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Funeral of Mrs. Hisayo Okubo Kimura (ddr-csujad-55-2608)
A photograph of Mrs. Hisayo Okubo Kimura funeral. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2772
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Pleasant Grove School (ddr-csujad-55-2601)
Black and white photograph of Pleasant Grove School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2765
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, April 10, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-449)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Managers meeting. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0451
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, October 9, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-287)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0289
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Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, April 13, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-450)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Managers meeting. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0452
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Last San Francisco family arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-158)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. The last family off of the bus from San Francisco, have just arrived at this assembly center which will be their home until relocation centers inland have been established and are ready for occupancy.
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Closing barn on day of mass removal (ddr-densho-151-194)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Nailing the hayloft door on the morning of evacuation. Farmers and other evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Farewell letter posted in Chinatown shop (ddr-densho-151-118)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Letter of appreciation posted in window of Pacific Dry Goods Company, 434-440 Grant Avenue, in San Francisco's Chinatown. Evacuees of Japanese descent will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
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Library (ddr-densho-151-434)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. One of the barrack buildings houses the library for evacuees at this War Relocation Authority center. The librarian is a college graduate of Japanese ancestry who employs modern methods in library procedure.
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Japanese American reading in library (ddr-densho-151-436)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. A corner in the library at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. This section contains books in the Japanese lanuage, most of which are translations of English classics.
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Japanese Americans playing baseball (ddr-densho-151-394)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Baseball players in a huddle. This game is very popular with 80 teams having been formed to date. Most of the playing is done in the wide firebreak between blocks of barracks.
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Pregnant Japanese American visiting doctor (ddr-densho-151-418)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Young expectant mother (center) receives check-up from her doctor (left) in the medical clinic, now housed in a temporary building, at this War Relocation Authority Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
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Nisei boy sitting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-265)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Young high school boy of Japanese ancestry at Wartime Civil Control Administration station awaiting evacuation bus. He is a member of the first contingent of over 600 persons to be evacuated from San Francisco.
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Japanese Americans carving wood (ddr-densho-151-338)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Father and son while away the hours carving small wooden animals for the children in front of their home in the barracks. They have been living at the Assembly center for approximately two weeks.
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Japanese American laborer (ddr-densho-151-459)
Original caption: Near Stockton, California. Field laborer of Japanese ancestry on a large-scale corporation ranch a few days prior to evacuation. These laborers earned from $750.00 to $1000 per year, plus living accomodations and their own little gardens.
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Farewell letter posted in Chinatown restaurant (ddr-densho-151-117)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Farewell letter posted in show window of T.Z. Shiota, importer in San Francisco's Chinatown, prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
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Japanese Americans boarding train (ddr-densho-151-295)
Original caption: Woodland, Yolo County, California. The train is about to depart which will take these evacuees of Japanese ancestry, from this rich agricultural district, to the Merced Assembly center about 125 miles away. Many leave close friends behind.
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Melvyn Juhler Interview (ddr-manz-1-83)
White male. Born July 7, 1939, in Salinas, California. Parents owned and operated a farm in the Salinas area prior to World War II. During the war, father helped neighboring Japanese American farmers by taking care of their land.
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Panorama of baseball teams standing in front of crowd at a stadium (ddr-ajah-5-47)
Caption on photo front: 2nd Annual Japanese Baseball Tournament, Stockton, CA 1924 / Lodi YMA, Stockton Yamato, San Joe Asahi, Sacramento Nippon, alameda ATK (Taiiko Kai) / Sponsored by Nippon Sanitarium, Stockton Times Newspaper, Shindo Company, Tsuyura Company & California Grocery Company
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Testimony of Kimiko Hazel Kusachi Calhoun (ddr-densho-67-262)
Written testimony of Kimiko Hazel Kusachi Calhoun of Hood River, Oregon. Incarcerated in the North Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.
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Testimony of Henry Suzeko Takayoshi (ddr-densho-67-276)
Written testimony of Henry Suzeko Takayoshi of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Incarcerated in Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981. Personal information excised by Densho.
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Testimony of Masayoshi Jin Jinguji (ddr-densho-67-313)
Written testimony of Masayoshi Jin Jinguji. Incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, 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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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 24 (December 21, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-51)
Selected article titles: "The First Post-WRA Christmas" (p. 2), "1946: Year of Resettlement" (p. 9), "Canadians May Seek Indemnity For Evacuation. Evacuees Conduct Survey on Damages From Evacuation" (p. 41), "California Will Pay Back Wages To Nisei Group" (p. 41).
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 21 (May 27, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-21)
Selected article titles: "Masaoka Urges Senate Group to Double Budget Allotment for Evacuee Claims Program" (p. 1), "California Appellate Court Denies State Request for Rehearing on Alien Land Law" (p. 1), "$150 Million in Evacuation Claims Files, Says Official" (p. 1).
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 30 No. 17 (April 29, 1950) (ddr-pc-22-17)
Selected article titles: "Court Cites U.N. Charter in Invalidating Land Law. California Appellate Tribunal Rules Out Anti-Alien Statute in Decision on Fujii Test Case" (p. 1), "Senate Omnibus Bill Will Remove Race as Barrier to Immigration, Naturalization" (p. 8).