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img Group Photo of Gengo and Naka Endo family (ddr-densho-379-655)

Formal Photo of Gengo and Naka Endo Family: Back Row: Ada Endo, Tsuneo Endo; Hiroko Endo; Nozomu Endo, Alice Sumida Endo; Front row: Arthur Endo, Gengo Endo, Naka Endo, Aiji Endo; Children: Arthur Endo, Edward Endo, Irene Endo (on lap of Naka Endo.)

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img Endo family poses in front of their house in Dayton, OH (ddr-densho-379-419)

Frank Aiji Endo and Alice Yuriko Sumida Endo with son Todd in front of their public housing residence.

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img Frank Aiji Endo Family at Santa Anita Assembly Center (ddr-densho-379-659)

The caption on the page of the photograph album is "Santa Anita Sept 1942". Frank Aiji Endo, Alice Yuriko Endo, and Todd Endo at Santa Anita Assembly Center.

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img Family portrait (ddr-densho-379-734)

Family photo in front of their barracks: Chimata Sumida, Masako Sumida, Alice Yuriko Endo, Grace Sumida, Emmy Ito, Marshall Sumida, Tets Sumida, Marjorie Yohko Sumida, and Todd Endo (front)

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img Sumida family portrait in front of barracks at Rohwer Relocation Center (ddr-densho-379-399)

The Sumida family (left to right), Chimata Sumida, Masako Sumida, Alice Yuriko Sumida Endo, Grace Sumida, Emmy Sumida Ito, Marshall Sumida, Tetsuro Sumida, Marjorie Yohko Sumida, with Todd Endo in the front.

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img Alice and Frank Endo pose with their reparation checks (ddr-densho-379-446)

Alice and Frank Endo pose with their reparation checks, as compensation for their incarceration in Rohwer Relocation Center.

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doc Letter from Mike Masaoka to Shunichi Murata (ddr-densho-379-225)

On behalf of Alice Yuriko Endo and Frank Aiji Endo, Mike Masaoka explored Shunichi Murata's, (now living in Japan) request for return of his vested property from the Office of Alien Property, Department of Justice.

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doc Letter from Alice Sumida Endo to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-9)

Letter mentions that she was sending formal studio pictures taken of son, Todd, because their personal cameras were "impounded." She describes the difficulties and uncertainties that people are enduring while waiting for evacuation orders.

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doc Letter from Joyce B. Pine to Alice Endo (ddr-densho-379-196)

Letter catching up with news in Los Angeles and mentions that Mr. Pine wrote to the "Officer in Charge" at Ft. Missoula on Chimata Sumida's behalf

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doc Letter from Alice Sumida Endo to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-18)

Letter mentions that they found tenants for the house with a rental fee of $32.50/month. She describes their life waiting for evacuation. She states that the Japanese community already has committees working on rehabilitation after the war.

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img Couple sitting at a table (ddr-densho-379-485)

Yuri and Aiji Endo at JACL Installation Dance in January 1949. Caption written on the page in the photograph album is "JACL Installation Dance Jan 1949".

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doc Letter from Yuri (Alice) Sumida Endo to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-31)

Letter shares that there were rumors that the family would be sent to Arkansas, and shares where other friends were going. She itemizes the monthly clothing allowance that each person receives. She also shares that a driving range was built and most of his old golfing buddies were playing. She also shares that their family plays …

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doc Letter from Yuri (Alice) Sumida Endo to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-27)

Alice (Yuri) Sumida Endo's letter from underprivileged camp run by St. Barnabas Episcopal Church where she was working as a cook. She mentions that her husband Frank Aiji Endo started work at the McCall's factory in Dayton, Ohio.

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doc Letter from Yuri (Alice) Sumida Endo to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-26)

Alice (Yuri) Sumida Endo's letter two weeks after arriving at the American Friends Hostel describing life in comparison to Rohwer. She mentions that her husband, Frank Aiji Endo, is working at a bindery in Dayton, Ohio, and stays in a YMCA. She discusses the shortage of housing and recommends that no one be released from relocation …

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doc Letter from Yuri (Alice) Sumida Endo to Chimata Sumida (ddr-densho-379-34)

Letter shares that the items they had stored before evacuation were burglarized and she lost some possessions. She says they are concerned about the possibility of Aiji being drafted, but they hope "he won't be called."

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img Sumida brothers and sisters and mother (ddr-densho-379-423)

Masako Sumida poses with her children in the home of Ken and Emmy Ito. left to right: Tets Sumida, Yohko Matsumoto, Grace Nagai, Masako Sumida, Alice Endo, Emmy Ito, Marshall Sumida

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img Family portrait (ddr-densho-379-471)

Aiji Endo Family. Written on the page in the photograph album "Cheryl's Birthday Party 1948". It was Cheryl's second birthday party.

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img Women pose on piano bench (ddr-densho-379-476)

Yuri Endo (right) and her long-time friend. Written on the page in the photograph album "Cheryl's Birthday Party 1948". It was Cheryl's second birthday party.

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img 4 generations of Sumida women posing in front of Japanese doll collection (ddr-densho-379-445)

4 generations of Sumida women posing in front of Japanese doll collection displayed every March 3rd (Doll's Day).

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img Chimata and Masako Sumida family in front of barracks (ddr-densho-379-663)

The caption on the page of the photograph album is "Rohwer 1942".

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 20 (May 19, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-21)

Selected article titles: "Sansei in Calif. divided on integration, FEPC told" (p. 1), "Draft problems in Hawaii minimal, says Col. Oyasato" (p. 1), "Nisei represented on all levels of Livingston area school boards" (p. 1), "Nikkei janitors quit over union" (p. 1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 15 (April 14, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-16)

Selected article titles: "High tribunal impressed by Nisei plea in Loving case" (p. 1), Unanimous supreme court favors late yen claimants" (p. 1), "Housing act overhaul proposed" (p. 1), "Sokagakkai subversive charge recoils Commission" (p. 1), "McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950 seen as step to avert another Evacuation" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 64, No. 7 (February 17, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-7)

Selected article titles: "Evacuation issue looms in yen deposit arguments" (p. 1), "Intermarriage blast surprises PSW Clers" (p. 1), "Anti-poverty measures too late at Hunter's Point" (p. 1), "Maryland state senate passes anti-miscegenation repealer" (p. 1), "Contra Costans to air Sansei teenage problems" (p. 1), "Intermarriage rising among 'Sansei' Mexicans, UCLA study project finds" (p. 2), …

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Collection Sumida Family Collection (ddr-densho-379)

The Sumida Family Collection contains material about Chimata and Masako Murakami Sumida and their six children, Alice Yuriko Endo, Grace Rayko Nagai, Emmy Ito, Marshall Masaru Sumida, Theodore Tetsuro Sumida, Marjorie Yohko Matsumoto, and their families. Before World War II, Chimata Sumida owned a music store located in Los Angeles’ Japanese Town that sold music, instruments, …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 5 [2] (July 14, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-29)

Selected article titles: "Career in Intergroup Relations Recommended: Opportunities for Sansei College Student in Government New Open" (p. 1), "Festival queen and court to ride in float for Nisei Week finale" (p. 1), "Vigorous concern of C.L. part of name solicited" (p. 1), "Largest Japanese colony in Europe numbers 915 in Duesseldorf, Germany" (p. 2), "FDR …

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