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A Honolulu Optimist Club member receiving an award, posing with others (ddr-njpa-2-417)
Caption on reverse: "OPTIMIST OF THE YEAR: Chinn Ho (third from left), who rose from bank clerk to president of the multi-million dollar Capital Investment Co., was announced yesterday as Honolulu's Optimist of the Year. The award was presented by C. Lease Bussard (extreme left), Optimist International president, at a luncheon meeting of the Optimist Club …
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Takashi Hori - Yoshito Mizuta - Elmer Tazuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-25)
Mr. Hori was born in 1918, Mr. Mizuta was born in 1914, and Mr. Tazuma was born in 1916. Both Mr. Hori and Mr. Mizuta are Nisei, and Mr. Tazuma is an Issei. All three grew up in Seattle and owned hotels in the International District. In this group interview, they discuss Japanese American hotel ownership …
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Two men and two women standing out the Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-1864)
Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi on right. Stamped on back: Candid Camera Photo Service / May 11 1939
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Two women and two men sitting on bench at Japanese Pavilion at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-2046)
Inscription on back: Takao Miyasita [Japanese] Feb 24
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Henri de Baillet-Latour on a stage with actors in costume (ddr-njpa-4-739)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Olympics in Tokyo. Count Henri de Baillet-Latour, President of the International Olympic Committee, came to Tokyo on the evening of the 19th. After dropping his luggage at the Imperial Hotel, he went to Shimbashi Theater at 8 p.m. During the intermission Takiko Mizunoe and Orie talked with the president and encouraged him …
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Boy and girl watching two men demonstrating carving at Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-2112)
Inscription on note on back: f3.5 to super xx Sat Oct 7th 1939. Duplicate of ddr-densho-2093
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Line of women in kimonos posing on steps of Japanese Pavilion at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-426-2087)
Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi 4th from left. Inscription: Miss Nozawa wed July 26?
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Photograph and article regarding Tamon Maeda (ddr-njpa-4-982)
Article [translation]: "Information Library Mission. New York office chairman Tamon Maeda talks. An interview with Chairman of the New York office of the International Cultural Promotion Society, Tamon Maeda. The International Cultural Promotion Society New York Office was established in November of last year, and now eleven Japanese and four Americans, a total of fourteen people, …
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Richard Kosaki Interview (ddr-janm-13-1)
Nisei male. Born September 14, 1924, in Waikiki, Hawaii. Attended McKinley High School, where he was student body president, just prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Served as a language instructor for the U.S. Military Intelligence Service during World War II, and was stationed in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Earned PhD in …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 45, No. 17 (October 25, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-43)
Select article titles: "Cemetery Sued. Refuses to Bury Child of Negro" (p. 1); "Supreme Court smashes another Southern attempt to block school desegregation" (p. 1); "Problem of internment of Japanese reported nil" (p. 1); "First Nisei International Convention opens in Tokyo; Kishi welcomes 500 delegates, hopes Nisei can help link nations" (p. 1); "Minority bias in …
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Switchboard operator (ddr-densho-114-66)
Original caption: T/5 Thomas N. Goto, Paauilo, Hawaii, switching central operator, shown at a forward C.P., is ready to go on duty while other operators catch up on their sleep. American-born Japanese composing the 442nd Inf. Regt., 34th Div., have established an outstanding fighting record with the International Fifth Army - educated in West Coast schools, …