71 items
71 items
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Wakako riding a bicycle (ddr-densho-443-53)
Photograph of Wakako "Wak" Domoto riding a bicycle as an unidentified woman looks on. Written to the left of the image on the album page is "Look! I can Ride! / What Fun! / Yep! Inspite of these / bruises & my grand / leap in the park. / I still say, my Breaks didn't hold! …
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Letter to Yuri and Wak Domoto from Emi (ddr-densho-443-203)
Condolence letter to family, with envelope
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Wakako learning to ride a bicycle (ddr-densho-443-49)
Photograph of Wakako "Wak" Domoto sitting on a bicycle. Written below the image on the album page is "1st Lesson- / Teacher- Jean K. / Cliff House- S.F. / early Sat. Morns. / Aug 1947" in white pencil. Written at top of album page is "Autumn 1947" in white pencil.
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-882)
Letter from Taliesin. Kan is making progress and gaining skills at Taniesin, especially in carpentry, as he is learning skills from a carpenter's son (Marcus Weston, also mentioned in letter ddr-densho-329-881). He is also enjoying listening to records with the other fellows and dusting off his piano skills. Mr. Wright encourages him to join the chorus. …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-881)
Letter from Taliesin. Wak has said he should have finished his architectural studies at the university first before going to Taliesin and he agree. He thinks he would like to work for a contractor instead of going back to school or staying for a long time at Taliesin. "Somehow I want to live my own life. …
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Valentine's Day card (ddr-densho-443-120)
Valentine's Day card to Wakako Domoto from her nieces Donna and Carolyn Kishi. Written inside the card is "To Aunty Wak / From Donna and Carolyn / Feb. 1951" in blue ink. Glued inside the card is also a cut out photograph of Mitsuko Donna Kishi and Carolyn Kishi. Written below the photograph is "Spring 1950" …
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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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Letters from Kaneji Domoto to his siblings Toichi and Wakako (ddr-densho-329-883)
Letters from Taliesin. Letter to Toichi "Nich" Domoto: Kan tells him about the fall colors among the deciduous trees, a new method of balling trees, which he illustrates with sketches. Letter to Wak: Kan is doing some drafting of Hillside, where the fellows live at Taliesin. Gei and Mary Fujii come for a brief visit. Fall …
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Envelope to K. Domoto with letters to Wakako Domoto from Toichi Domoto and Peter Milan (ddr-densho-356-208)
Envelope addressed to Mr. K. Domoto (Kanetaro) postmarked Osaka, Japan 24.12.15 on the front and postmarked Oakland, California 1/14/1916 on the back. Stored inside the envelope were two letters to Wakako "Wak" Domoto. The first letter is from Peter Milan dated 1/28/1944, and discusses locating Domoto family items, Kaneji's hunt on the East Coast for a …
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Letter from Sally (Fujii) Domoto to Hanako Fujii (ddr-densho-329-941)
Letter from Sally to her sister Hanako in Topaz sharing general updates. She will have pictures taken of the kids soon and send them. Andy, a young cousin, has been coming to visit from a nearby college. Hasn't heard from her sister Sue (Sumiko), trying to get in touch. Lots of visitors: a visit from Wak …
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Kaneji Domoto Diary, 1942 (ddr-densho-329-950)
Kaneji's diary from March 6, 1942 - October 7, 1942, spanning the Domoto family's time from being at home in California to about a month after arrival at Amache. Early pages of the diary resemble a notebook loosely structured by date and containing a mixture of daily activities, accounting, notes from work at the nursery, and, …