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Five women standing on stage, at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1894)
img Five women standing on stage, at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1894)
Inscription on front: Japan Day / April 29, 1939 / Japan Pavilion / (Queens) / (17)

Narrator Chiyoko Yano

Nisei female. Born February 27, 1918, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Oakland before being removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. In Topaz, worked for the War Relocation Authority in the Central Statistics Division. Husband served in the OSS, the Office of Strategic Services. Lived in Japan during the …

Narrator Mary Jane Mikuriya

Born December 8, 1934, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Born to a father from Japan and mother from the Austria-Hungary region. Grew up in Pennsylvania during World War II, where family was monitored by the FBI. Attended Pembroke College and then worked for the federal government's Department of Education, then as an administrator in the education field. Volunteered …
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 1, (July 3, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-26)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 1, (July 3, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-26)
Selected article titles: "Nat'l JACL stands on international affairs previewed, backed by EDC" (p. 1), "L.A. groups ask board to save Japanese class at high school" (p. 1), "Life of evacuees, administrators at Poston recalled by Harvard professor" (p. 1), "The name: Yellow Brotherhood" (p. 1).
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