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Mitsuko Hashiguchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-12)
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Nisei female. Born January 25, 1921, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on a Bellevue farm, married and had a child before being incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In her interview, she discusses the Japanese American community in Bellevue before and after World War II.
Family photo (ddr-densho-63-2)
img Family photo (ddr-densho-63-2)
Back row (L to R): sons Les, Wayne, and Glenn. Front row (L to R): husband Mutsuo, Mitsuko. Husband was the sixth son of eight boys.
Family visiting Japan (ddr-densho-63-3)
img Family visiting Japan (ddr-densho-63-3)
L to R: Mitsuko Hashiguchi's aunt Makijan, sister Shizue, niece Jean, and sister Yoshie. The purpose of this trip was to visit Mitsuko's two sisters who were born in Japan and left there when their mother and father came to the U.S. They lived with their grandmother in Japan, were going to be educated in Japan …
Workers packing school lunches (ddr-densho-63-5)
img Workers packing school lunches (ddr-densho-63-5)
Mitsuko Hashiguchi is in the foreground and Norma Warner is in back. Mitsuko is packing cold packs and Norma is packing hot foods at Bellevue High School. They had to begin cooking and packing at 5 a.m., and the lunches had to go out at 9 a.m. to be delivered to the schools. Mitsuko's husband was …
Bellevue School District worker (ddr-densho-63-4)
img Bellevue School District worker (ddr-densho-63-4)
Borghild Ringdall, the woman who began the school lunch program in Bellevue, gave Mitsuko Hashiguchi a job with the school district. Mitsuko knew her from before World War II.
Hashiguchi Collection (ddr-densho-63)
Collection Hashiguchi Collection (ddr-densho-63)
The Hashiguchi collection consists of personal photographs from the family of Mitsuko Hashiguchi, who was interviewed by Densho in 1998.

Narrator Mitsuko Hashiguchi

Nisei female. Born January 25, 1921, in Bellevue, Washington. Raised on a Bellevue farm, married and had a child before being incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. In her interview, she discusses the Japanese American community in Bellevue before and after World War II.
Mitsuko Hashiguchi Segment 52 (ddr-densho-1000-12-52)
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Temporarily leaving camp to work as laborers: harvesting sugar beets in Montana
Mitsuko Hashiguchi Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-12-20)
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Social, cultural activities for the Nisei in the prewar Bellevue, Washington, community
Mitsuko Hashiguchi Segment 62 (ddr-densho-1000-12-62)
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Shock at condition of family farm upon returning after the war
Mitsuko Hashiguchi Segment 74 (ddr-densho-1000-12-74)
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Involvement in community activities, winning the Community Bridge Builder Award in Bellevue
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