Caption on right includes biographical data for Hatsumi Iwamasa and her marriage to Taiji Mashihara

Caption below photo: Taiji Mashihara's 1920 Harvard graduation photo. After his arrival from Japan in 1907, he lived in Alameda., CA., and attended the University of California. He moved to Boston to study dentistry and dental surgery, a rare occupation for an Issei in America. Inscription on front: T. Mashihara 1920. Inscription in Japanese on side …

Caption below photo: Issei Taiji Mashihara, of Alameda, CA., He was a dentistry student at the University of California at Berkeley, then moved to Massachusetts. On July 15, 1920, he was granted a certificate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to practice dentistry and dental surgery. He died of Tuberculosis on January 10, 1927. Photo by Mataichi …

Caption below photo: Matusmi Iwamasa of Alameda, CA. She moved to Boston, MA., after marrying Taiji Mashihara. He was working as a dentist and dental surgeon there. Her clothing indicated she is not longer living in Japan, but America, so this photo must have been made after she journeyed across the Pacific in 1920. photo circa …

Title: Alameda, CA, circa 1912-1912 Early Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Includes historical information about early development of Alameda and the Japanese Methodist Episcopal church

Memoir of student who attended the Alameda Japanese Grammar School. Includes names of students and teachers