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img Japanese Americans distributing scrap lumber (ddr-densho-37-360)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuees distribute scrap lumber to each block. This scrap will be used by the residents to construct furniture for their apartments and also for firewood.

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img View of Salinas Assembly Center (ddr-densho-37-577)

Original WRA caption: Salinas Assembly center, California. Panorama of Salinas Assembly center. Persons of Japanese ancestry, evacuated from coastal areas were held first in assembly centers before being transferred to relocation centers further inland.

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Collection CSU Northridge Eddie S. Muraoka Collection (ddr-csujad-15)

Eddie S. Muraoka was incarcerated during the Second World War at the Manzanar incarceration camp in Manzanar, California. The collection includes scrapbooks filled with news clippings on Japanese American incarceration, dated 1942-1980s. It also includes loose issues of Pacific Citizen, Kashu Mainichi, Rafu Shimpo, and Maui Kanyaku Imin (Centennial Edition).

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Collection Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community Collection (ddr-densho-34)

The collection of the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community, 1890s-1940s, consists primarily of photographs of strawberry farms, businesses, sawmills, and the church and school activities of the Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The collection also includes photographs of the Bainbridge Island community of Port Blakely, the mass removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, …

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Collection Tulean Dispatch Collection (ddr-densho-65)

This collection consists of selected issues of the Tulean Dispatch, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Many of the issues are originals, and were donated to Densho by Joe Matsuzawa in 2001. Additional issues of the Tulean Dispatch were provided by the Library of Congress as microfilm scans, and …

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vh Dale Minami Interview (ddr-densho-1000-141)

Sansei male. Born in Los Angeles, California on October 13, 1946, and grew up in Gardena, California. Received B.A. in Political Science from University of Southern California, graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1968. Received J.D., 1971, from Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California. Mr. Minami was a co-founder of the …

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doc Card from George Naohara to Mitzi Naohara, February 14, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-416)

A Valentine's Day card from George Nobuo Naohara to "Mitsuko" who is Mitzi Masukawa Naohara. He probably wrote from the Tule Lake camp in California where he was incarcerated to her while she was incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 37. See this object in the California …

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img Volunteers leaving from Jerome camp to Tule Lake camp (ddr-csujad-38-297)

Photographed are incarcerees seeing off the volunteers moving from the Jerome camp in Arkansas, to the Tule Lake Segregation Center in California. The caption reads: From Jerome Relocation Camp, volunteers to Tule Lake were transported by truck and later by train. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 18. See this object in the …

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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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