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Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-181)
Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers in a line performing in front of a crowd. From left to right: Marjory "Marge" (Ando) Smith, Patricia “Pat” (Ikata) Iboshi, Loretta (Fujii) Kaneko, Joe Shiraishi, and Harue Akiyama. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended …
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Textile factory workers in Japan (ddr-densho-259-295)
Saburo Miyake's textile factory. Caption by Homer Yasui: "A textile or weaving factory, with the relatives and workers inside the shop. I've always understood that Saburo's and [Shidzuyo Yasui]'s father, Ichiro, ran a fishnet making factory. On the machine just before it reaches the completed roll of fabric, the material does look like netting."
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Newsletter from U.S. Senator Alan Cranston (ddr-densho-433-255)
A newsletter for U.S. Senator Alan Cranston with updates on his work in Washington, D.C..
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Letter from Judy Van Austen to Kimiko Kitayama (ddr-densho-433-429)
Judy Van Austen writes to Mrs. Kitayama enclosing additional copies of a newsletter.
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Letter from R. T. Nahas to Kimiko Kitayama (ddr-densho-433-427)
R. T. Nahas writes to Kimiko Kitayama to congratulate her on becoming a member of the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Board of Directors.
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Transcription of articles by Gary Iwamoto (ddr-densho-474-181)
Originally published in the International Examiner, August 30, 2005
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Warehouse staff, Amache Co-op (ddr-csujad-55-1552)
Black and white photograph of the warehouse staff at Amache Consumer Enterprises at Amache incarceration camp. Pictured from left to right, R. Hashimoto, Y. Masatani, and G. Fujii. From the Amache Co-op Souvenir Album, page 21. See also sac_jaac_1530 through sac_jaac_1589. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1554
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-871)
Letter from Chicago. Kan is on his way to interview with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. He talks about driving his Ford, and the places he is passing through: visiting the zoo with Mary Fujii in Chicago, Niagara Falls, impressions of the landscapes as he drives through Ohio and Indiana on his way to Wisconsin. On …
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Domoto 1953 Christmas card (ddr-densho-443-143)
Photo card of Kaneji and Sally Domoto's family. From top to bottom is Krissy Domoto, Kathie Domoto, Anyo Domoto, Miki Domoto, Sally (Fujii) Domoto, and Kaneji Domoto. Written at the bottom of the card is "Do you actually mean that I'm getting a subscription to 'Sunset'. Something I've wanted to get for years. Sincerely, Kan" in …
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Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-209)
Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers in front of a large crowd. Obon dancers from left to right: unidentified, Hisako (Onishi) Saito, unidentified, Loretta (Fujii) Kaneko, Mr. Yoshihara, unidentified, Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba, Nami (Miura) Koida, Mabel (Maekawa) Ota. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon …
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Nisei at Epworth United Methodist Church (ddr-one-1-325)
Black and white photographic negative of Nisei at Epworth United Methodist Church most likely during the Northwest Methodist Rally. They sit in two rows around a bay window. Front row left to right: unidentified, Martha (Kondo) Miyasaki, Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka, Atsuko "Alice" Kida and Nami (Miura) Koida. Back row: unidentified, Yone (Kanda) Terada, Gloria (Osawa) Fujii, …
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-356-549)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada and Richard Tsukada from her brother Kaneji Domoto. Kan writes confirming he will attend the wedding and inquiring if Yuri plans to tell some of her friends around New England. To see the other half of this correspondence please see the Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto Collection at ddr-densho-329. Item tied …
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Women playing softball (ddr-densho-37-332)
Original WRA caption: "Manzanar, California. [Unreadable] life goes between work hours for Japanese evacuees living at the Manzanar relocation center. Maye Noma crouches behind the plate as [unreadable] goes to bat in a practice game between members of a Los Angeles softball team which came intact to camp." Part of the WRA caption was covered by …