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Keith One Interview Segment 5 (ddr-chi-1-10-5)
Being made fun of for ethnicity, realizing Japanese American identity
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Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-152-30)
Living in Chicago, Illinois, postwar: ethnic composition of high school
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May Y. Namba Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-171-22)
Leaving camp for Chicago, Illinois; being investigated by the FBI
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Mae Kanazawa Hara Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-168-5)
Memories of working at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois
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Art Shibayama Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-151-22)
Family moves to Chicago, Illinois; getting a job in a carbon paper factory with Japanese Americans
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Envelope to Mollie Wilson from Sandie Saito (postmarked January 24, 1945) (ddr-janm-1-25)
Envelope postmarked January 24, 1945 from Chicago, Illinois.
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-132-32)
Decision to leave camp for Chicago, Illinois; receiving help from a network of other Nisei for employment, housing
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Man standing with tents in background (ddr-densho-466-658)
Caption below photo on album page: George Nakamura (Chicago, Illinois)
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Letter to a Nisei man from his mother (ddr-densho-153-228)
Letter written in Japanese. Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
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Letter to a Nisei man from his mother (ddr-densho-153-222)
Letter written in Japanese. Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
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Letter to a Nisei man from a friend (ddr-densho-153-34)
Excerpt: "I really have taken my time in writing you." Sent to Chicago, Illinois.
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Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-165)
Excerpt: "Waiting for pictures today." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
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Travel permit (ddr-densho-292-8)
A travel permit for Torakichi Nishioka to leave Topaz and travel to Chicago, Illinois.
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Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-194)
Excerpt: "Here it is the fourth." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
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Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-193)
Excerpt: "Everything okay? We're all okay." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
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Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-197)
Excerpt: "Just received the music package." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
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Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-173)
Excerpt: "How're you guys getting along?" Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
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Letter to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-98)
Excerpt: "Thank you for the letters." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
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Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-67)
Excerpt: "This morning I finished ironing." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1590)
Caption written beneath the photograph "Iwasa family - Chicago Illinois". Kyoichi, Ralph, Lynn, and Yonchan Iwasa
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Diana Morita at Christian Fellowship Church (ddr-densho-409-50)
Color portrait of Diana Lynn Reiko Morita at Christian Fellowship Church on Sheridan Road. Caption on back: October 1, 1967
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Ellen Watanabe-Huxtable Interview (ddr-chi-1-14)
Sansei female. Born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up hearing stories of her parents' wartime experiences at the Santa Anita Assembly Center and Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, parents resettled in Chicago, Illinois, where Ellen was born and raised.
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Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-174)
Excerpt: "Glad to hear you're good & well." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.