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Florin area reunion October 10, 1981: pre-evacuation Japanese community reunion, Florin, Elk Grove, Mayhew, Perkins, Taishoku, Brighton (ddr-csujad-55-2688)

doc Florin area reunion October 10, 1981: pre-evacuation Japanese community reunion, Florin, Elk Grove, Mayhew, Perkins, Taishoku, Brighton (ddr-csujad-55-2688)

Florin Area reunion with pre-evacuation Japanese community including: Florin, Elk Grove, Mayhew, Perkins, Taishoku, Brighton. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2852

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doc Hideo Nakamura's family information (ddr-csujad-55-2571)

Lists Hideo Nakamura's family members and others. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2683

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doc Receipt for taxes for the year 1919 (ddr-csujad-55-1299)

Receipt for taxes belonging to R. Yokoyama. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1301

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img Japanese Americans playing baseball (ddr-densho-151-393)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Baseball is the most popular recreation at this War Relocation Authority center with 80 teams having been formed throughout the Center. Most of the playing is done between the barrack blocks.

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img Japanese American in hospital ward (ddr-densho-151-421)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Women's ward in the temporary barracks hospital at this War Relocation Authority Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. The new hospital with accommodations for 250 beds is almost ready for occupancy.

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img Women's hospital ward (ddr-densho-151-419)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Women's ward in the temporary barracks hospital at this War Relocation Authority Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. The new hospital with accommodations for 250 beds is almost ready for occupancy.

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img Nisei girl working in field (ddr-densho-151-313)

Original caption: Mission San Jose, California. High School girl of Japanese ancestry assisting her family in the strawberry field prior to evacuation. She plans to attend special graduation exercises for evacuation students being held on the following day.

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img Yugoslavian man taking over Japanese-operated farm (ddr-densho-151-122)

Original caption: Centerville, California. Yugoslavian farmer is taking over berry farm formerly operated by residents of Japanese ancestry, who are being sent to assembly points and later to be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img People shopping at "evacuation sale" (ddr-densho-151-213)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. At a close-out sale these patrons were buying merchandise to take with them when they are evacuated. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img New arrivals at the Turlock Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-16)

Original WRA caption: Turlock, California. Arrivals at Assembly center on their way to their new quarters. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later from assembly centers to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.

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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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img Sakaye Shigekawa in her Office (ddr-csujad-29-20)

Photograph of Sakaya Shigekawa in her office. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2490_P02

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img [Japanese women and man] (ddr-csujad-29-88)

Photograph of two women and a man. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P003

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img [Photograph of Japanese American incarceration camp constructing buildings] (ddr-csujad-29-108)

Two Japanese American incarceree men constructing buildings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P026

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-137)

Excerpt: "We got a letter from Mr. Boulton on the 18th and he told us that the Affoulters were getting out on the end of this month." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-145)

Excerpt: "I certainly am not keeping up with my correspondence but I can tell you that I at least came home with a good grade on my report card." Sent from Los Angeles, California, possibly to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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doc Letter from Edmund G. Brown to Kimiko Fujii (ddr-densho-433-658)

Edmund G. Brown, Governor of California, writes to Kimiko Fujii reappointing her as a member of the Board of Directors, 1st District Agricultural Association. Included in the letter are tickets and receipts for upcoming events and a certificate.

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img Japanese American workers waiting in line (ddr-densho-37-421)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A line up of evacuee workers waiting for their identification tags which are to be used in conjunction with the first pay day at this War Relocation Authority Center.

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doc Letter from Kaneji and Sylvia Schur Domoto to Nancy Swearengen (ddr-densho-377-1)

A letter from Kaneji Domoto and Sylvia Schur Domoto to Nancy Swearengen at the University of California Botanical Gardens. They write answering questions about the Japanese Pool at the gardens. Kaneji was involved in the design and installation.

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doc Letter from Usami Terada to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas, October 3, 1943 (ddr-csujad-4-18)

A letter from Usami Terada, an incarceree at the Rohwer incarceration camp, to Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Thomas in Lawndale, California. The letter discusses the Japanese American incarcerees returning to California and the West Coast. He describes the returning people as "half bred or wife of Caucasian" and a female attending Pasadena Junior College. He expresses …

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vh Charlie Matsubara - Mary Matsubara - Evelyn Togami Interview (ddr-densho-1009-3)

This interview was conducted with husband and wife Charlie and Mary Matsubara, and Mary's sister Evelyn Togami. Charlie was born June 3, 1920, in San Francisco, California. Mary was born January 3, 1922, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Evelyn was born December 9, 1920, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mary and Evelyn were living in California with their …

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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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