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img Hisato Ichimada and daughter with Masahide Kanayama and Chamber of Commerce president (ddr-njpa-4-114)

Caption on reverse: "ICHIMADA GREETED: Japanese Finance Minister Hisato Ichimada and Financial Commissioner Gengo Suzuki are in Honolulu today enroute home to Tokyo from Washington, D.C., where they attended the general meetings of the International Bank of Reconstruction and Development and International Monetary Fund. Ichimada was accompanied by his daughter, Tomoko, and secretary. The party arrived …

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img Photograph of Kosho Otani, Lady Otani, Zenyu Aoki, and Otani's aide (ddr-njpa-4-1645)

Caption on reverse: "NISHI HONGWANJI HEAD, WIFE GREETED HERE: Chief Abbot Kosho Ohtani, titular head of the Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist sect, and Lady Ohtani arrived here last evening at 6 from Tokyo by Pan American Clipper for a six-day stay before resuming their eight months' world tour next Monday at 9:30 p.m., when they leave for …

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img Neal Blaisdell meeting with hotel directors (ddr-njpa-4-1512)

Caption on reverse: "PACIFIC HOTEL SEMINAR OPENS HERE: Seventy hotelmen from the Pacific's top resort areas gathered here today for the opening of a six-day seminar on all phases of the hotel business this morning at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Attending the meetings are hotelmen from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Philippines, Formosa, Fuji, and the …

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img Wade Warren Thayer and Boy Scouts leader receiving a trophy from Oren E. Long (ddr-njpa-2-1144)

Caption on reverse: "'GOVERNOR'S TROPHY' UP FOR SCOUT COUNCILS: Acting Governor Oren E. Long, right, is shown presenting the 'Governor's Trophy' to Wade Warren Thayer, left, vice-chairman, Region 12, Boy Scouts of America, for safe keeping until it can be awarded at the end of 1950 to the Hawaii Scout Council having the greatest per cent …

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img John H. Wilson and a nisei kabuki player (ddr-njpa-2-916)

Caption on reverse: "MAYOR RECEIVES KABUKI PLAYER: Mayor John H. Wilson greeted a troupe of kabuki girls from the mainland when they made a courtesy call yesteday following their arrival. The mayor is pictured with Miss Miyoko Watanabe, headliner of the show. The troupe, composed entirely of Nisei girls, will put on a kabuki show at …

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img Kaimuki YMCA board of managers (ddr-njpa-2-988)

Caption on reverse: "KAIMUKI BRANCH YMCA OFFICERS: Shown above are the newly-elected officers of the board of managers of Kaimuki Branch YMCA. Left to right, they are: Albert Tyau, secretary; Clesson Chikasuye, chairman; Stanley Sugihara, vice-chairman, and Taichi Matsuno, executive secretary. Missing from the picture is J. C. McLean, treasurer.--(Hawaii Times photo)."

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img Photograph and article regarding a retiring government worker and his replacement (ddr-njpa-2-338)

Article title: "Hiberly Is Retiring From Customs Post"; Sub-heading: "Gillette Designated To Succeed Him as Assistant Collector"; Photo caption: "ASSISTANT CUSTOMS COLLECTOR CHANGES: Warde C. Hiberly (left), who is retiring on April 30 as assistant collector of customs, poses with Glenn Gillette, who has been designated to succeed him.--(Hawaii Times photo by Don Nagano)."

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img Stuart S. Murray and two men looking at samurai swords (ddr-njpa-2-216)

Caption on reverse: "HISTORIC SWORD: A Japanese samurai sword which was given to the Rev. Samuel Chenery Damon by Manjiro Nakahama about a century ago was presented to Rear Adm. S. S. Murray, commandant of the 14th naval district, at a brief ceremony yesterday afternoon at the Honolulu Academy of Arts by Samuel R. Damon, great …

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img George H. McLane being sworn into office (ddr-njpa-2-657)

Caption on reverse: "McLANE HEADS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE: George H. McLane, administrative assistant to Governor Samuel Wilder King for the past 20-1/2 months, was sworn in today at 9:45 a.m. by Chief Justice Edward Towse of the Territorial Supreme Court (left) in a brief Iolani Palace ceremony as director of the Territorial department of public …

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img Wade Warren Thayer, Boy Scouts leader and Oren E. Long posing with trophy (ddr-njpa-2-1145)

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img An Aloha Week king holding a trophy and queen holding an orchid (ddr-njpa-2-571)

Caption on reverse: "Royalty visits orchid show: King William Aipalena Kuloloia and Queen Leah Ching of Aloha Week visited the Honolulu Academy of Arts this morning as the annual exhibit of the Honolulu Orchid Society opened a three-day show. The King is holding the prize wi... trophy while in the Queen's hand is a sample orchid. …

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img Philip L. Rice being congratulated by Edward A. Towse and Ingram Stainback (ddr-njpa-2-1093)

Caption on reverse: "NEW ASSOCIATE JUSTICE: Philip L. Rice (right) was sworn in Tuesday as an associate justice of the territorial supreme court by Supreme Court Justice Edward Towse (left), with Associate Justice Ingram M. Stainback standing between them. A circuit judge on Kauai, Rice was recently appointed to the high court by President Eisenhower and …

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img Two government workers posing behind a desk (ddr-njpa-2-336)

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img Mike Masaoka arriving in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-970)

Caption on reverse: "Mike Masaoka greeted on arrival here: Mike Masaoka (second from left), national legislative director of the Anti-Discrimination Committee of the Japanese-American Citizens' League of Washington, D.C., is shown being greeted upon his arrival here Saturday evening by plane from San Francisco. Pictured with Masaoka are, left to right: Rep. Joseph Itagaki, Miss Margaret …

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img The head of the Girl Scouts in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-843)

Caption on reverse: "National Girl Scout head here: Mrs. Roy F. Layton of Chevy Chase, Md., national president of the Girl Scouts of American, was a special guest at the fall meeting of the Oahu Council of Girl Scouts at 9 this morning at the Ala Wai Clubhouse. She arrived here Tuesday night to visit all …

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img Nisei soldier digging a trench (ddr-densho-114-47)

Original caption: North Africa Theater. Pvt. Fred (Angel) Ogata, Pahala, Hawaii, digs a slit trench. He is Japanese in the U.S. Army. 1943.

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doc Letter from Issei man to wife (August 11, 1942) (ddr-densho-140-124)

Excerpt: "We have no kodak at all but a portrait painter Hawaii man, one of the barrack captain, to portray of my face."

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img Obituary for J. Walter Doyle (ddr-njpa-2-251)

Newspaper clipping of the obituary for J. Walter Doyle, U.S. Customs Collector in Hawaii. Title: "J. Walter Doyle Dies Suddenly Of Heart Attack."

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Roy W. Howard (ddr-njpa-1-641)

Caption on front [translation]: "Opposed to Oil Embargo on Japan. Newspaper King Howard Speaks While Visiting Hawaii. [most of article's body is missing]."

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doc Scene the International East-West Magazine Vol. 5 No. 2 (June 1953) (ddr-densho-266-55)

Selected article titles: "Leis and tears greet returning POW" (p. 8), "Why statehood for Hawaii" (p. 16), "Bay area's young Christians" (p. 18).

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doc Letter from Otoharu Takahashi to Henri Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-138)

Planning a trip to Korea and China with a friend from Hawaii, news of Julia Sachiko at school. Letter in English and Japanese.

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doc War Declared by U.S.; 1,500 Dead in Attack on Hawaii (December 8, 1941) (ddr-densho-56-1201)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 8, 1941, pp. 1, 3

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doc Letter from Commander John Ford to Frank Knox about the Japanese in Hawaii (ddr-densho-67-47)

Letter from Commander John Ford to Frank Knox about the Japanese in Hawaii. He warns about the infiltration of "disloyals" and stresses the failure of the FBI and military in controlling the situation. Also mentions the Big Five's dependence on skilled Japanese labor. Knox forwards this to President Roosevelt urging him to consider evacuating all Japanese …

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img Miss Hawaii and two men in Navy dress whites reading Washington Monument sign (ddr-njpa-2-836)

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img Sears executive giving a check to a University of Hawaii president and dean (ddr-njpa-2-1011)

Caption on reverse: "SEARS SCHOLARSHIP: For the fifth consecutive year Sears Roebuck Foundation has awarded a $2,000 four-year scholarship in general agriculture at the University of Hawaii. Morley L. Theaker (left) is pictured as he presented the check last week to UH President Dr. Paul S. Bachman with Harold A. Wadsworth, dean of the college of …

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