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img Kamie Taenaka or Sadae Umeda, grocery store (ddr-csujad-25-243)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page is a photograph of Kamie Taenaka or her sister, Sadae Umeda, and her child inside a grocery store. It appears that she is serving a Caucasian customer in the store. It is probably taken in Los Angeles, California between 1915 and 1925. See this …

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img George Naohara at U.S. Army language school (ddr-csujad-38-127)

Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara at U.S. Army language school in Presidio of Monterey, California, playing wrestling during break. The backside note reads: Dear Mitzi, Look who is fighting. It is Superman. It is George! It is a husband of Mitzi. Love, George. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 28. See this object …

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img Basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-9)

A photograph of six young Nisei women and one young Nisei man incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. The woman are standing in a row in front of a basketball goal. The young man is kneeling in front of them holding a basketball. They are presumably basketball team members. Photo inscription on back: "Otis." See this object …

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img Group of Nisei 7th graders outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-30)

A large group photograph of boys and girls who are Nisei 7th graders incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. The group of children is posing in three rows outside a barrack. The boys in the back two rows are standing. The girls in the front row are seated in chairs. Photo inscription on back: "7th." See this …

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img Mid-air jumping over raised horizontal bar (ddr-csujad-44-14)

A photograph of an incarceree in mid-air as they jump over a raised horizontal bar at Tule Lake, California. The person is just above the bar with their hands and feet tucked in. Spectators are crowded in the background and to the side of the bar. Barracks are in the far background. See this object in …

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doc Meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, November 12, 1937 (ddr-csujad-44-95)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes discussion of whether to change the name of the JACL, now that the chapter is no longer part of the National Council nor Northern California District Council. Additional topics include the election of Masato Suyama as chapter president, and the New Years dance. See this …

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img S.B. Council outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-36)

A photograph of Nisei students incarcerated at Tule Lake, California with their teacher. They are presumably student board council members. They are posing for the photo in two rows in front of a barrack. The back row is standing and the front row is seated in chairs. Photo inscription on back: "S.B. Council." Title from inscription. …

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img Nisei men's basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-23)

A group photograph of eleven young Nisei men posing outside in front of a barrack at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably basketball team members. The men are in two rows. The back row is standing and the front row is kneeling. There are two basketballs on the ground in front of the group. See this …

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img First arrivals at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-52-19)

A large group of people stand outside of barracks. The caption next to the image reads, "SPENDING THE WAR BEHIND BARBED WIRE--In this 1942 file photo, first arrivals at the Japanese evacuee community in Manzanar, California, are assigned to quarters in the barracks. 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were" (caption cut off). See this object in …

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doc Letter from Kimiye Tanimoto to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, October 2, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-211)

A letter from Kimiye Tanimoto to her relatives, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. Kimiye is a sister-in-law of the Okine's son, Masao Okine. She recently returned from Japan to the US and is producing grapes in Lodi, California. In the letter, she gives appreciation to Seiichi and Tomeyo for their visit and gifts. See this object in …

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Letter from Corine Key, Relocation Adviser, Rohwer Relocation Center, to Federal Public Housing Authority Project Director, November 1, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-97)

doc Letter from Corine Key, Relocation Adviser, Rohwer Relocation Center, to Federal Public Housing Authority Project Director, November 1, 1945 (ddr-csujad-5-97)

A letter from Corine Key, Relocation Advisor at the Rohwer incarceration camp to Federal Federal Public Housing Authority Project Director in Long Beach, California. It certifies that the Okines are eligible for federal housing on the basis of their sons' service with the U.S. Army. Enclosed with other items: csudh_oki_0099, csudh_oki_0100, and csudh_oki_0101. See this object …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 43 (April 9, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-132)

Selected article titles: "Preponderance of Successful West Coast Resettlement Emphasized"; "Examples of Neighborly Incidents Involving Japanese Americans in California Disclosed"; "California-Bound"; "Four Violators of Service Act in Court"; "Two More Girls Join Army's Nurse Corps"; "Famed Nisei Infantry Spearheading Fifth Army Drive on Italian Front"; "Racial Tolerance is Stressed by Sinatra"; "Want Ads Today"; "Nisei Girl …

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vh Fumino Tsuchiya-Knox Interview (ddr-chi-1-12)

Sansei female. Born February 20, 1945, at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Prior to the war, her father, an Issei, was a curator at the Harding Museum in Chicago. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her parents decided to volunteer to go early to Manzanar to help set up the camp. After leaving Manzanar, the family …

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vh Sam Araki Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-437)

Nisei male. Born July 12, 1931, in Saratoga, California. Grew up in Saratoga, where father worked as a gardener on a large estate. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father moved the family inland to Reedley in an attempt to avoid mass removal. Eventually removed to Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to California …

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vh Yuri Kochiyama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-257)

Nisei female. Born May 19, 1921, in San Pedro, California. During World War II, incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Mississippi before marrying and moving to the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Became involved in a number of political causes …

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vh Rae Takekawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-89)

Sansei female. Born August 27, 1927, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on the family farm in Bellevue, Washington, prior to World War II. Was incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Was released early to harvest sugar beets in Chinook, Montana. At the onset of World War II, her father was …

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vh Glenn H. Kageyama Interview (ddr-densho-1003-16)

Sansei male. Born March 6, 1947, in Los Angeles, California. Son of Akira Kageyama, one of the key players in the guyaule rubber-producing project at the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, …

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Collection Alameda Japanese American History Project Oral History Collection (ddr-ajah-1)

This collection consists of interviews with Nisei and Sansei talking about the Japanese American community in Alameda, California. The project partners include The Internet Archive (archive.org), the Alameda Library, the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, Buena Vista United Methodist Church, Rhythmix Cultural Works, and Densho. The Alameda Museum also contributed but was not a partner in the …

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doc Testimony of Robert Y. Nakao (ddr-densho-67-257)

Written testimony of Robert Y. Nakao, born in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated in the Pinedale Assembly Center, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.

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doc Testimony of Richard Akira Hayashi (ddr-densho-67-247)

Written testimony of Richard Akira Hayashi of Tacoma, Washington. Incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 9 (September 29, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-34)

Selected article titles: "California Bill Would Require Differentiation Among Asian Groups" (p. 1) and "Anti-Asian Messages Appear in San Francisco" (p. 1). Issue is only 4 pages long (see "About This Issue" note on front page).

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doc Funeral service program for Torakichi Sugiura (ddr-csujad-46-53)

Funeral service program for Torakichi Sugiura. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0053

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doc Turlock Social Club meeting minutes, October 1, 1937 (ddr-csujad-46-48)

Turlock Social Club meeting discussing funds. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0048

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doc Policies of the Relocation Planning Commission (ddr-csujad-45-77)

The charge (objectives) of the newly formed Relocation Planning Commission at Heart Mountain camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-02_010

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img Aerial view of unidentified incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-27)

Aerial view of unidentified incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_027

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