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img Sorelles Group Photo (ddr-one-1-21)

Original black and white photographic print of the Sorelles, a high school social group. Left to right: Grace (Ebihara) Akiyama, Betty Nakashimada, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Nami (Miura) Koida, Masae "Elsie" (Morita) Onishi, Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba, Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka, Betty Ishida, Elsie Okazaki, Agnes (Inouye) Kitayama, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, Atsuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando, Jean Matsumoto, …

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img Kakutani, Urakawa, and Takenaga Extended Family (ddr-densho-474-151)

Front row left to right: Masaye Kakutani Urakawa, Starr Miyeko Urakawa, Marianne Hazumi Urakawa, Misao Kakutani Takenaga holding Thomas Isamu Takenaga on her lap, Misa Ito Urakawa, Emiko Takenaga, seated below Emiko is Marion Takako Takenaga, Naka Miyamoto Kakutani, and Yu Ishida Kakutani. Middle row left to right: Richard Toshiyuki Takenaga and Elsie Fumiko Urakawa. Back …

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img Sorelles Group Photo (ddr-one-1-17)

Original black and white photographic print of the Sorelles, a high school social group. Left to right: Grace (Ebihara) Akiyama, Betty Nakashimada, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Nami (Miura) Koida, Masae “Elsie” (Morita) Onishi, Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba, Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka, Betty Ishida, Elsie Okazaki, Agnes (Inouye) Kitayama, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, Astuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando, Jean Matsumoto, …

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img Group of performers and spectators at Obon Festival (ddr-ajah-3-267)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA boon festival circa early 1950s

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img Group of women performing on stage (ddr-ajah-3-324)

Caption below photo: Entertainment on stage during the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, circa 1950s

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 5 (January 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-95)

Selected article titles: "Congress May Want Full Story of Segregation"; "All But 7 of 35 on Leave Keep Status"; "On the Other Hand"; "League Election Set"; "Widowed Mother's Plea"; "Urge Stronger Law"; "Lieutenant Here Visits Sister"; "Son Born to Hanamis"; "Nine Families Ready"; "Suggestions Given Isseis Who Propose to Return to Coast"; "Want Ads Today"; "Ishida …

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img Sorelles Group Photo (ddr-one-1-16)

Original black and white photographic print of the Sorelles, a high school social group. Left to right: Grace (Ebihara) Akiyama, Betty Nakashimada, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Nami (Miura) Koida, Masae “Elsie” (Morita) Onishi, Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba, Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka, Betty Ishida, Elsie Okazaki, Agnes (Inouye) Kitayama, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, Astuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando, Jean Matsumoto, …

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img Sorelles Group Photo (ddr-one-1-18)

Black and white photographic negative of the Sorelles, a high school social group. Left to right: Grace (Ebihara) Akiyama, Betty Nakashimada, Jean Yasuko (Kida) Tomita, Nami (Miura) Koida, Masae “Elsie” (Morita) Onishi, Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba, Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka, Betty Ishida, Elsie Okazaki, Agnes (Inouye) Kitayama, Atsuko "Alice" Kida, Astuko "Alice" (Matsumoto) Ando, Jean Matsumoto, and …

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doc Letter to Yuri from Rosie Suyeyasu (ddr-densho-356-278)

Letter to Yuri Domoto Tsukada from Rose "Rosie" Nakagawa Suyeyasu. In the letter she writes about the dust storms at Topaz, working as a typist, the approaching of her one year anniversary, a the upcoming wedding of their mutual friend Yo Ishida, the pregnancy of her sister-in-law, the possibility she may resettle in Colorado, and inquires …

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doc Photographs and article regarding Nobusuke Kishi visiting Honolulu (ddr-njpa-4-428)

Article title [translation]: "Prime Minister Kishi Cheerily Calls at Port He Is Proud of Significant Role of People of Japanese Ancestry He Announces His Message at the Airport."

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img Six girls on stage in costume (ddr-ajah-3-322)

Caption below photo: Senda Kawaiya, Entertainment on stage during the BTOA Obon. July 1954. Backdrop screen painted by Shigeru Yamamoto

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img Group at picnic (ddr-ajah-3-299)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of alameda, CA., picnic circa 1950s

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img Children standing in line at Obon festival (ddr-ajah-3-290)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA obon festival circa early 1950s

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doc Property storage list for Buddhist Mission Society (ddr-sbbt-2-36)

A list of names and locations for property stored at the Buddhist Mission Society (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) building addressed to C.C. Cawsey, General Contractor. Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple; Cawsey, C. C.; Aoki, Seiji; Ariyasu, T.; Aoki, H.; Akano, K.; Akada, Shigejiro; Akada, Asakichi; Akada, A.; Asakura, U.; Abe, Y.; Asaoka, A.; Asaoka, T.; Akada, Riyoichi; …

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img Methodist Banquet (ddr-one-1-344)

Black and white photographic negative of guests at a banquet held inside a church. Guest seated along right side of table in foreground from left to right: May (Ebihara) Gelfand, Rose Namba, unidentified, Loretta (Fujii) Kaneko, unidentified, Betty Ishida, and Jayne (Katada) Furukawa. All other guests unidentified. Sign behind the pulpit reads: "Just a Happy Smile: …

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img Group of men at table with food and drinks (ddr-ajah-3-13)

Caption below photo: A group of Niseis celebrate with food and drink, including bottle of Kist and Nehi sodas, and empty sake cups. These men were known to help at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., but the event and date is unknown. Caption includes names

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doc George Naohara's handwritten note (ddr-csujad-38-160)

Handwritten note from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 15. George Nobuo Naohara details his experience after moving from Idaho to Utah. He was a farm labor for sugar beets farm at Norman Johnson in Utah but was working in a hotel as a dish washer during the winter. He and his friend, Tadashi Sakaida, visited …

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img Block R's of 318 Block (ddr-csujad-38-183)

School yearbook photo taken by Paul Shintaku. Photographed are Tosa Aoki, John, Ben Nobuhiro, Ben Kitahara, Bob, Kan Ibasa, Seizo Ishizaki, Kiyo Ishida, and Harry Fukuhara, who are members of "Block R's of 318 Block," a Nisei men's club of the high school, at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Block R's of 318 …

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img Block R's of 318 Block (ddr-csujad-38-184)

School yearbook photo taken by Paul Shintaku. Photographed are Tosa Aoki, John, Ben Nobuhiro, Ben Kitahara, Bob, Kan Ibasa, Seizo Ishizaki, Kiyo Ishida, and Harry Fukuhara, who are members of "Block R's of 318 Block," a Nisei men's club of the high school at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Block R's of 318 …

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doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoyuki Nozawa and Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-417)

News of her classes and plans for the future

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img Tule Lake orchestra (ddr-csujad-55-2212)

Black and white photograph of the Tule Lake orchestra at Tule Lake incarceration camp. Pictured from left to right (front row): Terry Irakawa, Shizu Ishida, R. Ishiyami, Emi Matsumoto, Mr. A. Umemoto (conductor), Yuichi Takahashi, Sachi Matsui, Miya Nagata, Ruth Temmu, Grace Matsuda. Second row: Shichio Nishida, Hayashi, Hayuo Motoyama, Hamachi, Richard Tanaka, Morioka, Tom Matsuda, …

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img Nine children posing in costume (ddr-ajah-3-288)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA obon festival circa early 1950s

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doc Crystal City Friends, Northern California contact list (ddr-densho-537-8)

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img Nisei soldier in foxhole (ddr-densho-114-149)

Original caption: One of the most miraculous escapes from a bomb explosion is pictured here. In this foxhole in the side of the shell crater is S. Sgt. Oye Ogata of Helena, Mont. This is the position he occupied when the bomb landed next to him. He was buried alive by the sand thrown up by …

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img Group at picnic (ddr-ajah-3-301)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of alameda, CA., picnic circa 1950s

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