio's 1939 Chevrolet truck along with Mrs. Nakashima's personal items to the camp. It appears to be a draft letter. See item: csudh_tak_0075. See this object in the …

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doc Special meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, January 26, 1939 (ddr-csujad-44-125)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes reports on the Northern California District Council meeting, and disagreements between first- and second-generation Japanese immigrants about the anti-alien fishing bill. Discussion topics include changes to the composition of the Executive Board, delegate nominations, and payment of member dues. See this object in the California …

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img Football players (ddr-csujad-44-38)

A photograph of twelve young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably football players. They are posing in two rows in front of a barrack. Six young men are standing in the back row behind six young men kneeling on the ground. Photo inscription on back: "B Football." See this object in the …

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img Girls' basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-37)

A photograph of eight young Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably girls' basketball team members. They are standing in two rows in front of a barrack. Four women are in each row, with one row standing in front of the other. Photo inscription on back: "Girls' Basket ball." See this object in …

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doc Letter from M. Kurima to Mr. and Mrs. Okine, January 22, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-126)

A letter from Tadashi Mac and Fusaye Alice Kurima in Chicago, Illinois, to their relatives, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. Kurima thanks them for the Christmas gift and congratulates on their daughter, Hatsuno's marriage. He also writes about Masao Okine who sent a 5-yen bill to Kurima from Japan. See this object in the …

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George and Kuni Yamanaka [wedding photograph] (ddr-csujad-5-2)

A wedding photograph of George and Kuni Yamanaka. The photograph is taken at a Buddhist temple by Fred Jumura Studios in San Jose, California. On the backside of the photograph, there is a note that addresses the photograph to "Mr. Makoto Okine" and signed from George and Kuni Yamanaka. See this object in the California State …

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doc Cash receipt (ddr-csujad-5-140)

A cash receipt for 17.50 dollars paid by Seiichi Okine on April 8, 1946. The receipt is issued by G. D. Holmquist, Contract Housing Manager of the Federal Public Housing Authority, Project no. WR 4-8, in charge of housing of the former incarcerees in Los Angeles County, California. See this object in the California State Universities …

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doc Cash receipt (ddr-csujad-5-108)

A cash receipt for 12.03 dollars paid by Seiichi Okine on December 17, 1945. The receipt is issued by G. D. Holmquist, Contract Housing Manager of the Federal Public Housing Authority, Project no. WR 4-8, in charge of housing of the former incarcerees in Los Angeles County, California. See this object in the California State Universities …

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doc Cash receipt (ddr-csujad-5-107)

A cash receipt for 19.00 dollars paid by Seiichi Okine on January 7, 1946. The receipt is issued by G. D. Holmquist, Contract Housing Manager of the Federal Public Housing Authority, Project no. WR 4-8, in charge of housing of the former incarcerees in Los Angeles County, California. See this object in the California State Universities …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 6 (ddr-densho-156-246)

Article titles: "Jap Wife Killer Ordered to Gas Cell This Winter"; "Cleric Favors Jap Centers"; "Aliens are Warned on Curfew Law Violations"; "Fair Buildings to House Japs"; "Jap Woman Charged with Bribe Attempt"; "Items from Tule Lake"; "State Needs 3,429 More Beet Workers"; "Letters to Editors"; "'Loyal Alien' Status Likely for Many Italians in California"; "Mexico …

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vh Susumu Mukushima Interview (ddr-chi-1-4)

Nisei male. Born October 8, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, mother and father received special dispensation to delay going to the Santa Anita Assembly Center to give birth. After Susumu was born, the family was sent to Santa Anita and then the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and later transferred to Tule …

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vh Judy Furuichi Interview (ddr-ajah-1-8)

Sansei female. Born December 27, 1942, in the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Prior to World War II, parents lived and worked in Alameda, California. During World War II, the family was sent to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to Alameda, where Judy grew up. …

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vh Yoshiye Handa Yasuda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-485)

Nisei female. Born August 26, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood, where father ran a carpentry business. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco with parents and finished high school. While still in …

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vh Sam Mihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-516)

Nisei male. Born February 1, 1933, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown, where father edited a bilingual newspaper. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Salt Lake City, Utah, before returning …

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doc Speech by Morio L. Fukuto, Associate Justice, Court of Appeals, to the Poston II reunion, August 29, 1987 (ddr-csujad-55-1872)

Transcription of a speech given by Morio Fukuto at the Poston II Reunion. Covers the reunion theme of paying tribute to the issei, discriminatory citizenship laws, history of prejudice towards Japanese in the United States, history of Japanese farmers in California, attitudes towards nisei, and the coram nobis movement. See this object in the California State …

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