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320 items
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Issei man preparing for journey to Japan (ddr-densho-259-459)
Renichi Fujimoto at the Hood River railroad station.
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Nisei boys in flower garden (ddr-densho-259-419)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Roku and Shu [Yasui] in the backyard of our old Third Street home in Hood River."
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Portrait of wedding party (ddr-densho-259-533)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding party portrait of Ray [Ches] Tsuyoshi Yasui and Mikie Kageyama. This photograph was probably taken in the parlor of Ernest C. and Alice Smith in Hood River."
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Issei man preparing for journey to Japan (ddr-densho-259-458)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Can [Renichi Fujimoto] and Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui] at the Hood River railroad station, where Chan left for Japan in late 1929 to get his wife, Matsuyo."
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Four Nisei brothers with bozu haircuts (ddr-densho-259-83)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "It looks like Kay, Ches and Min [Yasui]--and Roku in front, sitting on the ground--just had had bozu haircuts. A 'bozu' is the familiar term for Bonsan, a Japanese Buddhist priest, who...always had a shaven or closely cropped head. For many years, Dad [Masuo Yasui] used to cut his boys' hair. He …
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Nisei children (ddr-densho-259-201)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Yasui children standing on the Hood River courthouse lawn It shows the band-stand in which the Knights of Pythias Band occasionalyl gave concerts in the summertime. It also shows the 12 pounder Napoleon smoothbore cannon of American Civil War vintage."
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Campfire party (ddr-densho-259-401)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of young girls, apparently at a masquerade party or dressed up for Halloween. It probably was for Halloween, although generally in our early years nobody went around in costumes, much less went out trick or treating. We just went out to write on car and home windows with soap usually, but …
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Nikkei standing in front of a store (ddr-densho-259-269)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Print of several Nikkei standing in front of a clapboard wooden building, over the doorway of which can be seen the number 14 Shown here was the south side of the second Yasui brothers store, which was located on the northeast corner of First Street and Oak Street in Hood River."
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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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Two Nisei brothers in front of a fence (ddr-densho-259-82)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is a very cute picture of Kay and Ches [Yasui] when they were little boys. I will guess that Kay was 4 and Ches was 3 when it was taken."
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Nisei brother and sisters (ddr-densho-259-476)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay, Michi and Yuka [Yasui], Third Street home In this photo, the white patches in front of Kay's ears on both sides are bandages. Earlier that summer, in June, 1930, he had gone to some sort of a military camp. It was called C.M.T.C., Camp Hurlburt, Vancouver Barracks, Washington...while there Kay developed …
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Nisei girl wearing pinafore (ddr-densho-259-480)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] wearing a pinafore and baggy pants, standing in front of the cement wall, Third Street home."
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"Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall" (ddr-densho-259-311)
Unidentified Japanese women in kimono. Part of a demonstration of a wedding ceremony at the community hall.
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Celebration of Tenchosetsu (ddr-densho-259-142)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Picture of the celebration of Tenchosetsu at the [Hood River] Japanese Community Hall Tenchosetsu was the formal celebration of the birthday of the Japanese emperor."
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Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-371)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of the Karasawa family. Some time in the late 19 teens, the Karasawa family moved to Hood River, where they opened a laundry, on Oak Street, I think. They were one of the few Japanese families who lived permanently in town, although there had been other sojourners."
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Nisei baby in yard (ddr-densho-259-469)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Shu [Yasui] at the Third Street home. In this picture, I don't think he had any more hair then then he does now."
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Nisei boy outside garage (ddr-densho-259-515)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Me, at around age 10-11, standing on the east side of our old garage In the background is a huge pule of cut up apple wood, which we three young boys--Roku, Shu & me--had to load onto wheelbarrows, and trundle down a steep concrete steps to the basement, to be later burned …
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Japanese Americans gathered for decoration day (ddr-densho-259-173)
Caption by Masuo Yasui: "In [?] front of R. G. Dicek's [?] place. Hood River, Ore. On July 17, 1924 Hood River Japanese gathered for their annual decoration day."
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Nikkei at a train depot (ddr-densho-259-236)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Some [Hood River] Nikkei next to a train, maybe seeing the Rev. Uemura's off."
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Student orchestra (ddr-densho-259-549)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Some sort of an orchestra Maybe it was a grade school, or even a Hood River Junior High School orchestra."
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Issei mother and baby daughter (ddr-densho-259-194)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] holding Yuka [Yasui] as a baby in her arms, taken on the Hood River courthouse lawn on April 24, 1927, presumably by Kay [Yasui]."
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"Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley" (ddr-densho-259-339)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley, looking south from Panorama Point. This is a beautiful picture of what the valley looked like in the old days."