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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-301)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers practicing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Third Obon dancer from the left is identified as Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei …

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-305)

Black and white photographic negative of small audience watching the Obon dance rehearsal inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Fifth from the right standing up in back row of the audience is Larry Tamiyasu. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider …

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-310)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance in front of a small audience inside Norse Hall. Obon dancers from left to right: Shig Yuzuriha, Shig Oka, and Hiro Okayama. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the …

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doc Meal ticket (ddr-csujad-55-1972)

Meal ticket belonging to Masako Adachi, used at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Verso includes mess hall rules. From the Masako Adachi scrapbook, page 20. See also sac_jaac_1953. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1975

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doc Mess No. 3: barrack name list of mess tags issued (ddr-csujad-55-857)

List of names, addresses, and number of mess tags issued by Mess and Lodging Department, Pomona Temporary Assembly Center, to incarcerees for Mess Hall #3. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0859

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doc Notice to report to work on project, W.P.A. Form 402, Masami Iwasa (ddr-csujad-55-169)

Notice for Masami Iwasa to report to work as a laborer in Mess Hall A-1 at Pinedale temporary detention center. W.P.A. Form 402. Federal Works Agency, See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0171

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doc Mess No. 4: barrack name list of mess tags issued (ddr-csujad-55-858)

List of names, addresses, and number of mess tags issued issued by Mess and Lodging Department, Pomona Temporary Assembly Center, to incarcerees for Mess Hall #4. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0860

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doc General plan of activity spacing (ddr-csujad-55-725)

List of recreational activities at Heart Mountain incarceration camp specifying block number, recreation hall number, and location at the north or south end of camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0727

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Narrator Roy H. Matsumoto

Nisei male. Born May 1, 1913, in Laguna, California. Lived in Japan from childhood through teenage years, before returning to the United States during high school. Incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. Volunteered for the U.S. army in 1942, and was inducted in the Military Intelligence Service. Selected …

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img "May I Have Your Attention"- Geo and Kent. Association's New Meeting Hall- Sumitomo Bank Building (ddr-jamsj-1-98)

SJLGA meeting at Sumitomo Bank.

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img Outside the Hood River Japanese Community Hall after Masuo Yasui was honored for services rendered (ddr-densho-259-612)

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doc Program from production of The World of Suzie Wong at the Music Hall in Baltimore (ddr-densho-367-255)

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vh Harry Ueno Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1002-7-13)

Working in the camp mess hall: making do when certain foods are in short supply

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection …

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doc Fresno Grapevine Vol. II No. 6 (August 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-190-26)

Selected article titles: "Election Scheduled for Tonight. Residents to Vote in Mess Halls" (p. 1), "Movies to Start Tomorrow Night. Durbin Picture, 'It Started With Eve' to be First Film" (p. 1), "Identification Needed to Get Registered Mail" (p. 1), "Tomorrow Last Day to Obtain Absentee Form" (p. 1), "More Squash Harvested by Agriculturists" (p. 3), …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol 68, No. 13 (March 28, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-13)

Select article titles: "JACL backs tax hike for Richmond area schools" (p. 1); "Broadcasters Criticized For Bias In Hiring" (p. 1); "JACL explains its role in Title 2 court case" (p. 3); "Dedication of Nisei Hall at Presidio of Monterey gives wide recognition to Japanese Americans" (p. 5); "Test case against detention camps law set for …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, Vol. 8 (February 21, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-8)

Selected article titles: "Growers Council to Recruit Domestic Hands for Bracero" (p.1); "Federal Aid in Housing Periled by Initiative" (p.1), "Tacoma Voters Reject Housing Ordinance" (p.1), "Cortez JACL Planning Community Center" (p.1), "Civil Rights Act" (p.2), "City Hall Approves Li'l Tokio Rebuilding" (p.3), "Once a North Dakota Homesteader, Kitagawa Now a Spry 88" (p.4).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 21 (November 24, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-47)

Selected article titles: "42 Restaurants Along Hwy. 40 Ends Race Bias" (pp. 1, 3), "150 Fresno Area Issei Honored by JACL, Hear Yoshimura Report on 'Issei Story'" (p. 1), "'How Much Nipponese Culture Should We Teach Children?' Revives Memories of Roaring '20 Days of Yesler Way Hall" (p. 3), and "Adopted Children from Japan Picking Up …

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doc Letter from Tsuneo Iwata to members, March 29, 1942 (ddr-csujad-46-17)

Letter from Tsuneo Iwata, president of the Turlock Social Club to Turlock Social Club members in regards to mass removal preparation, Turlock Social Club meetings, and the status of the Social Hall. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csus_nac_0017

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img Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair with Thelma McBride standing next to him near a pond in Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-251)

Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair with Thelma McBride squatting down next to him near a pond in Manzanar incarceration camp. A mess hall and barracks are visible in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0396

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. IV No. 18 (November 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-182)

Selected article titles: "Manzanar to Observe 'National Education Week' November 7-13" (p. 1), "Adams Expects 1000 Clearances Soon" (p. 1), "Man Overcomes Coyote in 'Jungle'" (p. 1), "Mess Hall 2 to Close for Use by Community Management" (p. 1), "Order Turkeys for Thanksgiving Day" (p. 1), "Praise Japanese Furlough Workers" (p. 1), "Hostel Directors Prepare Uniform …

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. 6 No. 64 (January 31, 1945) (ddr-densho-125-308)

Selected article titles: "Adult English Activity Hall Holds Open House" (p. 1), "Union Pacific Brakeman Extradited to Nevada on Assault Charges" (p. 1), "Ask Victory Gardeners Pay Membership Dues" (p. 1), "Nisei Assured of Warm Welcome to University" (p. 1), "Invitation to F.B.I." (p. 2), "Heart Mountain Center Wins Fire Week Award" (p. 2), "Negro Leaders …

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XVII No. 4 (December 24, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-451)

Selected article titles: "Travel Law Must be Obeyed by Workers" (p. 1), "Policies for Use of School Hall Announced" (p. 1), "Residents Anxious to Cooperate with Law and Order" (p. 1), "Editorial: Watch Your Step" (p. 2), "Household Goods May be Shipped from Hawaii" (p. 4), "Council Passes Resolution to Increase Wages" (p. 4), "Christmas Message. …

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XXII No. 6 (January 17, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-604)

Selected article titles: "Discharged Poston Vet Accepted as Hollywood Legion Post Member" (p. 1), "Block 12 Mess Hall to Close. Will Combine with Block 5 February 1" (p. 1), "Ten Families Scheduled to Leave Next Monday for Crystal City, Texas" (p. 1), "Do You Know Someone Who Has Lost Baggage?" (p. 2), "Issei Urged to Resettle …

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img Japanese American butcher (ddr-densho-37-531)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Sam Takeda, a former west coast butcher, cutting a beef quarter in the refrigeration room at the Rohwer Center. With meat rationing strictly adhered to, only experienced butchers are employed in distributing the limited meat supply to mess hall kitchens. They are recurited from center residents, former west …

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img Kabuki performance at Nippon Kan Theatre (ddr-densho-383-362)

Performance of "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura," or "Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees," at Nippon Kan Theatre. Written on back of photograph: "Mid-thirties at Nippon Kan (Hall). A scene from Kabuki - Senbon Zakura (Thousand Sakura). Dancing (Dancer) stems from literature. Mt. Yoshino - site where there are thousands of blossoms? Play-center on Yoshitsune, medieval warrior who …

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