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doc Postcard from Charles and Dorothy to Donald Miyagi, October 21, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2030)

Postcard from Charles and Dorothy to Donald Miyagi in the Poston incarceration camp depicting the Adler planetarium in Chicago. Includes brief greeting from Charles and Dorothy. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2133

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doc Clipping from Chicago American with review of The World of Suzie Wong (ddr-densho-367-293)

Article title: Suzie Thin - but fun

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doc Program from production of The World of Suzie Wong at the Shubert Theatre in Chicago (ddr-densho-367-254)

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img Female cast of The World of Suzie Wong on stage in costume (ddr-densho-367-302)

Printed on back: Photograph by Paul Hansen. Written on back: Shubert Theatre Chicago. In pencil on back: Mary

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doc Clipping from Chicago Daily News with photos of cast of The World of Suzie Wong (ddr-densho-367-289)

Article title: Party of Suzie Wong

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doc Clipping from Chicago Sun-Times with review of The World of Suzie Wong (ddr-densho-367-288)

Article title: Except For Two, Suzie Wong Principals Are Miserably Stiff

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img Three Men in Suits (ddr-densho-499-36)

In front of an airplane in Chicago

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img Joe Iwataki and woman standing in park (ddr-ajah-2-488)

Caption below photo: Joanne

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img Two woman and two men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-490)

Caption below photo: Joanne / Mary / Yuk

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img Two woman and two men in uniform. Joe Iwataki on left (ddr-ajah-2-492)

Caption below photo: Joanne / Mary / Midori

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img Two woman and two men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-487)

Caption below photo: Joanne Nagata / Mary Tani / Yuk / Midori Inouye

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img Couple standing in park (ddr-ajah-2-493)

Caption below photo: Yuk / Mary

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img Two men in uniform standing with two women (ddr-ajah-2-810)

Caption: Joe Iwataki, of Alameda, CA., explores Chicago, IL., with friends while on a three day pass. Iwataki was a member of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS), February 1943. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-492 with additional notes

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Narrator Jeff Furumura

Sansei male. Born November 23, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, father was in a tuberculosis sanitarium, then was taken to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and mother was sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Parents met in Chicago, Illinois, after leaving the camps. …

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vh Sue K. Embrey Interview (ddr-densho-1000-6)

Nisei female. Born January 6, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, was incarcerated at Manzanar concentration camp, California. Wrote for the Manzanar Free Press while incarcerated. Resettled during World War II in Madison, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois. Returned to Los Angeles, California, in 1948. Founding member of Nisei Progressives and the Manzanar Committee. …

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vh Art Shibayama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-151)

Nisei male. Born June 6, 1930, in Callao, Peru. Grew up in Peru, raised by both parents and grandparents. During World War II, taken with parents to the United States on a U.S. troop transport ship. Lived in the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, until family moved to work at Seabrook, New Jersey, a produce work …

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vh Louie Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1010-1)

Nisei male. Born August 22, 1925, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove, where parents owned and operated a restaurant and rooming house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and Granada concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp for Chicago, Illinois, and worked in various places, including Colorado Springs …

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vh Martha Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1020-2)

Born in Chicago, Illinois. During the Redress Movement, worked for the Department of Justice's Office of Redress Administration (ORA), which was established to identify and administer reparations payments to eligible individuals. Worked as an Administrator with the ORA from 1989 to 1991. After leaving the ORA, worked with the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, the Office …

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Narrator Kara Kondo

Nisei female. Born May 24, 1916, in the Yakima valley, Washington, and spent childhood in Wapato, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the North Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and then to the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Was on the staff of the camp newspaper, the Heart Mountain Sentinel. Left camp for Chicago, …

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Narrator Lillian Nakano

Sansei female, born April 30, 1928, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Hawaii, where family ran a successful wholesale bakery business. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was picked up by the FBI and sent to Sand Island internment camp. Moved with rest of the family to Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, to be reunited with …

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Narrator Frank Sumida

Nisei male. Born August 10, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois. Grew up primarily in Los Angeles, California, where parents ran a restaurant. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, where he participating in running an organized gambling operation. Moved briefly to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before being sent to …

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Narrator Art Ishida

Nisei male. Born June 2, 1921, in Fresno, California. Grew up in the Gardena area of Los Angeles, California, before moving to Japan with parents in 1929 and returning to California in the 1930s. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Gave a qualified answer …

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Narrator Janice Mirikitani

Sansei female. Born February 5, 1941, in Stockton, California. As an infant, she was incarcerated with her family at the Rohwer, Arkansas, concentration camp during World War II. After leaving camp, she grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and Petaluma, California, where she endured an unstable home life and years of abuse. During the 1960s and '70s, …

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doc Letter from Masao Okine to Dottie [Dorothy] Okine, May 10, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-181)

A letter from Masao Okine to his sister, Dorothy Okine. He writes from Tokyo, Japan, where he is stationed as a U.S. Army soldier. He asks Dorothy to send him cigarettes, candies, and gum. He sent the letter to her on April 23, 1946, however, it returned to Masao. He adds the notes, explaining why the …

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vh Elsa Kudo Interview (ddr-densho-1000-388)

Sansei female. Born September 29, 1936, in Canete, Peru. Grew up in Peru where parents ran a successful store. During World War II, father was arrested by the FBI and removed from the family. Elsa and her mother and siblings were deported from Peru and taken by ship to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, and …

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