Nisei male. Born September 14, 1931, in San Leandro, California. Grew up in San Leandro, where father ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, moved with family to Salt Lake City for a year before returning to San Leandro. After …
Photograph of 5 men standing outside the Waterfall Cannery. Front row left to right: Sad, Bill, and Hippo Kawahara. Back row from left to right: Monkey and Horse. Written on the album page below the image is "Monkey - Horse - Sad - Bill - Hippo" in white ink.
Photograph of Hippo Kawahara (left) and Kenny (right) sitting on wood beams on a dock. Written on the album page below the image is "Hippo - Kenny" in white pencil.
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Three-cushion exhibition game. (Tokyo) March 6, 1937. The three-cushion exhibition game featuring the child prodigy of the billiards world, Kinrey Matsuyama, and Kawahara was held on the 6th from 1:30 p.m. at the Industrial Club. The picture shows 1, Matsuyama holding his cue (to his right are Mr. Koji Yamada and Kawahara)."
Original Ansel Adams caption: Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi and patient Tom Kano. Others: George Nakano, Keiko Kamahara. (Note: original caption contains misspelling, "Kamahara" should be, "Kawahara".)
For Thomas Hanami, Harry Kawahara, Jimmy (No Suggestions), Thomas Takao, George Yake, Mitsunobu Kojimoto, Keiji Taki, Joseph Tobari, Edgar Arimoto, Edwin Iino, Sam Tominaga, Saburo Kitagawa
Photograph of two men in bathing suits on a wooden dock- one man appears to be mimicing a wreasling move. From left to right: Hippo Kawahara and Mits Kashiwagi. Written above the image on the album page is "Hippo - Mits" in white ink. Written below the image on the album page is "A bit of …
Kindergarten class in Minidoka. Back row: 1st on the left Aiko Yanagihara, 3rd to the right: Beth (Fujii) Kawahara, 9th to the right: Janet (Iwaga) Kato. Front row: 8th to the right Haruko Nagaishi
Vivid memories of camp at age ten: "that made an impact"
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Getting involved in the early days of the ethnic studies movement
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