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Kay Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-48)
Nisei female. Born April 17, 1917, in Moneta, California. Grew up working on family's strawberry farm. Attended Japanese language school where she learned Japanese dancing and singing. Was popular and excelled in high school, but was prevented by the Parent Teacher Association from giving the commencement address because of her ethnicity. Attended dress design school, and …
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Dana Hoshide and Alice Ito in production room with narrator (ddr-densho-506-77)
Photo of Dana Hoshide and Alice Ito with a Narrator in what appears to be the Densho production room.
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 41 (ddr-densho-1000-48-41)
Postwar return: facing discrimination, even from churches
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 42 (ddr-densho-1000-48-42)
Postwar return: facing discrimination, even from churches
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-48-12)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor: parents' attitude, "Whatever government says to do, we're to obey"; losing the farm, dressmaker's shop
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-48-19)
Memories of "evacuation day": "...Just like these movies when they go to jail, it was just like that"
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-48-4)
Issei parents' values and attitudes: the importance of continuing Japanese culture
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-48-29)
Teaching children Japanese dancing and singing to entertain the Issei in camp
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 37 (ddr-densho-1000-48-37)
Receiving news of, and reaction to news of bombing of Hiroshima
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-48-23)
Husband contracts tuberculosis, ostracized by rest of camp
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-48-10)
Getting started in dress design, apprenticing and opening own shop
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 48 (ddr-densho-1000-48-48)
Sharing memories of the incarceration with church groups and children
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-48-20)
Daily routine at Gila River concentration camp, Arizona
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Kay Matsuoka Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-48-25)
Reaction to the bombing of Pearl Harbor: getting rid of everything Japanese