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img Entrance to large building with "Japan" sign (ddr-densho-426-1825)

Possibly from 1939 New York World's Fair. Inscription in Japanese

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img Tower with image and quote from Stalin (ddr-densho-426-1823)

From 1939 New York World's Fair. Inscription on back in Japanese

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-426-1823/

doc Program of the Official Opening of the Japanese Pavilion at the New York World's Fair (ddr-densho-329-429)

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doc World fair envelope (ddr-densho-430-26)

Blank envelope with a postage from the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair.

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img Shichisaburo Makino, a New York World's Fair clerk (ddr-njpa-4-1022)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Shichisaburo Makino. New York World's Fair, Japan's Hall of Nations display. Clerk in charge of decoration. Visited on the way back home by Ryuden Maru."

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-859)

Letter from New York. Kan thanks Wak for a package, talks about visiting some of the New York City tourist sites and seeing movies. Wanted to get a meal in Chinatown but sensed anti-Japanese sentiment. Continues to discuss relationship between his immediate boss on the New York World's Fair garden, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, and the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-859/

doc Liberty Bell postcard (ddr-densho-300-415)

Caption on front: "The Liberty Bell reporduced in 11 600 Mikimoto Cultivated Pearls and exhibited at the New York World's Fair 1939."

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-860)

Letter from New York. Kan writes about his evening routine, what he's eating, and his relationship with his supervisor on the World's Fair garden, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, whom he hopes will hire him on a potential new garden project on the fair grounds, and the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project, Nagao Sakurai. …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-866)

Letter from New York. Since finishing the New York World's Fair job Kan has moved out to Albertson, N. Y. He is working for his recent boss at the fair, landscape architect Shogo Myaida. Season changing to spring. He has visited Frank Lloyd Wright's 1937 Rebhuhn House in Long Island and includes detailed impressions.

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vh Shizuko Kadoguchi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1006-2-14)

Hosting the Ikenobo Society, a prestigious flower-arranging group from Japan, at the New York World's Fair

This interview was conducted by the JC Legacy Project, a project of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1006-2-14/

doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to his sisters Wakako and Yuri (ddr-densho-329-865)

Letter from New York. Kan has finished the New York World's Fair garden job, and his relationship with Nagao Sakurai has improved. The World's Fair has opened and he has been exploring it in his week off; he describes various exhibits and critiques the Japanese exhibit (with a sketch of the floorplan and traffic flow). He …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-864)

Letter from New York. Kan talks about his impressions of the skill of the two landscape architects he's working for" Shogo Myaida, his immediate boss on the World's Fair job, and Nagao Sakurai, the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project. He is weighing whether to go to school for architecture and is leaning towards …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-864/

doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to his sisters (ddr-densho-329-858)

Letter from New York in which Kan further describes the manners of the landscape architect running his current job at the World's Fair, Nagao Sakurai, and his immediate boss, Shogo Myaida. He writes about what he's eating, where he's going, and what he's doing in New York City. Says he doesn't meet many people who seem …

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img Stone lantern with sign "Flame of Friendship" in Japanese Gardens of New York World's Fair (ddr-densho-426-1821)

Inscription on back in Japanese

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-870)

Letter from New York. Kan shares an anecdote about a couple getting stuck suspended in the parachute jump concession at the World's Fair. On arguing to get paid fairly for his work after completion of a rock garden project. Taking care of last things in New York before leaving on his trip to interview with Frank …

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img Two archers with bow and arrow (ddr-njpa-4-2002)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "William Tell in the modern period. (New York) Domei. Tesugoro Okajima and Miss [?] showed the essence of the Japanese art of archery to Europeans at the World's Fair in New York late in August. They were praised by the Europeans, who called Mr. Okajima and Miss [?] William Tell in modern …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-863)

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 …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-857)

Letter from New York. Mostly discusses relations with Kan's employer (landscape architect Shogo Myaida) on the gardening job he's doing for the World's Fair. Feels extorted by his boss (landscape architect Nagao Sakurai). Frustrated that Sakurai also wants him to act as a Japanese interpreter; struggles because his Japanese isn't very good. Gives a detailed account …

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doc Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-862)

Letter from New York City. On his interactions with the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project, Nagao Sakurai. On working with Japanese gardeners on the project and what everyone eats for lunch. On the weather. Kan reflects on what he's learning from his work and declares, "One thing that I have found out and …

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Invitation to Kaneji Domoto from the Commissioner General of Japan to attend the Formal Opening of the Japanese Pavilion at the New York World's Fair (ddr-densho-329-428)

doc Invitation to Kaneji Domoto from the Commissioner General of Japan to attend the Formal Opening of the Japanese Pavilion at the New York World's Fair (ddr-densho-329-428)

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