2119 items
2119 items
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Tomi Domoto (ddr-densho-356-336)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her cousin Tomi Domoto in which Tomi describes her new job in Chicago, life there, and making new friends in the city. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Sadame Nomi (ddr-densho-356-356)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Sadame Nomi in which Sadame details her life in Denver include her work as a translator for the WRA loyalty questionnaire interviews. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
Narrator Sumi Okamoto
Nisei female. Born January 7, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Spokane, Washington, where father worked for the Alaska Junk Company. Attended Irving Grade School and Lewis & Clark High School. Wedding took place on December 7, 1941, the day of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. Husband passed away in 1946, and Ms. Okamoto worked …
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Akio Hoshino Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-26-9)
Minidoka concentration camp: social life, work, impact of incarceration on families
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Yukiko Miyake Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-49-2)
Reflecting on life-changing experiences, losing eyesight and death of daughter
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Fumi Kaseguma Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-203-11)
Life in the Portland Assembly Center, a former livestock exposition area
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James A. Nakano Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-245-15)
Life in Tule Lake: painting seagulls to look like Japanese planes
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Henry Shimizu Interview Segment 36 (ddr-densho-1000-198-36)
Life in Hastings Park: discovering ways of sneaking in and out
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Irene Najima Interview Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-226-16)
Adjusting to life in camp: meeting Japanese Americans from the cities
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Akiko Kurose Interview I Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-41-20)
Daily life at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, positive and negative memories
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Mitsuko Hashiguchi Segment 49 (ddr-densho-1000-12-49)
Daily life in Tule Lake concentration camp: housework, social visits, jobs
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Mako Nakagawa Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-66-13)
Life in Crystal City: a healthy improvement over Minidoka concentration camp
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Mary Hirata Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-22-7)
Family life in Wenatchee, Washington, learning English and going to church
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Tom Matsuoka Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-47-23)
Life in the Justice Department internment camp at Fort Missoula, Montana
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Elsie Uyematsu Osajima Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-451-10)
Leaving camp to attend college in Nebraska, establishing a social life
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Chizuko Norton Segment 33 (ddr-densho-1000-73-33)
Attending the University of Washington: "the best years of my life"
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Connie Thorson Chandler Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-159-12)
Post-WWII life; wartime camp experiences' effect on racial views postwar
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Gloria Toshiko Imagire Interview Segment 3 (ddr-manz-1-46-3)
Father's early life in the United States; running a gambling establishment
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Susumu Yenokida Interview Segment 3 (ddr-manz-1-35-3)
Father's early life in the United States: working on the railroads
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Tats Kojima Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1001-10-11)
A teenager's memories of camp versus prewar life on family farm
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Lilly Kodama Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1001-19-11)
Life on a Bainbridge Island farm prior to World War II
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Kara Kondo Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-139-2)
Mother's family background: unaccustomed to new life on a primitive farm
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Clara S. Hattori Interview II Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-427-19)
Coping with life changes: getting divorced and working to support children
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Carolyn Takeshita Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-217-8)
Adjusting to life in Montebello, a community with fewer Japanese Americans
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Frank Abe Interview I Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-528-28)
Learning more about real-life figures portrayed in Farewell to Manzanar