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img South side of Bellarmine Hall, 12th and Cherry, looking north. Seattle University (ddr-densho-354-2762)

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img North of "Japanese Tea Garden" area east of Campion Hall, Seattle University (ddr-densho-354-2753)

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img View from new garden installation toward Bannan Hall on Seattle University campus (ddr-densho-354-2103)

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img North of "Japanese Tea Garden" area east of Campion Hall, Seattle University (ddr-densho-354-2754)

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Narrator Harry Ueno

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. …

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doc Turlock Social Club annual meeting minutes, February 7, 1937 (ddr-csujad-46-47)

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

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img Atomic bomb dome (ddr-densho-107-39)

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.

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doc Topaz Times Vol. II No. 32 (February 8, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-94)

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).

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doc Topaz Times Vol. VII No. 17 (May 27, 1944) (ddr-densho-142-310)

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).

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img Nisei boys at Japanese language school (ddr-densho-259-187)

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."

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img "Girls from Dee" (ddr-densho-259-272)

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."

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img Dedication of Nisei veterans memorial (ddr-densho-26-1)

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.

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img Issei man receiving his redress check (ddr-densho-26-17)

U.S. Assistant Deputy Attorney General James Turner presenting a redress check to Mr. Frank Yatsu, 105 years old. The check-presentation ceremony, honoring five Issei who were 100 years old or more, took place at the Nisei Veterans Hall in Seattle, Washington.

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img Wang Jingwei at the Qingdoa conference (ddr-njpa-1-1051)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "2nd Day of the Qingdao Conference. (Qingdao 26th). 1. The conference continued with Wang taking the lead. Photograph: (from right) Wen, Liang, Wang, Wang, Wang Kemin (taken at the reception hall on the 25th). [Stamped] January 26, 1940."

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img 10th Annual 4H Club camp 1931 (ddr-densho-359-7)

Group photograph of the attendess of the 4H Club Camp in 1931 at State College of Washington in Pullman, Washing. Written on the back of the photograph "Mrs. Pearl Munn Leland, Wash. Jefferson Co. Staying at Stevens hall. 10 annual Alice Kawamoto".

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-306)

Black and white photographic negative of small audience watching the Obon dance rehearsal inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community.

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 1 (March 22, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-182)

Selected article titles: "High Schools To Reopen Thurs." (p. 1), "Shortage: Milk Cans Unreturned" (p. 1), "Workers' Buttons" (p. 1), "Outside Job Office is Moved to Visitors Hall" (p. 1), "Registration Answer Changes: Question 27, 28 "No" Replies May Be Altered to "Yes" Smith Says" (p. 1), "Outside Job Office Is Moved to Visitors Hall" (p. …

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doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 146 (November 16, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-368)

Selected article titles: "Representative of FBIs Here to Recruit Translators" (p. 1), "More Job Offers Received at Outside Employment Office" (p. 2), "Hostel Representative Available for Interviews" (p. 2), "Federal Excise Tax to be Collected" (p. 3), "Recreation Hall Permits Must be Renewed" (p. 3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 50 No. 7 (February 12, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-7)

Select article titles: "JACL viewed as 'best insurance' against repeal of bitter prejudice of prewar eras" (p.1); "JACL Chapters urged to support Civil Rights Push" (p. 1); "Yamasaki named architect for Century 21 Exposition $3 1/2-million hall of science" (p.6)

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 104, No. 16 (April 24, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-16)

Selected article titles: "Parallel Between Treatment of Palestinians and JAs Seen" (pp. 1, 3), "Hirabayashi, Other Asians Listed in Wash. Hall of Fame" (pp. 1, 3), "Conference to Look at How to Resolve Inter-Ethnic Conflict" (p. 3), and "Action in the Senate" (p. 4).

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img Arts and crafts festival (ddr-densho-37-504)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Evacuee residents at the Granada Relocation Center, viewing exhibits at the Arts and Crafts Festival in Terry Hall, March 6th to 8th. This festival was sponsored by the Education Division and the "Pioneer," the center newspaper.

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img Farm crew (ddr-densho-151-389)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Farm crew of which Johnny Fukazawa is foreman. These men are ready to return to the center's mess hall for lunch after a busy morning in the fields of the farm project at this War Relocation Authority center.

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. V No. 22 (July 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-119-148)

Selected article titles: "Four Dining Hall Closures Announced" (p. 1), "Relocatees Assistance Asked by D.S. Myer" (p. 1), "Irrigator Pays Tribute to Hunt Men Killed in Action" (p. 1), "The Last Chapter" (p. 2), "We Come to the End -- Looking to the Future" (p. 4).

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doc Report titled: "Brief Report of the Kibei Meeting Held at Mess Hall 15" (ddr-densho-67-43)

Letter and report sent by Fred Tayama to Major Rudisill. The report is entitled: "Brief Report of the Kibei Meeting Held at Mess Hall 15." Tayama requests that renunciation of American citizenship be permitted, and segregation of the "disloyal" Japanese commenced. Meeting focused on internal improvement issues, arguments and tension between pro-Japanese and pro-American individuals.

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img William Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury speaking in the Royal Albert Hall (ddr-njpa-1-89)

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