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Caption on reverse: "Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan honored in New York. Joseph C. Grew (left), Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, - receives the Holland Society's Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement from Ottomar H. Van Norden, president of the Society, at ceremonies in New York City. The …
Letter from New York City. Mostly anecdotes about spending time with his co-workers in their time off in the city, going to bookstores and the library and seeing shows. Anecdotes about his boss at the New York World's Fair job, landscape architect Shogo Myaida. Taking and printing pictures from the worksite. In pencil on back of …
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Soviet Military Envoy Arrives in New York. (New York) Domei. American policy towards the Soviet Union has moved towards supporting them strongly since the beginning of the German-Soviet War, making the US inclination towards entering the war even more apparent. Photograph: Soviet Ambassador Umansky (left) meeting Soviet Military Envoy General Filipp Golikov …
A copy of "Show" magazine with a centerfold spread highlighting Cherie en Parisat the Latin Quarter in New York. Performers include Ruby Richards, Lee Sharon, and Mary Mon Toy.
Caption on reverse [translation]: "(New York) Domei. Sonja Henie, the top female ice skater, eschewed the ice carnival held nearby at Madison Square Garden to engage in fierce training."
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Comfortable Batting. (St. Petersburg, Florida) Rengo. The fierce, comfortable swing of Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees, who is expected to live up to his name as the new home run king after the loss of Babe Ruth."
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei Photographic Overseas News A July 19, 1938. About to Depart. (New York) Domei. The newest Lockheed passenger plane, which will carry American millionaire Howard Hughes as he attempts to set a new record for flying around the world."
"Delay by Senate on ENI Bill Looms; New York Post Scribe Fears Road "Very Uncertain" (p. 1), "President Inks Contraband Bill" (p. 1), "Letter to CARE from Japan" (p. 1).
Selected articles: Drive opens to Ban Japanese from Buying Land, Proud to Have Privilege to Fight Beside Nisei, Iowa Soldiers Declare, LaGuardia Protests Plan to Send Nisei to New York
1 photographic print: b&w; 107th Infantry Memorial monument in New York City. Sidewalk and road in foreground; Trees are barren in the background; appears to be covered in snow.
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Reverend Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick of The Riverside Church in New York City. Reverend Dr. Fosdick wrote to Yuriko as Sergeant Yoshito Shibata visited the church during his furlough to New York City and provided her name and address to them as part of his required registration to visit the …
Sent to T.W. in New York with details about the whereabouts of the "Pomona kids" in the military and elsewhere. Names listed were Pomona college students in the mid-1930's.
Selected article titles: "Judicial: First Cases Set for Commission" (p. 1), "Early Return to Calif. Improbable" (p. 1), "Editorial: On Staff Education" (p. 2), "New York: Nisei Dreams Come True" (p. 2).
Sansei male. Born January 3, 1940, in Seattle, Washington. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp and resettled in New York and New Jersey. Established a career in safety and health consulting.
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
Description of Japanese American community in New York City postwar
This interview was conducted as part of a project to capture stories of the Japanese American community of Spokane, Washington. Densho worked in collaboration with the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
Double-sided brochure for a landscape design program on May 18, 1959 led by Kaneji Domoto and Roy H. DeBoer. Organized by the Ninth District Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc.
Letter from Sohei (John) Hohri to Harold Landon & Thelma Jo Bruce, dated April 6, 2000. The envelope is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Landon in Granada Hills, CA from Sohei Hohri in New York, NY. Sohei writes about Harold and Thelma's upcoming visit to New York in May. He is looking forward to seeing them …
A letter from Olgi Burkli in Zurich, Switzerland to Masao Sakagami in New York. Addressed "Co. C. 100th B.N. 442 Regt." Letter is dated January 16, 1946. Postmark is dated January 17, 1946.
A letter from Klaus Wiedmer in Langnau, Switzerland to Masao Sakagami in New York. Addressed "Co. C. 100th B.N. 442 Regt." Letter is dated April 21, 1946. Postmark is dated April 23, 1946.