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vh Nellie Mitani Interview Segment 17 (ddr-manz-1-88-17)

First impressions of camp, helping new arrivals

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vh Nellie Mitani Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-88-12)

Attending college and meeting future husband

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vh Nellie Mitani Interview Segment 23 (ddr-manz-1-88-23)

Reuniting with husband in Crystal City

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vh Nellie Mitani Interview Segment 27 (ddr-manz-1-88-27)

Reflections

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doc Letter from Harry and Nellie to Masako Adachi (ddr-csujad-55-1953)

Thank you note from Harry and Nellie to Masako Adachi. From the Masako Adachi scrapbook. See also sac_jaac_1953. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1956

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img Three copies of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara's birth certificate (ddr-ajah-6-499)

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doc Poston Press Bulletin Vol. V No. 11 (October 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-136)

Selected article titles: "Meet Her Majesty, Queen Nellie. Beautiful Poston III Girl Selected to Reign as Queen of the County Fair" (p. 1), "Nelson Explains Difficulties of Buying Supplies" (p. 4).

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Narrator Nellie Mitani

Nisei female. Born January 31, 1919, in Mesa, Arizona. Grew up in Arizona, where family ran a produce farm. Attended college, and after marrying husband, a Buddhist minister, moved to Bakersfield, California. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. While in Poston, husband was picked up by the FBI and transferred to …

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av Home movie footage of the wedding of Nellie Itahara and Bill Takeda (ddr-ajah-4-69)

Home movie footage showing friends and pastor of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church celebrating the marriage of Bill Takeda and Nellie Fumiko Itahara in what appears to be a private home.

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doc Image of Shuzo "Bill" Takeda's Japanese passport titled: A Japanese Passport, translated (ddr-ajah-6-508)

Caption below image: Passport for Shuzo "Bill" Takeda, of Hiroshima, Japan so he could immigrate to America / May 15, 1924. Shozo would later marry Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara and live in Alameda, CA.

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img Portrait of Shigeshi Madokoro (ddr-ajah-6-349)

Caption below photo: Shigeshi "Shug" Madokoro penned this June 1932 photo to his pal, Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara. Both were from Alameda, CA. Inscription on photo front: Dear Nelly Sincerely yours Shug June '32

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img Shozo "Bill" Takeda in football uniform (ddr-ajah-6-528)

Caption below photo: Shozo "Bill" Takeda poses in his football uniform in Azusa, CA in 1934. He previously lived in Alameda, CA. He returned to Alameda to marry Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in 1941.

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img Portrait of four young women (ddr-ajah-6-530)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (far left), Masa Hanamura, Spring Kido, and Aki Mukoyama sit for a portrait at Tsuji Studio of Oakland, a sort of Coming of age picture. Photo 1936

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img Shuzo "Bill" Takeda with Fumiko "Nellie" and daughter Judy standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-543)

Caption below photo: Standing in front of their Block 13 residence are Shuzo "Bill" and Fumiko "Nellie" Takeda with their first born child, Judy. Topaz, Utah, 1943. The Taketa's were from Alameda, CA.

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img Women in costumes, performing a play (ddr-ajah-4-28)

Caption below photo: Stageplay at Japanese Methodist episcopal Church, South in Alameda, CA Circa late 1920s

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doc Card from Nellie Yasumoto to Henri and Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-422-656)

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img Group of women posing for photo (ddr-ajah-6-137)

Caption above photo: Imagire Dress Making School 9th graduation, Oakland, CA., circa 1938 Her first location was in Alameda, Across the Oakland Estuary. Inscription on front in Japanese, individuals identified.

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doc Photos and text titled: On the Last Boat from Japan (ddr-ajah-6-537)

Document with photo of Fumiko Itahara and Bill Takeda, Takeda's travel documents and story of his arrival from Japan

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img Boys playing on swings (ddr-ajah-6-740)

Caption below photo: Nisei boys play on a swing in Alameda, CA., circa 1910-1930s. The white house in the background is 2327 Buena Vista Avenue. A few years after World War II ended, it would become the home of Bill Takeda and Nellie Itahara.

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doc Certificate of Promotion from Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South for Fumiko Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-519)

Caption below image: Certificate of Promotion for Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA. She was promoted from the Senior department to the Bible department by Haruo Imura on September 14, 1930. Torao Miki was the superintendent of the Sunday School at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda.

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doc Alien Land Case Is Decided Against State (July 9, 1926) (ddr-densho-56-403)

The Seattle Daily Times, July 9, 1926, p. 22

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img Portrait of Shizuki Itahara and unidentified boy (ddr-ajah-6-506)

Caption below photo: At left is Shizuka Itahara, first born child of Yoshio Itahara and Hama Komatsu. He remained in Hiroshima, Japan when is parents immigrated to Alameda, CA., in 1902. Shizuka's American born sister (1914) was Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara. Younger boy is unknown. Photo taken in Hiroshima, Japan, circa 1920s

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img Two versions of group of men and women at a dinner, one with individuals identified (ddr-ajah-6-754)

Caption below photo: Issei meet for dinner and drinks somewhere in Alameda, CA. Circa 1914, based on the presence of Nellie Itahara a baby. Location unknown, but likely somewhere on or near Park Street, where many Japanese business existed. Several men are wearing detachable collars, which were popular at the time. Note the shamisen at far …

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img Two women and child at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-ajah-6-536)

Caption below photo: Toshiko "May" Yeda (left), her mother, Harumi, and friend Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara stroll around the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, San Francisco's third and last World's Fair. It was also the year that Nazi Germany invaded Europe. Among the items they may have noticed at the World's Fair was the German swastika …

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av Footage from Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (1 of 3) (ddr-ajah-4-66)

Footage featuring services and interviews from the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California. Shot for a documentary commemorating Buena Vista's centennial called Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith, produced by Wendy Hanamura.

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