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img Issei man waiting to register for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-237)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Oldest member of the Japanese Methodist church, who came from Japan 50 years ago. He is at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station waiting for instructions regarding his evacuation to Tanforan Assembly center.

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img "Evacuation sale" at Japanese American store (ddr-densho-151-92)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Customers buy merchandise in a store operated by a proprietor of Japanese ancestry during a pre-evacuation sale. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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doc Souvenir of Southern Oregon and Shasta Cascade Wonderland from Wataru Hishikawa (ddr-csujad-38-344)

A collection of pictures of Southern Oregon and Shasta Cascade Wonderland, which is a souvenir from Wataru Hishikawa to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara. Wataru sent it from the Tule Lake camp in California, where he was transferred from the Poston camp in Arizona, to Mitzi, who was an incarceree remained in the Poston camp. It appears that …

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vh Charles Oihe Hamasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-274)

Nisei male. Born October 7, 1922, in Japan, while parents were visiting family. Came to the U.S. at three months old, and grew up in Terminal Island, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, picked up along with Issei father and taken to Fort Lincoln (Bismarck), North Dakota. Transferred from Fort Lincoln to the Santa Anita …

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vh Richard E. Yamashiro Interview (ddr-densho-1000-333)

Nisei male. Born February 13, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Hollywood, California, and was living there when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. Removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Parents signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire" and the family was transferred to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, then designated as a …

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vh Marian Shingu Sata Interview (ddr-densho-1000-262)

Nisei female. Born August 31, 1935, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Gardena, where father was a prominent community leader and principal of the Japanese language school. During World War II, removed with family to the Stockton Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp along with a group of Japanese American …

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doc Agreement to lease land (ddr-densho-25-92)

This agreement to lease land was signed by A. J. Charleston and Matahichi Iseri. In the early 1900s, many states, led by California, enacted alien land laws. These laws aimed at Issei farmers prevented ownership of land by "aliens ineligible for citizenship." As a result, many Issei leased land from white farmers. In 1920, California enacted …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 19 No. 13 (September 30, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-40)

Selected article titles: "One-Fourth of Evacuees May Not Return to Former Coast Homes, Says WRA Director" (p. 1), "California Wins First Case on Anti-Alien Law" (p. 1), "Three Arrested on Draft Charges at Central Utah Camp" (p. 1), "Report Race Riot Balked by Police In Canadian City" (p. 2), "California Citizens Reported Uninterested in Persecution Of …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 2 (January 13, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-2)

Selected article titles: "Coast Leaders Meet to Aid Returning Nisei. Federal Agencies to Assist Reassimilation of Evacuees Into Former Home Communities" (p. 1), "Hood River Area Citizens Plan New County Honor Roll" (p. 1), "Report Evacuee Homes Burned in Placer Area" (p. 3), "World War II Veterans Induct Nisei Into American Legion; Post Condemns Racist Activity" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 20 No. 21 (May 26, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-21)

Selected article titles: "ILWU Suspends Local for Anti-Nisei Action" (p. 1), "Canada Nisei Inducted Into Armed Forces" (p. 1), "Quakers Visit Seattle Home, Paint Out Marks of Vandals" (p. 2), "War Department 'Concerned' Over Terrorism, Says Childs" (p. 2), "Night-Riding Gunmen Attack Two Homes in Fresno District" (p. 3), "Three California Legislators Oppose WRA's 'Propaganda'" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 23 (December 14, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-50)

Selected article titles: "California Court Grants New Trial to Youth Awaiting Death For Murder of Nisei Veteran" (p. 1), "Duration Lease Suit Won By Evacuee in California" (p. 1), "State Department Tells Steps to Facilitate Return of Nisei" (p. 1), "Claims May Be Entered for Evacuee Property Damaged While in Government Storage" (p. 2), "Report Title …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 3 (January 21, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-3)

Selected article titles: "State, Justice Departments Set Procedure to Restore Citizenship to Renunciants" (p. 1), "JACL Moves to Alleviate Job Bias Against Nisei. Plan Program of Cooperative Activity With U.S. Employment Service to Reduce Prejudice" (p. 1), "Report High Employer Bias Against California Orientals" (p. 1), "Washington Survey Discloses Prejudices of White Residents Toward Non-Caucasian Group" …

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img Fujita family in front of Fujita Brothers Egg Ranch truck (ddr-csujad-23-2)

Shows a circa 1930 Graham Paige panel delivery truck parked in front of the Fujita Brothers Egg Ranch (Ely Road and Fujita Lane, Petaluma, California). Shown from left to right are siblings Katsumi (Henry) Fujita, Michi (Grace) Fujita, Eigi (George) Fujita and their father Tsuneji Fujita. This photo appears to have been taken on the same …

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doc Recreation: dances (ddr-csujad-26-22)

Report includes case-studies of dances, chronicles specific situations and observations of social interactions between men, women, and between incarcerees from California and the Northwest. Subject headings include: "significance of dances, group characteristics, group ways, sectionalism, the battle against stags, and block 25 dance." Report compiled as a portion of the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study …

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doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, June 1935 (ddr-csujad-44-70)

Minutes of the sixth general meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Topics addressed include the special election for the office of vice presidency, organizational matters relating to the upcoming Feast of Lanterns parade in Pacific Grove, the chapter's participation in the Fourth of July parade, and the appropriation of travel expenses for the …

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img Nisei men and women standing outside the school offices building (ddr-csujad-44-52)

A photograph of two Nisei men and two Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are standing outside a building and looking at each other as if in conversation. They are standing near the wooden posts that are supporting the building's overhanging roof. The door to the building is behind them. Above them is a …

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img Soph (ddr-csujad-44-27)

A large group photograph of young Nisei men and women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, with their teacher. They are high school sophomores. The group is posing in three rows outside a barrack. The people in the back two rows are standing. The front row is seated in chairs. Photo inscription on back: "Soph." Title taken …

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img Basketball team members (ddr-csujad-44-8)

A large group photograph of young Nisei men and women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably basketball team members. They are standing in two rows in front of a basketball goal. The men are in the back row, and the women are in the front row. A water tower can be seen in the …

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img Soph Club (ddr-csujad-44-25)

A group photograph of Nisei men and women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are sophomores at high school with their teacher. The group of eleven people is posing in two rows outside a barrack. The men and women in the back row are standing. The women in the front row are seated in chairs. Photo …

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img Frosh (ddr-csujad-44-22)

A large group photograph of young Nisei men and women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, with a teacher. They are high school frosh students. The group is posing in three rows outside a barrack. The people in the back two rows are standing. The front row is seated in chairs. Photo inscription on back: "Frosh." Title …

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doc General meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, February 15, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-147)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes discussion of donations to the Infantile Paralysis Fund, participation in the Monterey Birthday Party event, and a petition for the Inter-Mountain District Council to join the National JACL. Additional topics include the Northern California District Council meeting, suggestions for how to increase membership, and protocols …

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img Taenaka family, portrait (ddr-csujad-25-263)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are three photographs of the Taenaka family, including a family portrait in which Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Yaeko, Ukichi, Toshikuni, Chiyoko, and Saiko are photographed. The two other photographs depict a family picnic. The photographs are most likely taken between 1923 and 1924 in Los …

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img Taenaka family portrait (ddr-csujad-25-248)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are a family portrait of the Taenakas, including Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Yaeko, Ukichi, Toshikuni, Chiyoko, and Saiko most likely taken in Los Angeles, California, between 1924 and 1925. There is also of a photograph of their relatives in Japan taken in front of their …

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img Goerge Naohara at the Manzanar camp (ddr-csujad-38-22)

Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara posing at the Manzanar incarceration camp in California. The caption reads: Where I got in to: George Naohara age at 20. The photo was taken when I moved into the Manzanar incarceration camp. I was alone and felt lonely with no friends. [In Japanese]. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" …

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doc Letter from [Emiko Amy Terada] to Laura Thomas, September 13, 1943 (ddr-csujad-4-17)

A letter to Laura Thomas, Lawndale, California. The letter was probably written by Emiko Amy Terada, an incarceree at the Rohwer incarceration camp, and enclosed in the same envelope along with the letter written by Usami Terada, which can be found at: csudh_nis_0017. The letter contains basic correspondence between the two individuals, talking about family members, …

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