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Document and photos relating to Karoku and Shime Iwamasa Kawamura's conversion to Christianity (ddr-ajah-6-15)
Includes family tree of Iwamasa and Kawamura families and explanation of name change
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Portrait of couple (ddr-ajah-6-7)
Caption below photo: Sojourners in a Strange Land / Passenger lists show that Karoju (b. 1881) and Shime (b. 1884) Kawamura arrived in Honolulu in 1902, and later boarded the ship Mongolia to arrive in San Francisco in 1910. They became life-long members of the church, bringing up their son Shizuto and daughter, Katsumi, in the …
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Portrait of couple with young man (ddr-ajah-6-27)
Caption below photo: A young Dan Mashihara poses with his grandparents, Karoku and Shime Iwasama (sic), of Alameda, CA., Circa 1940
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Group posing for photo outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-144)
Caption below photo: Topaz, Utah Incarceration Camp Kitchen Crew circa 1943-1945 Most are from Alameda, CA. Individuals identified.