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Collection Matsumoto Collection (ddr-densho-107)

The Matsumoto collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Ranger Roy H. Matsumoto, who was interviewed by Densho in 2003. Mr. Matsumoto was one of the famed Merrill's Marauders, and the photographs depict aspects of his life from his childhood in California through his induction into the Ranger Hall of Fame.

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doc Topaz Times Vol. II No. 40 (February 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-103)

Selected article titles: "Registration Hall Swamped by Residents" (p. 1), "Block Workers to Clarify Forms and Questions" (p. 1), "Message on Loyalty Sent Dillon Myer" (p. 1), "WRA Assumes Resident Property Responsibility" (p. 2).

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. VII No. 2 (July 7, 1945) (ddr-densho-143-284)

Selected article titles: "Special Coaches Cancelled. Equipment Needed for Military Use" (p. 1), "Mess Hall 5, 10, 14, 27, 32 to Close Soon" (p. 1), "Community Service for Evacuees Begun in LA" (p. 1).

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doc Poston Press Bulletin Vol. VIII No. 1 (December 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-177)

Selected article titles: "Name the Newspaper and Win a 5,000 Dollar Prize" (p. 1), "Chicken for Christmas to Arrive on Dec. 21" (p. 1), "Mess Hall Workers Assured They May Keep 'Work'" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-145-177/

img Nisei man with tennis racquet (ddr-densho-259-420)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay [Yasui] holding a tennis racquet behind his arms. This surely must have been taken at the dirt tennis court which had been built at the old Japanese Community Hall."

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img Mo'oheau Bandstand (ddr-densho-492-23)

Photograph of a bandstand in Mo'oheau Park with a crowd forming around it. Written in the upper left corner is "Hilo" in blue ink. Written on the back is "Mooheau Hall" in black ink.

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img Wang Jingwei giving a speech (ddr-njpa-1-1072)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "China [illegible] News. Guangdong (8) (No. 7 is missing). 1. President Wang visits Guangdong. Wang Jingwei directing important Guangdong officials at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. [Stamped] April 15, 1940."

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img Issei gathered for memorial service (ddr-densho-259-364)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of mostly adult Issei men and women in formal dress in a small meeting hall. I believe that this was the Knights of Pythias Hall which the early Issei pioneers rented for their events. [In this picture,] the Issei remembered their comrades who had earlier died in Hood River...A friend …

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img Tea ceremony demonstration (ddr-densho-259-135)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] teaching a tea ceremony class at the [Hood River] Japanese Community Hall. Most of the women are dressed in kimono, but all of them probably had been taking lessons."

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img Six men (ddr-densho-471-83)

Six men pose in front of a building. Two of the men are crouching, and the other four men stand behind them. There is a sign behind the men about eating at the mess hall.

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img Rev. Joshin and Yukiko Motoyoshi sitting at banquet table (ddr-ajah-6-96)

Caption below photo: Farewell banquet for Rev. Joshin and Yukiko Motoyoshi, Buddhist Temple of Alameda social hall. The family was being transferred to the Fresno Buddhist Betsuin. The Motoyoshis served BTOA from 1932 to 1948.

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img Yukiko and Joshin Motoyoshi at farewell dinner (ddr-ajah-6-658)

Caption below photo: Farewell banquet for Rev. Joshin and Yukiko Motoyoshi, Buddhist Temple of Alameda Social hall. The family was being transferred to the Fresno Buddhist Betsuin. The Motoyoshi served BTOA from 1932 to 1948/

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img Child standing between barracks (ddr-densho-37-777)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. It is a long time between meals at the mess hall for a hungry man, so the cracker box at the Kobayashi barracks gets a frequent raiding.

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img Group of men (ddr-densho-313-38)

Written on back: classmates' names and "Class of 1932".

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doc Salinas Village Crier No. 5 (June 6, 1942) (ddr-densho-195-5)

Selected article titles: "Graduation Plans for Salinas Seniors" (p. 1), "Reception Hall Facilities Completed" (p. 1), "Typhoid Delinquents, Please Note" (p. 1), "Center Store -- A Popular Rendezvous" (p. 2), "Intra-Center Post Office Functioning" (p. 2).

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 68 (September 19, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-55)

"Asks for Unity on Bainbridge in Hall Issue" (p. 1), "Canada Ends Voluntary "Repatriation' of Japanese at Government Expense" (p. 1), "Backs Americanism Body's Action" (p. 1), "LARA Reports Relief Aid to Needy Japan" (p. 1).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No. 20 (Novemeber 11, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-46)

Select article titles: "Wash. Alien land law repeal defeated" (p.1); "San Diego Issei challenged at poll, refused ballot because of literacy test" (p.1); "Army Reserve to Dedicate Hall to Nisei GI Hero" (p.8)

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img Shinji Shirakawa, J.B., and Shuniehi Murakami in front of the plain hall, K. U. (ddr-densho-468-451)

Black and white photo of three men sitting on a bench outside a building. Caption on album page: "Shinji Shirakawa, J.B., and Shuniehi Murakami in front of the plain hall, K. U." written in white pencil.

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img Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara sitting on stairway (ddr-ajah-6-517)

Caption below photo: Sporting pigtails is Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA, on the steps of Mary Help Hall (the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda), circa 1929. Nellie is about 15 years old here.

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doc Japanese Americans in internment camps 1942-1946, physical layout of the WRA camps (ddr-csujad-55-2495)

Document detailing the physical layout and qualities of incarceration camps. Covers: isolation centers, assembly centers, permanent relocation centers, farm area, administrative area, internee area, barracks, mess hall, boiler room, recreation hall, block manager, ward, hospital schools, canteens, utilities, employment and salary, other centers, progressive project directors, camp closing, Tule Lake closure, and post-war years. See this …

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img Santiago Mendez de Vigo and his wife (ddr-njpa-1-427)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Spanish Ambassador Presents Credentials - at the Phoenix Hall in the Palace - Santiago Mendez de Vigo, recently appointed the first ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Japan since the revolution in the Spanish republic, visited the imperial palace at 11 a.m. on the 25th at the invitation of Court Ceremonies Official Soma. …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 2 (January 15, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-2)

Selected article titles: "Anti-Nisei discrimination feared again in city civil service system" (p.1), "White House staffer to address D.C. JACL's 25th inaugural" (p. 1), "San Francisco Grand Jury report denounces city hall leadership" (p.3)

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doc Poston Information Bulletin Vol. I No. 3 (May 15, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-3)

Selected article titles: "Community Night" (p. 1), "Wanted: Issei and Nisei Talents" (p. 1), "Recreational Hall Now Open in Block 5" (p. 1), "Camp Store" (p. 1), "Definitions: Use These Terms in Writing to Friends" (p. 2).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. II No. 50 (March 1, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-113)

Selected article titles: "Entertainment for Womenfolk Set for Mar. 3" (p. 1), "WAAC May be Opened to Citizen Women" (p. 1), "Youth Problems Cited Before City Council" (p. 1), "Efficiency Award Given to Dining Hall" (p. 1).

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img Fujitaro Kubota and crew placing stones at Campion Hall, Seattle University (ddr-densho-354-2116)

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