75 items
75 items
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Kubota Gardens: Is it being uprooted? (ddr-densho-329-855)
Clipping from Seattle paper Beacon Hill News describing Kan Domoto's visit to the local Kubota Gardens and his advocacy for the garden's preservation. Next to the article is the headline "Hirabayashi conviction overturned" with accompanying article. Written on the back is a note from Kan to Kris Domoto, "Dear Kris: This is what I'm up on …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-872)
Letter from Taliesin. Kan has begun to apprentice at Taliesin, though his work is menial so far" working in the kitchen and sandpapering the floor of the new drafting room. He describes the weekend tradition in the fellowship of Saturday evening picnics and entertainment (shown in photos ddr-densho-329-721 through -726 and ddr-densho-329-835). He hasn't yet had …
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Postcard to Yuri Tsukada and Kan Domoto from Mine Okubo (ddr-densho-356-642)
Postcard to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada and her brother Kaneji Domoto from Mine Okubo. Mine writes to invite them to an art exhibit and inform them about her pending eviction. Written on the front of the card are notes that appear to have been written by Yuri regarding the content of the postcard.
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to his sisters (ddr-densho-329-858)
Letter from New York in which Kan further describes the manners of the landscape architect running his current job at the World's Fair, Nagao Sakurai, and his immediate boss, Shogo Myaida. He writes about what he's eating, where he's going, and what he's doing in New York City. Says he doesn't meet many people who seem …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to his father Kanetaro (ddr-densho-329-875)
Letter from Chicago, where Kan is borrowing a car from his brother Toichi "Nich" Domoto and visiting some local Frank Lloyd Wright houses. He plans to return to Taliesin East to pack his things before continuing on to Arizona for the winter at Taliesin West, and hopes to spend some time at home at the end …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to his sisters Wakako and Yuri (ddr-densho-329-865)
Letter from New York. Kan has finished the New York World's Fair garden job, and his relationship with Nagao Sakurai has improved. The World's Fair has opened and he has been exploring it in his week off; he describes various exhibits and critiques the Japanese exhibit (with a sketch of the floorplan and traffic flow). He …
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Letter from Sally (Fujii) Domoto to Hanako Fujii (ddr-densho-329-942)
Letter from Sally to her sister Hanako. Sally has had lots of visitors and she is tired. "I guess it's pretty bad to become just a housewife but I guess I might as well try to do a decent job of it as long as I can't do much else with the kids as young as …
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Letter from Sally (Fujii) Domoto to Kimiko Fujii Kitayama (ddr-densho-329-947)
Letter from Sally from the hospital where she has given birth to her fourth child. Kan has returned from a trip to New Jersey with a puppy. Hana visited recently. Thoughts about her sister-in-law Yuri's kids. Debates about what to name the baby, leaning towards Christine. Cousin Andy has gone out west.
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Letter from Sally (Fujii) Domoto to Hanako Fujii (ddr-densho-329-940)
Letter from Sally to her sister Hanako in Topaz thanking her for Christmas gifts and asking "how was Christmas in camp?" She got a card from Kaneji saying he spent New Year's with them. Invites her sister and family to come relocate to join them on the East Coast. Kan passed his physical but "he's got …
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Garden Tour a Success! (ddr-densho-329-850)
July, 1988 issue of "The New York Scene," newsletter of the New York chapter of JACL. Includes an update on a garden tour event showcasing six gardens by Kan Domoto in the Westchester area. The event raised $9,000 for the JACL New York Chapter scholarship awards, which are also covered in the newsletter in a separate …
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Letter Kan and Sally Domoto from Setsu and Hideo Nishiyama (ddr-densho-329-607)
Condolence letter to family, with envelope