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Description of prewar Yamato Hall: raided during Prohibition
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Selected article titles: "Hospital to be Equipped with Steam Boilers" (p. 1), "Store Construction Plans Approved" (p. 1), "Beauty Apparatus on Way, Report" (p. 1), "Council Committees Present Reports. Medical Mess Hall and Water Supply Situations Clarified at Meeting" (p. 3).
This is possibly Block 16 of the Minidoka concentration camp. The long building on the left was the recreational hall. The torii, or bird perch, on the right was made by camp inmates. A row of barracks is in the background.
A letter from Tatsuya Ichikawa, President of the Buddhist Mission Society (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple), to Pierce A. Horrocks, Architect, advising him that the Board of Directors has formally approved plans and specifications for the church edifice and social hall.
U.S. Assistant Deputy Attorney General James Turner presenting a redress check to Mr. Frank Yatsu, 105 years old. This ceremony at the Nisei Veterans Hall honored five Issei, all at least 100 years old, and presented them with their redress checks.
Note about Carroll Hall and Mrs. Len Broeck Williamson, Letters to Mrs. Robert Van Note, Florence Workman, N.F. Woolf, Annette Robyns, Wayne Placek, Esther Cooley Page, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Katzman, Susan Karstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Bielowski from Tami (Tomoye) Takahashi
Notice addressed to Tomio Itabashi calling him to work in the role of "Foreman, Grade B" at the C 1 Mess Hall at 2:30pm on the day the notice was issued. Sex marked "M" race marked "J". Signatures illegible.
Selected article titles: "Tentative Plans Call for Parley of Nations in '36" (p. 1), "Green Lake Nine Takes Third Win Over Taiyo Reds" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "Ballyhoo to Fill Air at Commerce Hall This Evening" (p. 4)
Nisei male. Born April 14, 1907, in Pauilo, Hawaii. Lived in Japan from 1915 to 1923, and settled on the mainland upon his return to the United States. Was married in 1930, and was removed along with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. While in Manzanar, organized the Mess Hall Workers Union. …
Turlock Social Club annual meeting held in the Turlock Social Club hall. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0047
Looking toward Genbaku Dome (atomic bomb dome) located near the epicenter of atomic destruction of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. This building was a commercial exhibition hall. Roy Matsumoto's mother and other members of his family lived two blocks from this dome.
Selected article titles: "War Dept., WRA Plans to be Heard Tonight" (p. 1), "Art School Head and Wife Speak at University" (p. 1), "President Endorses Combat Team Plans" (p. 1), "Letter from FDR" (p. 1), "Dining Hall to Cook Diet Foods" (p. 1).
Selected article titles: "Tule Nisei Dies from MP's Shot " (p. 1), "New Gate Control Method Released. Red & Blue Badges to Identify Hikers, Shoppers" (p. 2), "Hospital Mess Hall Cleaned by Block Managers, Painters Needed" (p. 2), "Sentry Shoots Nisei at Tule " (p. 3).
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of the young Dee Nisei boys pictured with [Japanese language teacher] Haru Tsuji. Since Toru Hasegawa is also in this picture, maybe some of the Oak Grove Nisei attended the language school at the Dee Community Hall."
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Five Nisei girls who lived in Dee [Oregon]. This picture was taken on the south side of the old Dee Japanese Community Hall. I can identify Mikie Kageyama and Hannah Kinoshita but I don't recognize the other three."
Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii was the guest of honor at this dedication honoring fallen Nisei soldiers from Washington State. The memorial is located at the Nisei Veterans Hall in Seattle, Washington. Left to right: Senator Daniel Inouye, unidentified, unidentified, and Seiji Hata.