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img Two girls in costumes by car (ddr-ajah-6-505)

Caption below photo: At left is Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara with friend Hazel Takii in Alameda, CA., circa mid 1920s. They are dressed in their Halloween costumes.

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img Girl sitting on swing (ddr-ajah-6-511)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, about age 10, on a swing set in Alameda, CA. She may be holding her bento (box Lunch), circa 1924

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img Portrait of Shuzo "Bill" Takeda and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-540)

Caption below photo: Shuzo "Bill" Takeda and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara. Could be their engagement portrait. They would be married on January 19, 1941 in Alameda, CA.

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img Four women standing outside house (ddr-ajah-6-275)

Caption below photo: L to R: Nellie Itahara, Marge Kajiwara, Yemiko "Emi or Amy" Kono, Yoshiko Nakata, circa 1930s. They may be dressed for Halloween. Alameda, CA.

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img Class photo from Porter School in Alameda (ddr-ajah-6-498)

Caption below photo: Front row, second from left is Sakaye Date. Far right of the second row (from the front) is Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA, circa 1910

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img Group of women posing for photo (ddr-ajah-6-137)

Caption above photo: Imagire Dress Making School 9th graduation, Oakland, CA., circa 1938 Her first location was in Alameda, Across the Oakland Estuary. Inscription on front in Japanese, individuals identified.

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doc Telegram from Wilbur Takiguchi to Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-532)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara becomes the chairman for the Northern California Young People's Christian Conference. The NYYPCC held young adult events and conferences before and after World War II. October 6, 1937

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img Man and woman sitting on beach (ddr-ajah-6-521)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara and friend George Rokutani picnic at a favorite place to enjoy themselves, Santa Cruz Beach. The pair were from Alameda, CA. Circa early 1930s

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img Group of women at a picnic (ddr-ajah-6-531)

Caption below photo: L to R: Unknown, Mrs. Mukoyama, Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, Hanae Nakayama, Aki Mukoyama Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church of Alameda, CA picnic, April 1936. Location of picnic unknown.

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av Home movie footage of the wedding of Nellie Itahara and Bill Takeda (ddr-ajah-4-69)

Home movie footage showing friends and pastor of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church celebrating the marriage of Bill Takeda and Nellie Fumiko Itahara in what appears to be a private home.

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doc Image of Shuzo "Bill" Takeda's Japanese passport titled: A Japanese Passport, translated (ddr-ajah-6-508)

Caption below image: Passport for Shuzo "Bill" Takeda, of Hiroshima, Japan so he could immigrate to America / May 15, 1924. Shozo would later marry Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara and live in Alameda, CA.

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img Portrait of Shigeshi Madokoro (ddr-ajah-6-349)

Caption below photo: Shigeshi "Shug" Madokoro penned this June 1932 photo to his pal, Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara. Both were from Alameda, CA. Inscription on photo front: Dear Nelly Sincerely yours Shug June '32

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img Shozo "Bill" Takeda in football uniform (ddr-ajah-6-528)

Caption below photo: Shozo "Bill" Takeda poses in his football uniform in Azusa, CA in 1934. He previously lived in Alameda, CA. He returned to Alameda to marry Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in 1941.

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img Portrait of four young women (ddr-ajah-6-530)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (far left), Masa Hanamura, Spring Kido, and Aki Mukoyama sit for a portrait at Tsuji Studio of Oakland, a sort of Coming of age picture. Photo 1936

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img Two women walking down stairs (ddr-ajah-6-535)

Caption below photo: Mrs. Teshima (left) and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara stroll around the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, San Francisco's third and last World's Fair. It was also the year that Nazi Germany invaded Europe. Among the items that Itahara may have noticed at the World's Fair was the German swastika flag. Teshima and Itahara …

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img Document with photo and biographical information titled "Role Reversal" (ddr-ajah-6-495)

Caption below photo: Yoshio Itahara and his wife, Hama Komatsu, shortly after arriving in Alameda, CA., from Hiroshima, Japan, in 1902. Photo by Mataichi Ozeki, the best of the Issei photographers in Alameda at the time.

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img Boys playing on swings (ddr-ajah-6-740)

Caption below photo: Nisei boys play on a swing in Alameda, CA., circa 1910-1930s. The white house in the background is 2327 Buena Vista Avenue. A few years after World War II ended, it would become the home of Bill Takeda and Nellie Itahara.

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doc Certificate of Promotion from Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South for Fumiko Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-519)

Caption below image: Certificate of Promotion for Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA. She was promoted from the Senior department to the Bible department by Haruo Imura on September 14, 1930. Torao Miki was the superintendent of the Sunday School at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda.

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av Footage from Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (1 of 3) (ddr-ajah-4-66)

Footage featuring services and interviews from the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California. Shot for a documentary commemorating Buena Vista's centennial called Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith, produced by Wendy Hanamura.

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img Two versions of group of men and women at a dinner, one with individuals identified (ddr-ajah-6-754)

Caption below photo: Issei meet for dinner and drinks somewhere in Alameda, CA. Circa 1914, based on the presence of Nellie Itahara a baby. Location unknown, but likely somewhere on or near Park Street, where many Japanese business existed. Several men are wearing detachable collars, which were popular at the time. Note the shamisen at far …

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img Group in costume for stageplay "An Old Kentucky Garden" (ddr-ajah-4-49)

Caption below photo: Cast members from "An Old Kentucky Garden" stageplay at JME Alameda, CA March 1937

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img Group of children outside building (ddr-ajah-4-7)

Caption below photo: Nisei children in Alameda, CA, circa 1919. Hiroshi Abe drowned in the Alameda estuary while he was looking after some younger children. Individuals identified

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img Two women and child at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-ajah-6-536)

Caption below photo: Toshiko "May" Yeda (left), her mother, Harumi, and friend Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara stroll around the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, San Francisco's third and last World's Fair. It was also the year that Nazi Germany invaded Europe. Among the items they may have noticed at the World's Fair was the German swastika …

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img Group of women and children outside building (ddr-ajah-4-60)

Caption below photo: Women and children pose in front of the former chapel of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA. 1954

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img Group photo of men and women at gathering (ddr-ajah-6-149)

Caption below photo: A gathering for Niseis from the Buddhist Temple (BTOA) and Japanese Methodists (BV) in Alameda, CA, circa late 1940s or early 1950s

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