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Portrait of Yoshio and Hama Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-496)
Caption below photo: Yoshio Itahara and his wife, Hama Komatsu Alameda, CA. 1905

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Portrait of two women with children (ddr-ajah-6-500)
Caption below photo: L to R: Mrs. Nagayama, unknown, Hama Itahara and baby Nellie Itahara. Alameda, CA. Nellie was born in Alameda on January 10, 1914, photo July 1914.

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Hama and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-501)
Caption below photo: Hama Itahara and her daughter, Fumiko "Nellie". Nellie was born on January 10, 1914. photo circa 1916, Alameda, CA.

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Immigration document (ddr-ajah-6-494)
Caption below document: Immigration papers for Yoshio Itahara and his wife, Hama, from Japan to American. He was 33, she was 24. They would live in Alameda, CA., September 10, 1902

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Alien Registration documents for Yoshio and Hama Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-541)
Caption below photo: Passport applications for Yoshio ad Hama Itahara, of Alameda, CA., February, 1942. The October 24, 1902 date at the bottom probably refers to the date Yoshio and Hama first arrived in the United States from Japan.

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Portrait of Shizuki Itahara and unidentified boy (ddr-ajah-6-506)
Caption below photo: At left is Shizuka Itahara, first born child of Yoshio Itahara and Hama Komatsu. He remained in Hiroshima, Japan when is parents immigrated to Alameda, CA., in 1902. Shizuka's American born sister (1914) was Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara. Younger boy is unknown. Photo taken in Hiroshima, Japan, circa 1920s

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Group of men and a woman posing for photo by fence (ddr-ajah-6-722)
Caption below photo: Issei men and one woman gather in Alameda, CA, circa 1910-1920s

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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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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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Group of women posing for photo outside church (ddr-ajah-4-47)
Caption below photo: Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South: Fujinkai women's group


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Group of women outside building (ddr-ajah-4-11)
Caption below photo: 1948 Issei Women at Japanese Methodist Episcopal, South Church, Alameda, CA. Individuals identified