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vh Keith One Interview Segment 5 (ddr-chi-1-10-5)

Being made fun of for ethnicity, realizing Japanese American identity

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-10-5/

vh Jane Kaihatsu Interview Segment 1 (ddr-chi-1-9-1)

Born in Chicago, Illinois

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-9-1/

vh Kanji Sahara Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-448-12)

Leaving camp for Chicago, Illinois

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-448-12/

vh Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-152-30)

Living in Chicago, Illinois, postwar: ethnic composition of high school

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-152-30/

vh May Y. Namba Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-171-22)

Leaving camp for Chicago, Illinois; being investigated by the FBI

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-171-22/

vh Mae Kanazawa Hara Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-168-5)

Memories of working at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-168-5/

doc Envelope to Mollie Wilson from Sandie Saito (postmarked January 24, 1945) (ddr-janm-1-25)

Envelope postmarked January 24, 1945 from Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-25/

vh 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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-151-22/

vh 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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-132-32/

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-222/

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-228/

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-34/

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-165/

doc Travel permit (ddr-densho-292-8)

A travel permit for Torakichi Nishioka to leave Topaz and travel to Chicago, Illinois.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-292-8/

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-193/

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-98/

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-67/

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-197/

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-173/

doc 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-194/

img Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1590)

Caption written beneath the photograph "Iwasa family - Chicago Illinois". Kyoichi, Ralph, Lynn, and Yonchan Iwasa

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1590/

vh 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.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-14/