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img Two women and child at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-ajah-6-536)

Caption below photo: Toshiko "May" Yeda (left), her mother, Harumi, and friend Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara stroll around the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, San Francisco's third and last World's Fair. It was also the year that Nazi Germany invaded Europe. Among the items they may have noticed at the World's Fair was the German swastika …

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vh Fumi Hayashi Interview (ddr-manz-1-70)

Nisei female. Born January 24, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Los Angeles area, where parents ran a flower business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, held various jobs, including working for the camouflage net factory. Eventually returned to California.

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Narrator Fumiko Uyeda Groves

Nisei female. Born September 9, 1933, in Seattle, Washington. Parents operated a store in the Sanitary Market (now known as the Pike Place Market). Father was very active in kenjinkai (prefectural organization) activities, both before and after World War II. Spent prewar childhood in and among Seattle's Japanese American community. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, …

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Narrator Fumiko M. Noji

Nisei female. Born October 13, 1909, in Bellingham, Washington. Lost her United States citizenship when she married an Issei through an arranged marriage. Before 1920, her husband's family established Columbia Greenhouse, one of the first Japanese American-owned greenhouse businesses. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Husband was held by the …

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img Eight portrait photographs from scrapbook (ddr-janm-1-117)

Eight black and white photographs of eight young Japanese American woman on a portion of a scrapbook page. Some of the portraits contain inscriptions to Molly Wilson on the photos while others are written on the page next to the photo. From left to right, top to bottom: (1) Unknown young Japanese American woman. (2) Mary …

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doc Chapter 11 personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-36)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topic including a fundraising carnival, yearbooks, class subjects and discussions, sports, homework, books, and teachers. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were collected as part of a class assignment and used for the Japanese American …

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vh Fumi Kaseguma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-203)

Nisei female. Born April 20, 1924, in Portland, Oregon. Spent one summer in Japan just before the onset of war between the U.S. and Japan. Incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp as part of the National Youth Administration, and worked in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Chicago, …

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img Document with photo and biographical information titled "Role Reversal" (ddr-ajah-6-495)

Caption below photo: Yoshio Itahara and his wife, Hama Komatsu, shortly after arriving in Alameda, CA., from Hiroshima, Japan, in 1902. Photo by Mataichi Ozeki, the best of the Issei photographers in Alameda at the time.

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doc Letter from Miyuki Matsuura to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, February 17, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-201)

A letter from Miyuki Matsuura to her uncle and aunt, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. She informs that her family is doing well and Fumiko works as a translator. She also mentions that she sent to the relatives in Japan the photographs that they took together. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 162 (December 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-247)

Selected article titles: "Fumiko Tamura Case Postponed in Los Angeles"; "Careful Driving Urged Upon Holiday Travelers"; "Ota-Reynolds Wedding Disclosed in Hartford"; "Opportunities Still Open in New Jersey"; "Federal Judge's Action May Nullify All Hearings in Detention Centers"; "Bussei Choir to Hold Practice"; "Finding House was Not Hard for Her"; "College Teachers are Taught Cooking"; "Fete Veterans"; …

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vh Grace F. Oshita Interview (ddr-densho-1013-4)

Nisei female. Born January 2, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Spent childhood in San Francisco where family operated successful miso factory and grocery store. Father arrested by FBI in February 1942 and sent to Fort Lincoln internment camp, North Dakota. Family removed to Tanforan Assembly Center and Topaz concentration camp, Utah. Graduated from Topaz High School …

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img Taenaka family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-228)

A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of the Taenakas' relatives in Japan. Include the Satake family; Fusako, Shozo, and Harue Matsui in front of their grocery store; portraits of infants, including Fumiko Satake, the first son of the Satake family, and Shizuko Taenaka. The photographs are probably …

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img Class photo from Porter School in Alameda (ddr-ajah-6-497)

Caption below photo: Nisei Youth at Porter School.

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Information concerning citizenship German, Italian and Japanese Farmers of Alameda County and associated documents for Tomimatsu family (ddr-densho-491-158)

doc Information concerning citizenship German, Italian and Japanese Farmers of Alameda County and associated documents for Tomimatsu family (ddr-densho-491-158)

Including Washington Township JACL property survey, property report and family record

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doc Letter from Miyuki Matsuura to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, October 30, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-214)

A letter from Miyuki Matsuura to her uncle and aunt, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. She thanks them for the chrysanthemums they grew and sent to her. She keeps some of the flowers in her parlor and some of the flowers on Mrs. Freitas' grave. She includes updates on her work including finishing picking tomatoes and starting …

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doc Letter from Kamekichi and Sueno Nakano to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine, June [9?] 1948 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-251)

A letter from Kamekichi and Sueno Nakano in Hiroshima, Japan to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. The letter is singed by both Kamekichi and Sueno, but it appears that it is written by Sueno Nakano. In the letter, Sueno notes that her requested items have arrived and thanks the Okines for them. She has shared tobacco and …

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doc Letter from Jokichi Yamanaka to Mr. S. Okine, May 17, 1948 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-256)

A letter from Jokichi Yamanaka in Hiroshima, Japan to his brother-in-law, Seiichi Okine. He thanks the Okines for the letter, the tobacco, and ajinomoto brought by the Nakano family. He also thanks Hatsuno Hotty Befu for the gifts. He informs that his daughter, Fumiko, has left for the U.S., but it is not clear when he …

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doc Letter from Kamekichi Nakano to Mr. S. Okine, August 27, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-219)

A letter from Kamekichi Nakano in Japan to his brother-in-law, Seiichi Okine. Kamekichi thanks Seiichi for the gifts brought by Jokichi Yamanaka, including sugar and ajinomoto [monosodium glutamate], as there is a scarcity of food in Japan. He describes Masao's visit when he was stationed in Japan and his wishes to meet the Okines', with hopes …

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doc Takeharu Inouye Diary (ddr-densho-365-3)

In the final diary that Takeharu Inouye kept during his internment at Tule Lake, he includes descriptions of the movies he went to see daily, which served as his primary form of recreation. Takeharu also describes his feelings over succeeding and failing in his high school classes, since his friends would cheat off of his work, …

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doc Chapter 8, 9, 10 personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-35)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including movies, dances, dissatisfaction with recreation, family dynamics, desire to leave camp, cultural and generational differences, and weather. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were part of a class assignment and collected for the …

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doc Chapter 2, 3, 4, 5 personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-32)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including weather, social interactions, barracks noise, the desire to leave camp, prospect of discrimination, reflections on "one year since 'evacuation,'" and the journey to camp. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were part of …

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doc Document with photo of Alameda ATK and Meiji University baseball teams and transcription of article about game (ddr-ajah-5-40)

Document includes names. Caption below separate photo: Alameda ATK vs Meiji team (from Japan) - Alameda, CA Meiji tour of America. Geizaburo Okada was head coach at Meiji University from 1923-1935.

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img Duplicated of ddr-ajah-3-218 with individuals identified (ddr-ajah-3-219)

Caption on photo front: 1928 BTOA Joshi Seinenkai "Young Women of Japan"

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doc Letter from Fusako Sasaki to Mr. S. Okine, June 15, 1948 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-293)

A letter from Fusako Sasaki in Hiroshima, Japan to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. She writes about the package of gifts from the Okines and appreciates their help. The package arrived on May 29, 1948 and included cloth, clothes, a sweater, sugar, soap bars, candies, tobacco, and medicines which are scarce in post-war Japan. She laments about …

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doc Chapter 12, 13, 14 personality cards (ddr-csujad-26-39)

Journal entries written by high school students discussing their observations and perspectives on a variety of topics including graduation, the future, finishing high school rather than quitting to find work outside, types of work available, and course planning. Each entry includes the full date and student name. The entries were part of a class assignment and …

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