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vh Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-191-17)

Effect of World War II on personal life; restrictions

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-191-17/

vh Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-191-16)

Effect of World War II on father's redcap position

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-191-16/

vh Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-191-4)

Father's job as a redcap at the train station

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-191-4/

vh Richard H. Yamamoto Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-191-19)

Deciding to attend trade school and become an electrician

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-191-19/

vh Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-192-3)

Memories of Japanese language school: "It was very strict"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-192-3/

vh Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-192-16)

Attending secretarial school after husband's passing, raising three small children

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-192-16/

vh Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-192-2)

Father's early employment, working for the Alaska Junk Company

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-192-2/

vh Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-192-12)

Aftermath of Pearl Harbor: travel restrictions, friction with Chinese community

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-192-12/

vh Sumi Okamoto Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-192-13)

Description of "newcomers," Japanese Americans moving to Spokane after incarceration

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-192-13/

vh Richard Onishi Interview Segment 1 (ddr-jamsj-2-2-1)

Family background

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-2-1/

vh James Sakamoto Interview Segment 1 (ddr-jamsj-2-1-1)

Family background

This interview was conducted by the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, and is part of a project entitled "Lasting Stories: The Resettlement of San Jose Japantown," a collaborative project between the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-jamsj-2-1-1/

vh George Yamada Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-187-5)

Memories of parents' hotel business: helping to stoke the boiler

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187-5/

vh George Yamada Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-187-16)

Community reactions to Pearl Harbor; fears of FBI arrests

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187-16/

vh George Yamada Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-187-38)

Thoughts on the evolution of Spokane's Japanese American community

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187-38/

vh George Yamada Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-187-31)

Description of chick-sexing industry: "it was a fascinating career"

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187-31/

vh George Yamada Segment 32 (ddr-densho-1000-187-32)

Working as a chick sexer in upstate New York

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187-32/

vh George Yamada Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-187-33)

Description of Japanese American community in New York City postwar

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187-33/

vh George Yamada Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-187-11)

The role of Christianity in the prewar Spokane community

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187-11/

vh George Yamada Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-187-14)

Recreational activities in high school: dances, amusement parks, fishing

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-187-14/

Collection Kondo Collection (ddr-densho-102)

The Kondo collection consists of photographs and documents from the personal family collection of Kara Kondo, who was interviewed by Densho in 2002. Many of the materials depict Kara's life growing up in Wapato, Washington, prior to World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-102/

Collection Etsuko Osaki Collection (ddr-densho-310)

The Etsuko Osaki Collection is comprised of photographs from the personal family collection of Etsuko Osaki, a Japanese American who was interviewed by Densho in 2013. The photographs depict the lives of Etsuko's family during internment and after the war.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-310/

av Stand Up For Justice (ddr-densho-1024-86)

A collaboration of VC and National Coalition for Redress and Reparations (now Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress), funded by grants from the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund and the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, this narrative drama and accompanying curriculum guide were produced following more than 5 years of extensive research and interviews with …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-86/

av Putting Them Where They Could Do No Harm (ddr-densho-1024-10)

Short film that makes the case for renaming Fletcher Bowron Square in downtown Los Angeles, named after the wartime mayor of Los Angeles who agitated for the removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans. Eschewing narration, the film uses Bowron's wartime radio addresses (voiced by Maciek Kolodziejeczak) as evidence of his anti-Japanese and pro-exclusion stance, juxtaposed with …

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av Tanforan: From Race Track to Assembly Center (ddr-densho-1024-61)

Documentary film on Tanforan , a former horse racing track that became the site of a wartime " assembly center " for incarcerated Japanese Americans during World War II. The film includes interviews with many former inmates of Tanforan, some of whom lived in what were once horse stalls, including Maya Nagata Aikawa, George and Michiko …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-61/

vh Tosh Yasutake Interview Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-138-30)

Returning to Seattle and attending the University of Washington

William Toshio Yasutake was interviewed together with his sister Mitsuye (Yasutake) Yamada and surviving brother, Joseph Yasutake, in group sessions on October 8-9, 2002. He was interviewed individually on November 14, 2002.

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own family …

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