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vh Eric K. Yamamoto Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-235-20)

Remember a speech given by Fred Korematsu at the University of Hawaii Law School

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vh Kiyoko Morey Kaneko Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-225-20)

Living in Hawaii during the bombing of Pearl Harbor: seeing the planes fly overhead

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vh Sarah Sato Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-81-14)

Life in Hawaii following the bombing, carrying "American" identification cards and building bomb shelters

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doc Two Honolulu ikebana association leaders (ddr-njpa-4-2501)

Caption on front: "Presented above, left to right, are new President Miss Hisako Kurakake and Immediate Past President Mrs. Pearl Jensen of the Honolulu, Hawaii Chapter of the Ikebana International, which held its annual installation banquet yesterday in the Diamond Head Suite of the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel. Chapter officers for the 1963-1964 term are president, …

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img Kocho Otani, his wife, and others wearing leis (ddr-njpa-4-1896)

Caption on reverse: "CHIEF ABBOT AND PARTY ARRIVE: Chief Abbot Kocho Otani of the Higashi Hongwanji sect, Mrs. Otani and three members of their party arrived here yesterday afternoon aboard the President Cleveland for a two-week stay before resuming their trip to the mainland. Seated are Chief Abbot and Mrs. Otani, and standing, left to right, …

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img Four men looking at the Johnson Hall dedication plaque (ddr-njpa-2-1026)

Caption on reverse: "NEW U.H. RESIDENCE HALL FOR MEN DEDICATED: The new $350,000 residence hall for men at the University of Hawaii at 2555 Dole Street, opposite Cooke Field, was dedicated yesterday at 4 p.m. The building, dedicated to those who served the cause of freedom in the armed services, is the third unit of the …

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img Queens of Asian cultural festivals and an Aloha Week king posing with cups of tea (ddr-njpa-2-565)

Caption on reverse: "Presented above is the international royalty who participate [sic] in last night's Open House of the 14th Annual Narcissus Festival. They are, left to right--Korean Queen, Aloha Week King (Hawaiian), Narcissus Festival Queen Kathleen Kong, Filipina Queen and Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Janet Nishino (AJA). (Hawaii Times photo by Noboru Kawaguchi and caption …

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img Article regarding preparations for a meeting between Eisenhower and Prince Akihito (ddr-njpa-2-919)

Article title: "Eisenhower, Crown Prince May Meet"; Article sub-heading: "Meeting to Occur On Return Trip; Aloha Plans Set"

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img A king and queen of Aloha Week gathered with others in formal dress (ddr-njpa-2-500)

Caption on reverse: "Presented above are the King and Queen of Aloha Week (Mr. Sargent Kahanamoku and Mrs. Anna Kahanamoku), the first husband-and-wife royalty of Aloha Week, who held a court reception last Saturday evening at historic Iolani Palace. The King and Queen yesterday attended services at historic Kawaiahao Church, the Westminster Abbey of Hawaii. Starting …

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img John H. Wilson and Junior Red Cross members (ddr-njpa-2-917)

Caption on reverse: "MAYOR WILSON GIVES SUPPORT TO RED CROSS DRIVE: Mayor John H. Wilson gave his full indorsement [sic] to the Hawaii Chapter of the American Red Cross in its 1950 fund campaign which starts today with a goal of $250,000, when a group of Junior Red Cross members called on him yesterday. Above, left …

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img Honolulu Chamber of Commerce president, predecessor and his wife, and Honolulu postmaster (ddr-njpa-2-1049)

Caption on reverse: "BACK FROM JAPAN VISIT: Four Honolulans returned from a two-week visit to Japan as guests of Japan Air Lines aboard JAL's 'City of Tokyo' Saturday night. Left to right, they were: Porter Dickinson, immediate past president of the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce; Mrs. Dickinson; Richard H. Wheeler, president of the Honolulu Chamber, and …

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img Samuel Wilder King at Ala Moana Beach with a city employee and two young boys (ddr-njpa-2-210)

Caption on reverse: "CITY GETS NEW ALA MOANA BEACH AREA: The new $43,000 Ala Moana beach and swimming area was officially transferred to the city-county by the territory at a ceremony held yesterday at 11 a.m. Left to right: Kneeling, John P. Creedon, city-county parks board chairman, and Gov. Samuel Wilder King, who were among the …

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img Two women showing a stuffed animal to Ingram Stainback (ddr-njpa-2-1192)

Caption on reverse: "BE KIND TO ANIMALS WEEK PROCLAIMED: A proclamation designating May 1 to 7 as Be Kind to Animals Week in the territory was signed today by Governor Stainback. Above, left to right, are the governor, Mrs. T. W. Carpenter, executive officer of the Humane Society, and Miss Marion E. Pruyn, director of marionettes, …

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img J. Q. Adams presenting a historical document to J. Frank McLaughlin (ddr-njpa-2-3)

Caption on reverse: "LOCAL FEDERAL COURT GETS HISTORICAL DOCUMENT: Federal Judge J. Frank McLaughlin (second from left) is shown being presented with a copy of the Declaration of Independence for his court by J. Q. Adams (extreme right), vice-president of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Honolulu yesterday at a Honolulu Junior Chamber of Commerce luncheon at …

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img Esther Williams and Ben Gage with their son Benji (ddr-njpa-1-2403)

Caption on reverse: "Film star and family on the beach: Esther Williams, her husband Ben Gage and their seven-month-old son Benjie posed for this photo Thursday afternoon at their rented home at Waikiki, Miss Williams is here to star in MGM's Technicolor film, 'Pagan Love Song,' which will be shot on Kauai begining April 1 or …

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doc Takeo Fujii (ddr-njpa-5-733)

Translation of article: Takeo Fujii graduated from McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1929, and from the University of Hawaii in 1933. he studied in Japan for a year and a half, then returned to the U.S. and graduated from Creighton University in 1939 and became a doctor.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 19 (November 6, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-45)

Selected article titles: "7,000,000 Californians Vote; Dump Fair Housing Law 2-1" (p.1), "Civil Rights Law Compliance Widespread, President Declares" (p.1), "Hawaii High Court Affirms GI Vote Ban" (p.1), "JHP Interviewers in Urban Areas Facing Deadline" (p.1), "Hawaii Press Bares Campaign Racism" (p.3).

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 52, No. 15 (April 14, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-15)

Selected article titles: "Rep. Inouye Points to Michener's Support of Democrats in Hawaii as 'Sore Point' but That Wouldn't Be Race Prejudice" (p. 1), "Honolulu's Mixed Marriages Disagree with Michener's Feeling More Discrimination Exists in Hawaii than in Pennsylvania" (p. 2), and "Vagaries: Why 'Jap' Is Offensive" (p. 3).

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doc Article regarding a Japanese vice consul and his family (ddr-njpa-4-1876)

Article title [translation]: "Vice Consul Torao Oshio, who looks young and has varied tastes, arrived in Hawaii last night."

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img Husband and wife posing with leis (ddr-njpa-4-1504)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Tokyo. Owner of Nonomiya. Yasuo Nojima and wife Ine visited Hawaii by the Chichibu Maru."

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doc Envelope of Shinichi Hashibe photographs (ddr-njpa-5-1191)

Caption on front [translation]: "Principal from Kyoritsu Japanese language school is now a teacher at a Hawaii secondary school."

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img Ichitaro Fujii (ddr-njpa-5-982)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Manager of Kumamoto-ya Hotel in Yokoyama, Japan, came to Hawaii on September 15, 1940."

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doc Envelope of Ichitaro Fujii photographs (ddr-njpa-5-981)

Caption on front [translation]: "Manager of Kumamoto-ya Hotel in Yokoyama, Japan, came to Hawaii on September 15, 1940."

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doc Scene the International East-West Magazine Vol. 5 No. 11 (June 1954) (ddr-densho-266-64)

Selected article titles: "Honolulu's Dancing Girls" (p. 10), "The Koreans of Hawaii" (p. 25), "U.S. Sees Kabuki" (p. 27).

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doc Olla Sugar Co. legal document (ddr-densho-1007-940)

Labor contract between Olaa Sugar Company and Haruemon Miyashita and his wife, who were immigrants to Hawaii from Japan.

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