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Nisei standing in concentration camp firebreak (ddr-densho-111-1)
Elaine Ishikawa Hayes was employed by Tule Lake's recreation department. She is pictured here standing in the firebreak near the recreation department barracks.
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Holiday letter from a Nisei man (ddr-densho-155-3)
This letter was sent to a Minidoka concentration camp administrator who worked in the procurement office.
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Nisei and Issei woman in California (ddr-densho-259-53)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Michi with [Shidzuyo Yasui]'s friend from Okayama-ken [Okayama prefecture, Japan]."
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Nisei girl and cousin in Japan (ddr-densho-259-290)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] and cousin Midori [Miyake] in Japan, summer of 1940."
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Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-369)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of the Raymond Onishi family."
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Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-380)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Magoichiro and Ume Sato family, who used to live in Parkdale [Oregon] Other than Mr. Sato, the only other person I recognize is Mark Kinya Sato. I'll guess that this picture was taken in 1927-28, because the Sato's youngest son, William Katsuya, was born in 1928, and he's in this photograph."
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Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-289)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui]'s visit to Japan in the summer of 1940 Front, [left to right]: Yasuo, Michi, Kameno, Taiitsuro. Back, [left to right]: Tokiko, Norie (Yasuo's wife), Hiroshi, Sachiko."
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Issei and Nisei on the street (ddr-densho-259-308)
Unidentified Issei and Nisei on the street, possibly in Hood River, Oregon.
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Nisei girl visiting family in Japan (ddr-densho-259-280)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi [Yasui] visiting the Miyake relatives, when she went there for a visit alone, in the summer of 1940."
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Three Nisei children in their parlor (ddr-densho-259-46)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi and Baby Shu are sitting on the floor in the living room of our first home on Third Street in Hood River [Oregon], and Roku is sitting on the old oak and leather couch."
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Young Nisei boy holding a puppy (ddr-densho-259-429)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Roku [Yasui] holding what appears to have been a young black puppy."
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Four Nisei brothers with bozu haircuts (ddr-densho-259-83)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "It looks like Kay, Ches and Min [Yasui]--and Roku in front, sitting on the ground--just had had bozu haircuts. A 'bozu' is the familiar term for Bonsan, a Japanese Buddhist priest, who...always had a shaven or closely cropped head. For many years, Dad [Masuo Yasui] used to cut his boys' hair. He …
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Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-371)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of the Karasawa family. Some time in the late 19 teens, the Karasawa family moved to Hood River, where they opened a laundry, on Oak Street, I think. They were one of the few Japanese families who lived permanently in town, although there had been other sojourners."
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Nisei boy in hat and coat (ddr-densho-259-417)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Shu, in front of our old Third Street home, Hood River, [Oregon]. This is a very cute picture and it's also a very characteristic pose when he was a shy little boy."
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Three Nisei children on a farm (ddr-densho-259-73)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay & Min, and part of Ches [Yasui] as young children."
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Nisei boys at Japanese language school (ddr-densho-259-187)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of the young Dee Nisei boys pictured with [Japanese language teacher] Haru Tsuji. Since Toru Hasegawa is also in this picture, maybe some of the Oak Grove Nisei attended the language school at the Dee Community Hall."
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Three Nisei siblings on a farm (ddr-densho-259-75)
Minoru, Michi, and Ches (Tsuyoshi) Yasui at the family's farm in Mosier, Oregon.
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Nisei child sitting on a table (ddr-densho-259-154)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Min[oru Yasui] sitting on a round table covered with a crocheted white cloth."
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Nisei child on a hobby horse (ddr-densho-259-153)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Ches [Yasui] on a white & dapple gray hobby horse, taken at the Third Street home in Hood River."
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Intelligence memo: "Individuals Blacklisted by Nisei" (ddr-densho-274-24)
Intelligence memo on individuals in the Japanese American community reported to be "suspicious" by other Japanese Americans. Information was provided by a handful of nisei informants, whose opinions were "possibly...colored by personal feelings or desire for gain."
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Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-378)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of the Yasui family of Mosier, showing father, mother, two young girls and a young boy. The bigger girl is Kazuko and the other one is Shizue. The boy is Takaaki 'Frank.' Our families are not related, although Tokujiro and his wife Masashi--and in fact, all of the Yasuis that I've …