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img Group of women at a picnic (ddr-ajah-6-531)

Caption below photo: L to R: Unknown, Mrs. Mukoyama, Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, Hanae Nakayama, Aki Mukoyama Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church of Alameda, CA picnic, April 1936. Location of picnic unknown.

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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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doc Telegram from Wilbur Takiguchi to Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-532)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara becomes the chairman for the Northern California Young People's Christian Conference. The NYYPCC held young adult events and conferences before and after World War II. October 6, 1937

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

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img Two women walking down stairs (ddr-ajah-6-535)

Caption below photo: Mrs. Teshima (left) and 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 that Itahara may have noticed at the World's Fair was the German swastika flag. Teshima and 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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img Document with photo and biographical information titled "Role Reversal" (ddr-ajah-6-495)

Caption below photo: Yoshio Itahara and his wife, Hama Komatsu, shortly after arriving in Alameda, CA., from Hiroshima, Japan, in 1902. Photo by Mataichi Ozeki, the best of the Issei photographers in Alameda at the time.

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img Portrait of two women with children (ddr-ajah-6-500)

Caption below photo: L to R: Mrs. Nagayama, unknown, Hama Itahara and baby Nellie Itahara. Alameda, CA. Nellie was born in Alameda on January 10, 1914, photo July 1914.

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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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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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doc Document with photo of Alameda ATK and Meiji University baseball teams and transcription of article about game (ddr-ajah-5-40)

Document includes names. Caption below separate photo: Alameda ATK vs Meiji team (from Japan) - Alameda, CA Meiji tour of America. Geizaburo Okada was head coach at Meiji University from 1923-1935.

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