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img Children's Day (ddr-csujad-25-129)

A photograph of "Gogatsu ningyo," a set of ornamental dolls for Children's Day, May 5th, in Japan, and a young male child. 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_001

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img Atami Meshiya Kyokai [Church of World Messianity in Atami] (ddr-csujad-25-144)

A photograph of the tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party taken at Church of World Messianity in Atami, Japan. 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_016

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img Atami Meshiya Kyokai [Church of World Messianity in Atami] (ddr-csujad-25-143)

A photograph of the tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party taken at Church of World Messianity in Atami, Japan. 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_015

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-143/

img Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, Kaneiwaro] (ddr-csujad-25-134)

A group photograph of the tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, including Kamie Taenaka, taken in Kaneiwaro, a hotel in Kyoto, Japan. 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_006

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-134/

img Rosanzerusu Betsuin Honichi Kankodan [Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party] (ddr-csujad-25-141)

A group photograph of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, including Kamie Taenaka, taken at Nikko Toshogu, a Shinto shrine in Nikko, Japan. 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_013

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img Kamie Taenaka, family reunion (ddr-csujad-25-150)

A photograph of Kamie Taenaka and the local Japanese children taken probably in Totsugawa, Japan. Those children appear to be the Taenakas' relatives. 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_022

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img Kamie Taenaka, Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, Meguro Gajoen (ddr-csujad-25-140)

A photograph of Kamie Taenaka and another tourist of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party taken at Meguro Gajoen, Tokyo, Japan. 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_012

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img Shirahama hot spring (ddr-csujad-25-187)

A group photograph of Japanese women taken at a Shirahama hot spring, Wakayama, Japan after the war. They are probably the Taenakas' relatives. 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_059

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-25-187/

doc Meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, August 27, 1937 (ddr-csujad-44-74)

Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Includes discussion of the "Japan Night" program at the county fair, the high school tea garden project, and committee reports and appointments. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0073

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img [Japanese and Japanese Americans at port] (ddr-csujad-5-18)

A photograph of Japanese and Japanese Americans taken at a port on April 17, 1953. It depicts that people are seeing off a couple who are leaving the U.S. for Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_05_002a

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doc Letter from American President Lines to Mrs. Sei Hamada and Miss Miyoko Yasuda, May 14, 1954 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-298)

Contains SS President Cleveland boarding information and a postcard with the illustration of the SS President Cleveland Wilson ship. It addresses Mrs. Sei Hamada and Miss Miyoko Yasuda in Tottori, Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_06_14_001-003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-298/

doc Letters from Jokichi and Yaeko Yamanaka to Mr. S. Okine, July 29, 1947 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-222)

Contains two letters and one envelope mailed by Jokichi Yamanaka in Hiroshima, Japan to Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. The letters are written by Yaeko Nakano and Jokichi Yamanaka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_61_001-003

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img Nisei clerk (ddr-densho-114-148)

Original caption: Miss Yukie Konai, Nisei clerk-typist, Special Service, GHQ, Army Forces in the Pacific, Tokyo, Japan, locates a rest area for a GI. She came to Tokyo from New York City in 1940 and was forced to remain until the conclusion of the war. When her citizenship was reinstated, she secured a position in the …

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img Nisei soldier receiving the Bronze Star (ddr-densho-114-71)

Original caption: Tokyo, Japan. Lt. Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Tech. Intelligence Det., GHQ-FEC, of Minneapolis, Minn., is awarded the bronze star medal by Brig. Gen. C.A. Willoughby, G-2, assistant Chief of Staff, at a ceremony in the Dai Ichi Bldg. The award is made for exemplary conduct while serving with the 100th Inf. Bn. in Eto during June …

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img Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-114-158)

Original caption: Tec 5 Tom Tashiro (left) of Illinois, Nisei Japanese education counselor and Information and Education non-commissioned officer, advises Pfc. Norman Shimakawa of the 3d Detachment, a typist in the production section, General Headquarters, Allied Powers in the Pacific, on the selection of a course to better his education and to prepare for future schooling. …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4361 (September 13, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-72)

Selected article titles: "Little Tokyo Showing Signs of Old Activity"; "Denver YBA Holds Semi-Annual Election"; "Japanese Double Talk Stumps Nisei"; "Drop in Nisei Colony Seen for West Coast"; "Four Nisei Veterans Donate Funds to FDR Memorial"; "Placer Board Denies County Aid to Returnees"; "Kin of S.F. Nisei Servicemen Get Richmond Housing"; "Half of Canadian Japanese to …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 22 (ddr-densho-156-286)

Article titles: "Japanese Evacuees in Arizona a Contented and Happy Group"; "Klamath Group to Continue Japanese Probe"; "Manzanar Project Director Transferred"; "Guards at Newell to Have Cookies"; "Legion Official Would Send Japanese Home to Refute Propaganda"; "Nisei, Prisoner in Japan, Arrives"; "Lost Records Block Inquiry of Jap Bank"; "Nippon Aliens Entitled to Maintain Lawsuits"; "Shut-Down Order …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VI, No. 22 (ddr-densho-156-287)

Article titles: "Japanese Evacuees in Arizona a Contented and Happy Group"; "Klamath Group to Continue Japanese Probe"; "Manzanar Project Director Transferred"; "Guards at Newell to Have Cookies"; "Legion Official Would Send Japanese Home to Refute Propaganda"; "Nisei, Prisoner in Japan, Arrives"; "Lost Records Block Inquiry of Jap Bank"; "Nippon Aliens Entitled to Maintain Lawsuits"; "Shut-Down Order …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. VII, No. 13 (ddr-densho-156-302)

Article titles: "107 Japanese from Honolulu Reach Camp"; "Relocation Staff Boosts Bond Plan"; "Large Audience Enjoys Japanese Talent Show"; "P.T.A. Visits Hunt Camp"; "Beet Harvest Near Completion in Idaho"; "BYU Teachers Visit Japanese Camp Near Delta"; "Jap Labor to be Used by Two Railroads"; "Japanese Indicted for Aiding Foe"; "Rumor Factory..."; "Letters from the People"; "Navy …

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img Japanese farmers threshing rice (ddr-densho-299-63)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-77289. 14 July 47 / Japanese farmers work hard: / Japanese farmers, working on a / farm located near Mount Fuji, / Japan, thresh rice by means of a / foot driven machine. This is / extremely fatiguing work, and / the operation must be executed / with great care as grain left …

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img Two Issei in front of barracks (ddr-densho-37-327)

Original WRA caption: Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. Joseph Gerald Osamu Sakamoto, 80, and Mary Ann Tsuchi Sakamoto, 80, on their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Sakamoto came to the United States from Japan in 1894. He was the first Japanese second-hand furniture store proprietor, first Japanese express man and one of the first vegetable …

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img Japanese American playing a board game (ddr-densho-37-428)

Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. An early immigrant from Japan, now residing at Heart Mountain, after evacuation from West Coast areas, reaches for a pawn in a game of Shogi, similar in characters and playing to chess. Although previously mumbling in Japanese, startled by the camera flas, the old gent let …

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doc Shepherd Photograph Album (ddr-densho-404-1)

A green, gold, and black photograph album of Takeo Tagami's photographs. The cover is decorated with a gold illustration of a shepherd tending a flock of sheep.The album contains an assortment of photographs of Tokeo's and his companions' travel between the United States and Japan, explorations of United States National Parks and other sites, and snapshots …

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. III No. 91 (September 15, 1945) (ddr-densho-147-300)

Selected article titles: "Farm in Final Clean-up Stage" (p. 1), "May Hire Nisei in Center Civil Service Posts" (p. 3), "Philippines Nisei GI's Rap Hearst Paper Attitude" (p. 5), "Official Text: Public Proclamation No. 24" (p. 7), "Parolees Must Abide by Specific Regulations" (p. 7), "Movement to Japan to Start" (p. 9), "Protest Repatriation of Japanese …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-300/

doc Menu (ddr-csujad-55-1978)

Menu "courtesy of the third military railway service occupation forces in Japan." Includes menus for breakfast, supper, and dinner. From the Masako Adachi scrapbook, page 22. See also sac_jaac_1953. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1981

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1978/

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