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img Group photo outside building, holding banner in Japanese (ddr-ajah-3-185)

Caption below photo: Front row, Rev. Giko Abiko (1954-1960) / Senior Appreciation (Kei-ro-kai) Buddhist Temple of Alameda, California. 1955. Inscription on back reprinted below photo: To Mr. Shiota

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img Mint Box with Phonograph Record (ddr-densho-508-3)

Philco Safety Record with Japanese Transcription stored in a large Mint Box. Translation of the Japanese inscription: "Title - Niagari Newspaper / To Mr. [or Mrs. or Ms.] Yasutake / Date - January 1"

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img Picnic (ddr-densho-359-1613)

Caption written on album page "Taken by Mr. Seike Summer of 1946". Jeanette Otsuka is standing far right, and Eddie Otsuka is sitting far right. Kameno Seike is standing, left.

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img Group photograph (ddr-densho-359-509)

The caption under the photograph in the album reads "March 1926". Left to right: Mr Azuma, Joe Kawamoto, Jeanette Kawamoto, Kaichi and Itsuno Kawamoto, Kameno and Shinichi Seike, Pauline Kawamoto

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img Group photo (ddr-densho-474-15)

Group- photo of 21 people posed on an ornamental rug. Chosaku Hashiguchi, back row, 3rd from left. Mr. Hiyakawa's parents, back row, 2nd from right, 2nd row, 2nd from right.

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doc Letter to Mr. Yamakoshi from Yuri Tsukada cced to Mine Okubo (ddr-densho-356-646)

Letter to Mr. Nobu Yamakoshi from Yuriko Domoto Tsukada. In the letter Yuri discusses her reaction to Mine Okubo's art book "Jingle, Jingle Jangle" and pledges to purchases 50 copies.

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Collection Takeo Tsuji Family Collection (ddr-densho-181)

This collection is comprised of documents from the personal collection of Takeo Tsuji, who was held in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, during World War II. Many of the documents are related to Mr. Tsuji's efforts to have his belongings restored to him after the war.

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Narrator Junkoh Harui

Nisei male. Born June 23, 1933, in Bainbridge Island, Washington. His family built and operated Bainbridge Gardens, 27 acres of meticulously landscaped property, with a nursery, grocery store and gas station. At the onset of World War II, family moved to Moses Lake to avoid being incarcerated where they farmed and lived amidst a fairly hostile …

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doc Letter from Daniel F. Goggin, May 1, 1948 (ddr-csujad-12-2)

This letter confirms that Tsugitada Kanamori worked for Daniel Goggin in an Ordnance Shop as the superintendent at the Yokohama Area Engineer Equipment Pool. Mr. Goggin explains that Kanamori is "invaluable" and he would absolutely recommend Mr. Kanamori for any position. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tsu_01_01_002

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img Nikkei children on a farm (ddr-densho-259-273)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Nikkei children at the Mosier farm Front row, [left to right]: Kingo Kanemasu; I think a Kajita boy; Shigenobu Yamaki; Takaaki Yasui; I think another Kajita boy; 3 unidentified girls in a row; Shizue Yasui; Reverend Isaac Inouye. Second & back rows: Mr. Hatsutaro Kajita; Michi Yasui (looking over Yakaaki Yasui's shoulder); …

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-193)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers in front of crowd. Obon dancers: second from left Mrs. Okayama, third from left Mr. Yoshihara, fourth from left Beti ann (Minamoto) Wantroba. Seated first from left is Mr. Maekawa. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and …

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img James Komoto with Pvt. Narita and friends (ddr-densho-463-123)

Written beside photograph on scrapbook page: Ben, me [James Komoto], Shoji, Kini, Mr. Murato, Hiram, Yasu, Geo, Bill, Harry, TD; "What's you [sic] doing, Harry;" "Look [sic] Like His special cigs."

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img Family portrait (ddr-densho-129-1)

This Japanese American family ran University Cleaners, a dye works business located at 1014 East 45th Street in Seattle, Washington. (L to R): Mr. Akimoto, Dorrie Akimoto, Mrs. Akimoto, Robert Akimoto.

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img Wedding reception (ddr-densho-34-88)

This wedding reception was for Hisa and Jim Matsudaira. Left to right: Mr. Kusako, Rob Nakata, Sets Omoto, Yuki Omoto, Fusako Horishige, Pauline Nakata, Alice Okano and Mrs. Shigeko Kitamoto (seated).

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doc Letter H.S. Doten to Eddie Otsuka (ddr-densho-359-1227)

H.S. Doten, the Secretary for the Tacoma Metropolitan Park District, writes to thank Mr. Otsuka for the donation of seventy Japanese flowering cherry trees to Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, WA.

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doc Card to Yuri and Richard Tsukada from Mr. & Mrs. R.M. Ritchie (ddr-densho-356-570)

Wedding Congratulations card to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada and Richard Tsukada from Mr. & Mrs. R.M. Ritchie Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-551 and ddr-densho-356-577.

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doc Memorandum For Mr. L.M.C. Smith Chief, Special Defense Unit (ddr-one-5-90)

Photocopy of a declassified letter from the National Archives written by John Edger Hoover, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to L.M.C. Smith, Chief of the Special Defense Unit. In the typed letter, Hoover references information that has been collected on Keisaburo Koyama, a resident of Portland, Oregon, and recommended that Koyama be detained in …

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img Ko Fukazawa Setsu-shi [The late Mr. Setsu Fukazawa] (ddr-csujad-25-351)

A photograph of the late Mr. Setsu Fukazawa who died at the age of 57 on March 5, 1937 in Salt Lake, Utah. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_013

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img Keep Your Eyes on the Bingo Card, Mr. Idemoto! (ddr-jamsj-1-74)

An auxiliary potLuck dinner at Buddist Annex.

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img Mr. T. Omori at the Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-densho-300-285)

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img Miss. Rose Suenaga, Mr. S. Hamamura, Miss. Hide Fujita (ddr-densho-378-945)

Photograph of three people laying together on the ground. Identified as Rose Suenaga, S. Hamamura, and Hide (Fujita) Kanzaki. Captions on album page: "Guernewood Park -Aug. 20, 1939-" and "Miss Rose Suenaga Mr. S. Hamamura Miss Hide Fujita"

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doc Letter from Tami (Tomoye) Takahashi to Mr. T. Williamson (ddr-densho-424-794)

Information about tour, handwritten note: "Cannot go"

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doc Receipt from Takahashi Trading Co. to Mr. S. Akiyuki (ddr-densho-424-689)

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doc Receipt from Takahashi Trading Co. to Mr. S. Akiyuki (ddr-densho-424-688)

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doc Stand up and take a bow, Mr. Hale, Sir (ddr-csujad-55-1675)

Essay on discrimination towards Japanese Americans by a local barber. An excerpt from the Poston Chronicle, November 18, 1944. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1677

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