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img Three children and a woman sitting on steps with Easter baskets (ddr-ajah-6-903)

Caption below photo: Dianne (left front), Doug and Janet Takeda sit on the steps of Risaburo Takeda's house at 2418 Railroad Ave in Alameda, CA., before it became 2419 Tilden Way, circa 1954. Woman at back is a friend of Hawaii.

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doc Women's Division of Northern California contact list (ddr-densho-433-367)

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doc Yankee doodle (ddr-csujad-7-27)

See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_Music for Dianne (Bubbles) Endo_P03

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doc Military tap (ddr-csujad-7-24)

See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_Music for Dianne (Bubbles) Endo_P01

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doc Stars and stripes forever (Sousa) (ddr-csujad-7-26)

See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_Music for Dianne (Bubbles) Endo_P02

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img Miss Hawaii 1961 and her court (ddr-njpa-2-995)

Caption on reverse: "Pictured above are Miss Hawaii 1961 and her court. They are, left to right -- Gayle Momi Adachi, 4th runnerup; Barbara Levy, 2nd runnerup; Miss Hawaii 1961, Joan Whitney Vine; 1st runnerup, Leimomi Buchanan; and 3rd runnerup, Dianne Henrietta Cummings. (Hawaii Times photo by Yoshio Nakamoto)."

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img Group of performers and spectators at Obon Festival (ddr-ajah-3-267)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA boon festival circa early 1950s

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av A Tribute to Ruth Asawa (ddr-densho-1024-63)

Short documentary film on artist Ruth Asawa by Dianne Fukami. Released shortly after Asawa's death in August 2013, the film incorporates interview footage from Fukami's earlier 2008 film Ruth Asawa: Community Artist . See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: A Tribute to Ruth Asawa. See this item in the Digital Library of …

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doc Letter from Kimi Fujii to R. E. Fowle (ddr-densho-433-378)

Kimi Fujii writes to Mrs. R. E. Fowle to invite her to the Southern Alameda County Women's Division Spring Luncheon. Also included is a flyer denying endorsement of Dan Cooper by Vern Blichfeldt and George Oakes.

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img Group standing on stage (ddr-ajah-3-295)

Caption on photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, stageshow entertainment circa 1950s. Names identified

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av Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story (ddr-densho-1024-66)

Documentary film that profiles Nisei politician Norman Mineta with a particular focus on his childhood years in an American concentration camp and his role forty years later in the Redress movement. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story. See this item in the Digital Library …

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av Piecing Memories (ddr-densho-1024-64)

Short film about Japanese American senior citizen women in a Japanese American Services of the East Bay (JASEB) quilting class who make a quilt inspired by their World War II experiences. The seventeen minute film was made by Bridge Media for the JASEB and was funded in part by a grant from the California Civil Liberties …

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doc California Democrats papers (ddr-densho-433-319)

An assortment of papers related to the California Democratic party belonging to Kimi Fujii, including letters, meeting minutes, contact information, invitations, and more.

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av Chrysanthemums and Salt (ddr-densho-1024-60)

Documentary film by Dianne Fukami on the Japanese American community in San Mateo, California, from its late 1800s origins to the outbreak of World War II. As hinted at by the film's title, Chrysanthemums and Salt largely focuses on two of the major industries that employed Japanese Americans before the war, growing and marketing chrysanthemums and …

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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 …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 25 (December 20-27, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-51)

Selected article titles: "In Honor of Pioneers from Japan to America" (p. 1), "The Sorry Memory: More Are Questioning the Constitutionality of Korematsu Case -- Low Point in U.S. History for Japanese Americans" (p. 2), "Political Behavior of Issei and Nisei" (p. 2), "How Japanese Are the Japanese Americans?" (p. 21), "Hayakawa 'hottest' Issue in S.F. …

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doc Women's Division program (ddr-densho-433-324)

A partially torn copy of a program from a Women's Division of Alameda County event.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 8 (February 20, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-8)

Selected article titles: "Statehood foes go racist, JACL reacts in fighting mood" (p. 1), "Washington anti-bias code changes sought" (p. 1), "Washington referendum for alien land law approved" (p. 1), "IDC to seek repeal of Idaho nuptial law bias" (p. 1), "Housing discrimination" (p. 1), "Idaho's Law Against Mixed Marriages" (p. 2), "Fact and fiction about …

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doc Crystal City Chatter Issue 88 (ddr-densho-537-97)

Issue 88 includes letters to the editor, an excerpt from the book about the Japanese American memorial in Washington D. C., an article about San Francisco's Japantown, and more.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-537-97/

doc Christ Episcopal Church 90th anniversary program (ddr-densho-537-129)

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