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vh Ron Osajima Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-486-3)

Growing up in Gardena, California

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vh Fumino Tsuchiya-Knox Interview Segment 7 (ddr-chi-1-12-7)

Attending school in Gardena, California

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vh Toyoko Okumura Interview Segment 3 (ddr-janm-13-6-3)

Recreational activities in Gardena, California

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vh Iku Kiriyama Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-251-7)

The Japanese American community in Gardena, California

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vh Dale Minami Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-141-4)

Importance of sports in the Gardena, California community

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vh Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-150-9)

Encountering housing discrimination in Gardena, California, after World War II

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vh Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-150-8)

Encountering housing discrimination in Gardena, California, after World War II

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vh Sakaye Aratani Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-442-3)

Moving to Gardena, California, where family ran a nursery business

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vh Dale Minami Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-141-3)

Growing up in the "fairly multicultural" community of Gardena, California

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vh Dale Minami Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-141-7)

Discussion of reasons for conformity and competitiveness in Gardena, California

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vh Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-113-5)

Significance of Japanese American leadership and role models in Gardena, California

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vh Paul Bannai Interview II Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-150-12)

Raising children, becoming active in the Japanese American community in Gardena, California

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vh Dale Minami Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-141-2)

Father's life in Gardena, California: gardening and running a sporting goods store in Little Tokyo

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vh Lorraine Bannai Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-113-4)

An exceptional experience: growing up in Gardena, California surrounded by a large Japanese American community

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doc Alien's travel permit (ddr-manz-4-269)

Permit allowing Shinjo Nagatomi and his family to travel to Gardena, California after leaving camp.

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img Mitzi Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-333)

Photographed is Mitzi Masukawa Naohara in Gardena, California. The caption reads: Gardena City. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 21. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_21_012

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vh Bill Nishimura Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-119-10)

Returning to Gardena, California, and restoration of U.S. citizenship with the help of the American Civil Liberties Union

This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

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img Naohara family's house (ddr-csujad-38-339)

Photographed is probably George Naohara inside his house in Gardena, California. The caption reads: Gardena. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 22. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_22_005

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av Hondo dedication and entertainment; Obon; Picnics (ddr-csujad-38-583)

Film footage of activities held at Gardena Buddhist Church, Gardena, California. Included are performances, funerals, carnivals, hanamatsuri events, bon dance, picnics, music and play performances. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_06_01_001

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av Hondo dedication and entertainment; Obon; Picnics (ddr-csujad-38-586)

A digest of the film footage, csudh_nao_0764 Film footage of activities held at Gardena Buddhist Church, Gardena, California. Included are performances, funerals, carnivals, hanamatsuri events, bon dance, picnics, music and play performances. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_06_01_004

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av Hondo dedication and entertainment; Obon; Picnics (ddr-csujad-38-584)

A digest of the film footage, csudh_nao_0764: activities held at Gardena Buddhist Church, Gardena, California. Included are performances, funerals, carnivals, hanamatsuri events, bon dance, picnics, music and play performances. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_06_01_002

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av Hondo dedication and entertainment; Obon; Picnics (ddr-csujad-38-585)

A digest of the film footage, csudh_nao_0764 Film footage of activities held at Gardena Buddhist Church, Gardena, California. Included are performances, funerals, carnivals, hanamatsuri events, bon dance, picnics, music and play performances. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_06_01_003

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av Namiye Fukuzawa Interview (ddr-densho-400-3)

Namiye Fukuzawa was born on June 30, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Namiye's father was a vegetable hauler and her mother was a housewife living in Gardena, California. During World War II, Namiye and her family relocated to Logan, Utah. After the war they moved back to Gardena, California. This interview is part of the South …

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vh Ron Osajima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-486)

Nisei-Sansei male. Born July 8, 1935, in Gardena, California. Spent childhood in Gardena, where father had a wholesale produce business. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Returned to Southern California after leaving camp, living briefly in a hostel set up at the Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Moved …

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av May Minami Interview (ddr-densho-400-16)

May Minami was born on January 26, 1914, in Oxnard, California. She grew up in Gardena, California, where her father was the first person to sell insurance to other Japanese community members. During WWII, her parents were arrested by the FBI and the family was sent to the concentration camp at Rohwer, Arkansas. When she returned …

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