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img Parade, Japan Day (ddr-csujad-11-61)

A photograph of a float from the Japan Day Parade, part of the San Francisco World's Fair, which took place on Treasure Island in 1939. From page 24 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_24_002

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img S.F. Sonichi Band (ddr-csujad-11-63)

A marching band named Sonichi plays at the Japan Day celebration during the San Francisco World's Fair, which took place on Treasure Island in 1939. From page 25 of: Tazu Kawamoto photo album (csudh_taz_0001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: taz_01_25_002

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doc Inspection card (immigrants and steerage passengers) (ddr-csujad-38-533)

An inspection card for Koyuta Masukawa. She boarded on the ship, Seattle Maru, in Kobe, Japan, on September 7, 1909, and arrived in San Francisco, California. and was inspected on September 27, 1909 by U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service presumably in Presidio, California, prior to Angel Island Immigration Station's operation. It also includes a …

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img Koyasan [Los Angeles Branch] Tourist Party, [departure] (ddr-csujad-25-135)

A group photograph of the tourists of the Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party in front of a Japan Air Line airplane at San Francisco International Airport before departure. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_007

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img Two men sitting on steps (ddr-ajah-6-238)

Caption below photo: Unknown Issei man (at left) with Matao Koga. Koga immigrated from Japan and lived in San Francisco, CA. He married Shigeko Iwaihara, of Alameda, CA., in 1939. He worked as a Benshi, a man who showed silent movies. Benshi in Japan were as much of an attraction as the stars of the film, …

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Narrator Paul Yamazaki

Sansei male. Born April 17, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly afterward, moved with parents to Hiroshima, Japan, where father worked with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. Returned from Japan and grew up in Los Angeles, California, where father was a physician. Moved to San Francisco to attend San Francisco State, joined the Asian American Political Alliance, …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 49, No. 15 (October 9, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-41)

Selected article titles: "West L.A. Aux'y seeks clothing for 'Vera' victims" (p. 1), "Japan relief campaign opens in southland" (p. 1), "Estimate 7,500 Japanese residents in San Francisco; 'too low' says Nichibei" (p. 1), "College profs and students experiment with Nihongo class" (p. 2), "Racial harmony interest in southern California growing" (p. 3), "East Coast chapters …

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doc Letters from Seiichi Okine to Naraji Okine, Masao Okine, and Jokichi Yamanaka, September 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-159)

Contains one envelope and three letters written by Seiichi Okine addressing his son, Masao Okine, his brother Naoji Okine, and his brother-in-law, Jokichi Yamanaka, in Japan. Those three letters are enclosed in an envelope and mailed to Masao Okine who is stationed in Japan via San Francisco by the U.S. Postal Service, but the letter is …

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doc Letter from Jokichi Yamanaka to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, July 6, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-150)

A letter from Jokichi Yamanaka in Hiroshima, Japan to his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. He updates Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine on the Sasakis and the Nakanos in Japan. This letter is mailed by Masao Okine from Japan via San Francisco by U.S. Army Postal Service. The handwritten notes on the backside of the …

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Narrator John Y. Hayakawa

Nisei male. Born April 2, 1918, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Jose, California, where father ran a farm. Was an active member of the Japanese American Citizens League and helped to run the San Jose office after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 36 No. 5 (January 30, 1953) (ddr-pc-25-5)

Selected article titles: "First quota-immigrant to farm in California" (p. 1), "Need more teachers for Seattle's Issei americanization class" (p. 1), "Now-it-can-be-told stories of personalities who changed Army attitude to organize 442nd told" (p. 2), "Second-hand TV sets from America in hands of 4,000 residents in Japan" (p. 2), "Women jurors serve for first time in …

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doc Card from Masao Okine to Mrs. S. Okine, March 5, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-136)

A card for Mother's Day from Masao Okine to his mother, Tomeyo Okine in Hawthorne, California. He probably writes from Japan where he is deployed as a U.S. Army soldier. The card is mailed via San Francisco by the U.S. Army Postal Service. The handwritten notes on the backside of the envelope read: Arrived on March …

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img Ship Asama Maru docked in San Francisco. (ddr-ajah-6-763)

Caption below photo: the Asama Maru docked at the San Francisco, CA., waterfront, with the west section of the Bay Bridge in the background. Nippon Yusen Kaisha of Japan build the "Queen of the Sea" in 1929. It's first voyage took it to California. It would also visit Hong King, Shanghai, Honolulu and Los Angeles. It …

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Narrator Dave Tatsuno

Nisei male. Born March 31, 1913, in San Francisco, California. Spent difficult childhood years in San Francisco under care of a guardian while family lived in Japan. Graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley before World War II. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and then to Topaz concentration …

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Narrator Mitsue Matsui

Nisei female. Born November 3, 1918, in San Francisco, California. As a young woman, entire family visited Japan for ten months, where she acquired the skill of Japanese typing at the Kumahira Typist Yoseisho in Hiroshima. Returned to the U.S. with most of her family (eldest brother remained in Japan) and was working at the Japanese …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 73, No. 4 (July 23, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-29)

Selected article titles: "Farm labor crisis hits JACL" (p. 1), "Watsonville Elks against white-only rule" (p. 1), "Fear low cost housing may kill Japan Center and Nihonmachi" (p. 1), "San Francisco JACL prepared to object to opening of Kenzo's boutique in area" (p. 1), "Japan will not rely on nuclear power" (p. 2), "In Sacramento, this …

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Narrator Toru Saito

Sansei male. Born December 11, 1937, in San Francisco, California. Nearly age four when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. In this interview, Mr. Saito discusses many of the harmful psychological effects of the World War II experience on himself and other Japanese …

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Narrator Minoru J. Shibata

Nisei male. Born 1928 in San Francisco, California. Spent most of childhood on Terminal Island, California, where father was a fisherman. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and the rest of the family moved to Ogden, Utah, to farm. Served in the Army Air Corps in Japan during the U.S. …

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