6484 items
6484 items

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Subscription to international welfare and uplift (ddr-csujad-5-260)
A receipt for five dollars donation made by Seiichi Okine on April 10, 1949 to the international welfare and uplift program sponsored by Seventh-Day Adventists. The receipt is issued by the Japanese Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_03_01_001
![Letter from Pacific Mail Order Company to Seiichi Okine, April 12, 1952 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-278)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d2/cd/d2cd9cf15dea1dee149a325fab5d26c3.jpg)
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Letter from Pacific Mail Order Company to Seiichi Okine, April 12, 1952 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-278)
Contains one letter from Pacific Mail Order Company to Seiichi Okine, a receipt, a catalog, and one envelope. Pacific Mail Order Company is an agency to ship packages of relief supplies or remit to Japan, which is located in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_03_13_001-004
![[Satoru and Yaeko Sasaki, wedding photograph] (ddr-csujad-5-7)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/25/61/25614a45b6bc80fc1593af62103a197e.jpg)
[Satoru and Yaeko Sasaki, wedding photograph] (ddr-csujad-5-7)
A wedding photograph of Satoru and Yaeko Sasaki dressing in kimono. The photograph is taken in Hiroshima, Japan on December 27, 1949 and mailed to Seiichi Okine in Los Angeles, California. The arrival date, February 24, 1950, is noted on the backside. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_04_001

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M. Jack Takayanagi Interview (ddr-manz-1-122)
Nisei male. Born June 28, 1922, in San Jose, California. As a teenager, moved with family to West Los Angeles, where father was a gardener. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, Jack volunteered to work with the orphans at the Manzanar Children's Village, and also helped to establish …

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Joan Ritchie Doi Interview (ddr-densho-1011-4)
Nisei female. Born in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are …

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Takashi Hoshizaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-290)
Nisei male. Born October 3, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, where parents owned and operated a produce store. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. While in Heart Mountain, decided to resist the draft, and attended meetings of …

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Nobu Shimokochi Interview (ddr-densho-1011-7)
Nisei male. Born in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp eventually returned to California.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and …

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Florence Ohmura Dobashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-434)
Nisei female. Born October 1927 in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in several cities in California where father was a minister, but was living in Riverside, California, when World War II broke out. During the war, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to finish high school in Ohio, then attended UC Berkeley and …

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Norm Hayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-468)
Sansei male. Born September 11, 1939, in Oakland, California. Grandfather, father, and other family members established a nursery business in San Francisco, California prior to World War II. During the war, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to San Francisco and …

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Hatsuko Mary Higuchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-456)
Nisei female. Born January 31, 1939, in Los Angeles County, California. At a young age, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona, with family. After leaving camp, returned to family's farm in Lawndale, California. Father passed away early, leaving her mother to run the farm. Hatsuko Mary became a teacher, establishing an education career in Torrance, …

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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 21 No. 4 (July 28, 1945) (ddr-pc-17-30)
Selected article titles: "War Veterans in Stockton Take Steps to Restore Cemetery Desecrated by Angry Citizens" (p. 1), "Japanese Canadians File Cases to Test Validity of Dominion's Evacuee Segregation Program" (p. 2), "WRA Official Counters Charge of 'Conspiracy' by Legislator" (p. 2), "425 Evacuees Leave Rohwer Center on Special Train for Former Homes in California" (p. …
![Koyasan [Los Angeles Branch] Tourist Party, [arrival] (ddr-csujad-25-132)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/5c/eb/5ceb12e1f3fe996fc9db0739c1bf8952.jpg)
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Koyasan [Los Angeles Branch] Tourist Party, [arrival] (ddr-csujad-25-132)
A group photograph of the tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, including Kamie Taenaka, taken in Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan, after their arrival. 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_004

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Kamie Taenaka (ddr-csujad-25-157)
A photograph of Kamie Taenaka and other tourists from Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party having a meal at an individual's house, most likely in Totsugawa, 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_029

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Kamie Taenaka, Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, San Francisco International Airport (ddr-csujad-25-138)
A group photograph including Kamie Taenaka and other tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party taken at Gate 34 of San Francisco International Airport. 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_010

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Commendation (ddr-csujad-5-227)
A commendation issued by Nishi Honganji, Kyoto, Japan. It praises Seiichi Okine for his devotion to "the development, propagation, and progress of Buddhism in America." It is mailed by Hompa Hongwanji Los Angeles Betsuin. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_02_63_002

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Tomiye Terasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-122)
Kibei female. Born October 5, 1910, in San Francisco, California. At age three, sent to live with grandfather and receive education in Fukuoka, Japan. After high school, temporarily moved to Tokyo and assisted family-owned business. In 1929, returned to U.S. to join parents in Sacramento. After arranged marriage to Mr. Tadao Sakita, moved to Los Angeles, …

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Jimmie Omura Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1002-11-10)
First experience with Nisei journalism: editor of the New Japanese American News in Los Angeles, California
This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this …

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Paul Nagano Interview (ddr-densho-1000-65)
Sansei male. Born, June 17, 1920, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in "Little Tokyo," and the Boyle Heights area. During World War II, was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Became ordained as a Baptist minister while incarcerated, ministering to fellow camp inmates and leading ecumenical worship services in camp. Left Poston to attend …

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Manzanar diary (ddr-csujad-34-2)
English translation of a diary written by Hiroshi Fukuwa, a Kibei Nisei of Los Angeles, California. His diary starts from his departing day from Los Angeles to move into the Manzanar incarceration camp as one of the first group of volunteer incacerees. He was transferred to the Gila River camp in Arizona, to join his brother's …

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Frank Emi Interview II (ddr-densho-122-20)
Nisei male. Born September 23, 1916, in Los Angeles, California. Attended Los Angeles City College for one year before leaving to run the family produce business. Married and had a daughter before being removed to Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. The leader of Heart Mountain's Fair Play Committee, was convicted of …

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Frank Emi Interview I (ddr-densho-122-5)
Nisei male. Born September 23, 1916, in Los Angeles, California. Attended Los Angeles City College for one year before leaving to run the family produce business. Married and had a daughter before being removed to Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. The leader of Heart Mountain's Fair Play Committee, was convicted of …

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Frank Emi Interview (ddr-densho-1002-9)
Nisei male. Born September 23, 1916, in Los Angeles, California. Attended Los Angeles City College for one year before leaving to run the family produce business. Married and had a daughter before being removed to Pomona Assembly Center, California, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. The leader of Heart Mountain's Fair Play Committee, was convicted of …

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Taenaka family, portrait (ddr-csujad-25-209)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page is a portrait of the Taenaka family taken in the late 1920s. Includes: Chiyoko, Kamie, Saiko, Tamesaburo, Toshikuni, Haruko, Ukichi, and Yaeko Taenaka. It is most likely taken in the late 1920s in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State Universities …

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Taenaka family portraits (ddr-csujad-25-251)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are two portraits of the Taenaka family taken in 1918 and 1920 in Los Angeles, California. Left photograph includes: Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Yaeko, Ukichi, and Toshikuni; Right photograph includes: Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Yaeko, and Toshikuni. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …

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Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-232)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are two photographs including a portrait of the Taenaka family taken between 1921 and 1922. It captures Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Ukichi, Toshikuni, and Chiyoko Taenaka. It is most likely taken in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …