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img Japanese American soldiers doing laundry (ddr-densho-201-169)

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doc Receipts from Murai Produce (ddr-densho-423-201)

To Starlight Laundry, in English and Japanese

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-201/

doc Receipts from The New World-Sun, Inc. (ddr-densho-423-204)

To Starlight Laundry, in English and Japanese

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-204/

doc Letter addressed to James Imaoka (ddr-densho-423-429)

Letter in Japanese, written on Fallon Steam Laundry

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-429/

img Southwest corner of 6th and Weller Street (ddr-densho-353-122)

Japanese businesses included the Paris hotel and Hinode Laundry baths.

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doc Receipts from Japanese American News (ddr-densho-423-193)

For want ads for Starlight Laundry, in English and Japanese

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img Southeast corner of 6th and King Street (ddr-densho-353-120)

Japanese businesses included the King coffee shop, the Mukilteo hotel, Panama grocery and express, Hinode Laundry baths and the Paris Hotel.

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vh Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1008-5-27)

An incident with laundry service while managing the Dai Ichi Hotel

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1008-5-27/

doc Two lists of payrolls from Starlight Laundry (ddr-densho-423-303)

One on back of San Francisco Bank deposit slip, one on back of Starlight Laundry blank receipt. Names and wages, in English and Japanese

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vh Mii Tai Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-186-3)

Description of parents' laundry business

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-186-3/

vh Mii Tai Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-186-4)

Living above family's laundry business

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-186-4/

vh Fred Shiosaki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-190-3)

Parents marry, open a laundry business

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-190-3/

vh Mii Tai Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-186-14)

Getting married, taking over parents' laundry business

This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-186-14/

img Laundry business preparing to close (ddr-densho-151-304)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Everywhere in the Japanese quarter are evidence of the coming evacuation. This is a laundry and cleaning business which is just winding up its affairs prior to evacuation.

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Collection Mitsuoka Collection (ddr-densho-15)

The Mitsuoka collection, 1917-1940s, includes photographs of oyster farming in Washington State, canneries in Alaska, Japanese American Boy Scout troops on outings, and leisure activities such as skiing. Daily life at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, is also well-documented in photographs of cooking, doing laundry, and participating in sports.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15/

doc Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 18 (January 7, 1943) (ddr-densho-97-259)

Selected article titles: "Issue Grants, Unemployment Compensation" (p. 1), "Educational Survey Conducted by Night School" (p. 1), "Japanese Language Books Sought" (p. 1), "Laundry Service Offered Residents Here" (p. 1), "Here's How to Make Service Calls to Plumbers" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-97-259/

Narrator Mii Tai

Nisei female. Born 1923 in Spokane, Washington. Spent childhood in downtown Spokane where parents ran the Oriental Laundry. Family was active with the Methodist Episcopal Church and mother taught at the Japanese Language School. Attended Lewis & Clark High School. Remembers changes in the Japanese American community brought about by World War II. Husband, Sumio Tai, …

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doc Letter to Tomoye Takahashi from Algred [?] (ddr-densho-423-358)

Thanking her for hosting him on his visit, is thinking that he will not finish high school while the war in going on, doesn't know if he will be drafted or rejected for pro-Japanese sympathies. Written on letterhead from Tozai Laundry and cleaners.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-423-358/

doc Alien Land Forfeitured. Laundry Site of Pasco Japanese Must Be Given to State. (December 21, 1922) (ddr-densho-56-373)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 21, 1922, p. 19

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doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, December 16, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-381)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting. Includes discussion on laundry, carpentry, Christmas, and Red Cross. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0383

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-381/

doc Heart Mountain Relocation Project Fifth Community Council, 6th session (August 31, 1945) (ddr-csujad-45-57)

The council minutes feature the discussing on closing down the laundry and shower facilities by the mess hall. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-01_086

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doc Heart Mountain Relocation Project Fifth Community Council, 10th session (September 14, 1945) (ddr-csujad-45-61)

The council minutes feature the report on the closing of laundry and shower facilities to due a lack of funds. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-01_090

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-45-61/

img Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-371)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of the Karasawa family. Some time in the late 19 teens, the Karasawa family moved to Hood River, where they opened a laundry, on Oak Street, I think. They were one of the few Japanese families who lived permanently in town, although there had been other sojourners."

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img Boiler-room foundation (?) (ddr-densho-35-20)

This is believed to be the foundation of an old boiler room. The barracks apartments did not have running water. If a Japanese American wanted water, he or she would have to go to a communal facility such as the washroom. The boiler heated the water for the washroom, shower, and laundry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-20/

Narrator Junko Mizuta

Nisei female. Born 1925 in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, where parents ran a laundry business and managed an apartment house. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI, and the rest of the family was removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon. While at the assembly center, Junko, a teenager, …

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