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Group of young women at a picnic (ddr-ajah-3-336)
img Group of young women at a picnic (ddr-ajah-3-336)
Caption below photo: Nisei girls from Alameda. CA, picnicking 1933
Group photo of Pep Club at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-2-927)
img Group photo of Pep Club at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-2-927)
Caption below photo: Pep Club, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1943-1944
List of names for cards (ddr-densho-433-194)
doc List of names for cards (ddr-densho-433-194)
A list of names for cards, likely written by Kimiko Fujii.
Sixth Grade Report Card (ddr-densho-474-145)
doc Sixth Grade Report Card (ddr-densho-474-145)
Starr Urakawa's sixth grade report card from Bailey Gatzert School.
Ohashi Family portrait (ddr-densho-442-190)
img Ohashi Family portrait (ddr-densho-442-190)
Photograph of the Ohashi family standing posed for a portrait. Top row left to right: Mary Haruko (Ohashi) Yamato, Robert "Bob" Teruo Ohashi, Hope Nobuko Ohashi, Ruth Tomo Ohashi, and Wakaichi "Buck" Ohashi. Bottom row left to right: Neil Jiro Ohashi, Paul Masaru Ohashi, and Edward Saburo Ohashi.
Ketchikan Japanese Language School (ddr-densho-442-42)
img Ketchikan Japanese Language School (ddr-densho-442-42)
Photograph of students and teachers outside the Ketchikan Japanese Language School. Everyone is wearing crafted hats. Identified front row left to right: Pat Hagiwara, Alice Togo, unidentified, Bert Kimura, Helen Nakashima, Irene Kimura, Ruth Tomo Ohashi, Jim Tatsuda, rest unidentified. Top row: unidentified, Charlie Tatsuda, Mary Ohashi, rest unidentified.
Joe's Jeep (ddr-one-2-421)
img Joe's Jeep (ddr-one-2-421)
Black and white photographic print of Joe Hashizaki’s jeep on way home from Atami Hotel. Atami is a resort for R&R south of Yokohama and was commandeered by US military during the occupation. Inscribed on the back: "Atami/TAMI & I IN JOE HASHIZAKI'S JEEP/(MARY JANE'S HUSBAND)."
Baby Shower meal (ddr-densho-477-417)
img Baby Shower meal (ddr-densho-477-417)
Photograph of 7 members of the Isoshima and Nakahara families eating a meal together at Susan Isoshima's baby shower. From left to right clockwise around the table: Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima, Susan Isoshima, Midori (Nakahara) Chikamura, Yoshiko (Nakato) Nakahara, Mary (Kouchi) Nakahara, Wistaria (Nakamoto) Nakahara, and Naomi (Isoshima) Nishimura.
University of Nebraska Delta Phi Delta (ddr-densho-468-307)
img University of Nebraska Delta Phi Delta (ddr-densho-468-307)
Black and white photo of seven women. Caption on album page above photo: "U of N ???" written in black ink or pencil; caption on album page below photo: "Bea Nakada, Betty Racely, Gloria Marois, Mary Russel, Jackie Young, Betty Brinkman, Winnie Kelly" written in black ink or pencil.
Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) Odori Performance (ddr-one-1-402)
img Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) Odori Performance (ddr-one-1-402)
Black and white photographic negative of an Odori folk dance performance on a stage for Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) inside the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple). Dancers on stage: second to the right, Shiz (Fujita) Inaba; third to the right, Mary (Nakata) Fujii.
Young Buddhist League Convention Queen (ddr-one-1-25)
img Young Buddhist League Convention Queen (ddr-one-1-25)
Black and white photographic print of the Fourth Annual Northwest Young Buddhist League's Convection Queen: Mary (Nakata) Fujii of Portland, Oregon. She is dressed in a dark formal gown, wearing a jeweled tiara and velvet robe. The photograph was found in Frank Hirahara's memorabilia of his time in Portland.
Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) Odori Performance (ddr-one-1-403)
img Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) Odori Performance (ddr-one-1-403)
Black and white photographic negative of an Odori folk dance performance on the stage for Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) at Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple). From left to right: Mary (Nakata) Fujii, Shiz (Fujita) Inaba, Hanako Terakawa Tamura, unidentified, and Sakae Kobayashi.
Sweetheart of Minidoka and attendants (ddr-densho-37-674)
img Sweetheart of Minidoka and attendants (ddr-densho-37-674)
Original WRA caption: Sweetheart of Minidoka and her attendants chosen by popular vote in St. Valentine's Day contest sponsored by the Minidoka Irrigator, center newspaper. Standing left to right: Kiyoka Kumagai, Amy Hidaka, Mona Saito, Chickie Ishihara. Seated left to right: Misao Hayashida, Ise Inozuka, Mary Jane Kinoshita.
Ten girls in kimonos (ddr-ajah-3-355)
img Ten girls in kimonos (ddr-ajah-3-355)
Caption below photo: Young Nisei girls pose at the Buddhist Temples of Alameda, CA, for an unknown event. September 22, 1935
Ten girls in kimonos (ddr-ajah-6-386)
img Ten girls in kimonos (ddr-ajah-6-386)
Caption below photo: Young Nisei girls pose at the Buddhist Temples of Alameda, CA, for an unknown event. September 22, 1935
Bataan nurse survivor trains here for return (ddr-csujad-49-57)
doc Bataan nurse survivor trains here for return (ddr-csujad-49-57)
Newspaper clipping about Army Nurse Lt. Mary G. Moultrie. An item from: page 42 of the Sue Kato scrapbook (gfb_skc_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 2019_002_001_031_02
Letter from William D. Hassett, Secretary to the President, to Mrs. Mary Tsukamoto, May 8, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-36)
doc Letter from William D. Hassett, Secretary to the President, to Mrs. Mary Tsukamoto, May 8, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-36)
Typed correspondence from William Hassett (Secretary to the President) to Mary Tsukamoto thanking her for her letter to President Roosevelt. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00039
Letter from C. Wayland Brooks, United States Senator, to Mary Yamasnira re: acknowledgement that Frank S. Okusako was wounded in action, December 29, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-241)
doc Letter from C. Wayland Brooks, United States Senator, to Mary Yamasnira re: acknowledgement that Frank S. Okusako was wounded in action, December 29, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-241)
Correspondence from C. Wayland Brooks to Mary Yamasnira acknowledging that her brother, Frank Okusako, had been wounded in action. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0243
Letter from Beryl Henry, Curriculum Advisor, Denson High School, to To Whom it May Concern, November 17, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1)
doc Letter from Beryl Henry, Curriculum Advisor, Denson High School, to To Whom it May Concern, November 17, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1)
Letter of farewell and commendation for Mary Tsukamoto for her outstanding work, loyalty, and dependability in the Jerome incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_00002

Narrator Mary Kageyama Nomura

Nisei female. Born September 29, 1925, in Los Angeles, California. Lost both parents at an early age, and was raised by older siblings as part of a large family. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Trained in music from childhood, became known as the "Songbird of Manzanar," performing in camp. After …
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