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777 items
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Hood River Japanese community band (ddr-densho-259-319)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Hood River Japanese community band--or maybe it was the Hood River Japanese Methodist Church Band I think that LeRoy Burns used to lead this band and maybe later on it was a Mr. Savo, but in this picture, neither of them are pictured. This was taken on the wooden front steps …
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"Hood River Japanese community welcoming dignitaries" (ddr-densho-259-299)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Hood River Japanese community welcoming dignitaries." Caption by Homer Yasui: "A very large gathering of Nikkei in front of the Hood River Japanese Community Hall I will guess that the couple in the center was the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Debuchi Kakka and Mrs. Debuchi. According to Corky Kawasaki, Kakka …
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Camp street (ddr-densho-37-823)
Original WRA caption: Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. Looking down the rows of barracks westward from block 44. At extreme left is a corner of the dining hall where the 275 to 300 residents of the block eat. At center background is the sanitation building including showers, lavatories, toilets and washtubs. Nearly all the residents planted …
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Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-37-424)
Original WRA caption: Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. Looking down at the rows of barracks westward from block 44. At extreme left is a corner of the dining hall where the 275 to 300 residents of the block eat. At center background is the sanitation building including showers, lavatories, toilets and washtubs. Nearly all the residents …
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Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-311)
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, Hiro Okayama, unidentified, and Arthur Ojiro “Art” Sasaki. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist …
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Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-297)
Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Dancers form two circles, leader of outer circle is Tomi Tsujimura, leader of inner circle is Harue Akiyama, the Odori dance teacher. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon …
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Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-316)
Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Dancers from left to right: Betty Nakashimada, Aki (Shiraishi) Dong, Mabel (Maekawa) Ota, Carol (Takeda) Smith, unidentified, Tomi Tsujimura, Susan Shizuko (Yoshida) Kurimoto. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as …
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JACL Bulletin, 1941 (ddr-sjacl-1-12)
Bulletin and minutes covering the following topics: President, Toshie Hoshide; Inaugural Ball (Seattle, White River, Puyallup Valley, Tacoma Chapters) New Washington Hotel (Westin?), 9:00 PM-12:30 AM; Annual Bazaar, 3/9/41, Washington Hall; NWDC-Yakima, Portland, Tacoma, White River, Puyallup Vallet, Seattle; Souvenir Gavel to Takeo Noguchi (President-1934, 1935, 1939, and 1940; Mayoral speakers and Council members spoke; 8:00-10:20 …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 99 (July 15, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-253)
Selected article titles: "Hospitality Committee is Organized in New England" (p. 1), "Myer Talks Tonight" (p. 1), "More Civil Service Exams to Be Given in Project" (p. 1), "Manzanar Has Jr. College" (p. 1), "Four-Week Period Mess Hall Judgings Given" (p. 1), "Advisory Committee: Avoid Starting New "Little Tokios" in Relocating" (p. 2), "Speeches Made in …
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Fresno Grapevine Vol. II No. 11 (September 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-190-31)
Selected article titles: "Building Trade School Planned. Training for Employees is Contemplated" (p. 1), "Center Students Get Extended Vacation" (p. 1), "Bad News! Center Payroll Delayed" (p. 1), "Training for Employees is Contemplated" (p. 1), "Sept 7 -- Labor Day. A Salute to the Laborers Our Army Behind the Army" (p. 2), "'E' Excellence Flag Won …
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Pomona Center News Vol. I No. 15 (July 14, 1942) (ddr-densho-193-15)
Selected article titles: "Evacuees Eligible for Benefits Under Federal Social Security Act. Payments Due Many in Centers" (p. 1), "Ban on Sale of Soda Pops Lifted But -- " (p. 1), "Japanese Print of Any Kind Forbidden Here" (p. 1), "500-Ft Fire Hose Added" (p. 2), "Skunk Scents Center" (p. 3), "Plan Dry Cleaning Service" (p. …
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. I No. 6 (November 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-97-104)
Selected article titles: "Individual Resettlement in Non-Military Areas Stressed at JACL Parley" (p. 1), "'Sunrise to Sunset' Privileges for Center Residents Planned. Leaders to be Trained as Guides" (p. 1), "Receive Books to Aid Study of Japanese" (p. 1), "Locks Not Allowed on Recreation Hall" (p. 2), "First Wedding in Center Held on Thanksgiving Day" (p. …
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Meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, January 18, 1940 (ddr-csujad-44-145)
Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Topics include the installation of new chapter officers, raising money for the National Infantile Paralysis Fund through JACL-sponsored benefits, and the lawn project at the Japanese Association Hall. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0144
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Girls in kimonos (ddr-densho-134-27)
Students of the Japanese Language School in North Seattle gather in the playground. The school was housed in the Green Lake Community Hall, located at North 100th and Corliss Avenue. The building was eventually enlarged as the program grew more and more popular. (L to R): Molly Kitajima, Michiko Nakawatase, Kazue Kitajima, Kazuko Sasaki, Chimiko Nakawatase, …
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Poston Chronicle Vol. X No. XII (February 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-244)
Selected article titles: "Fire Hits Poston One. Block 36 Mess Hall Burns Down in Unit I. Fire Dept. Commended for Fine Work in Preventing Further Catastrophe: Residents Aid Clean Up" (p. 1), "Voice of an Issei: On the Birth of a Man-God" (p. 2), "Unsung Heroes of Poston" (p. 2), "Tractor Driver Receives Injuries; Resting Well" …
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4362 (September 15, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-73)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Get Indian's Praise: Japanese Americans Crack GIS Says Washington Man"; "Japanese Americans Need Lodging in N.Y."; "Tule Lake Mess Hall Destroyed by Fire"; "The Romance of a Better World. Based Upon You and 'The Other Fellow'"; "Glance Forward!!"; "Kalifornians' Nisei Bowlers Dance Set for Midland Hotel, Sept. 22"; "Commander of Nisei Unit …
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Christmas celebration (ddr-densho-37-503)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Christmas at the Granada Relocation Center didn't provide a Christmas tree for each barracks room home, but there was one at each mess hall, and it is the steward himself in a pair of red pajamas and a Santa Claus mask that makes the yuletide real for these …
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Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-303)
Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers practicing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Second dancer from the left is identified as Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando. Young boy and third standing audience member from the left is identified as Eddie Tamiyasu. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist …
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Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-317)
Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Dancers from left to right: Patricia “Pat” (Ikata) Iboshi, Marjory "Marge" (Ando) Smith, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified, Toshiko (Maekawa) Okino, Susan Shizuko (Yoshida) Kurimoto, and Nobuko Yoshida. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church …
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Domoto Family induction program (ddr-densho-329-843)
Program from the award presentation and induction of the Domoto family into the California Floriculture Hall of Fame, presented by the Kee Kitayama Research Foundation and the California Ornamental Research Foundation. Program includes a schedule of events, a two-page history of the Domoto family's nursery and its impact on the floriculture industry, and credits to event …
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Sentinel supplement, series 63 (May 4, 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1051)
News bulletin for incarcerees covering announcements, events, programs, policies, recreational activities, and jobs at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Current issue includes information on farm employment, jobs for educators and nurses, sports briefs, and recreation hall availability. Includes section in Japanese. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1053
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Wartime Civil Control Administration office (ddr-densho-151-286)
Original caption: Woodland, California. Entrance to American Legion Hall, now used by Wartime Civil Control Administration. Here persons of Japanese ancestry come to receive necessary assistance in the final arrangement of their affairs. There were aproximately 450 persons evacuated from this area by train on the morning of this day. On the following morning the remaining …
Narrator Fred Korematsu
Nisei male. Born January 30, 1919, in Oakland, California. Mr. Korematsu was working as a welder in San Francisco when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After Executive Order 9066 was issued in 1942, he decided to resist the evacuation orders, and was not removed with his family. He was arrested in May of …
