23 items
23 items
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Wedding cake topper (ddr-densho-493-1)
Cake topper is from Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura wedding in camp.
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Two women on porch (ddr-densho-493-67)
Caption on page: Shig & I Aug 1944 Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura with an unidentified friend
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Two women on porch (ddr-densho-493-66)
Caption on page: Shig & I Aug 1944 Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura with an unidentified friend
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Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura c. 1935 (ddr-densho-493-22)
Portrait of Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura in board frame. Stamp in corner reads "1935 HS Auburn Trojans". Marked on lower right "Melin - Auburn"
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Group of five women and a man on steps of Farm Division Building (ddr-densho-493-68)
Caption below photo: Property Warehouse Gang Oct. 1944 Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura poses with her friends.
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Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura and Shizuo Nishimura wedding announcement (ddr-densho-493-26)
Printed wedding announcement card. Text reads: "Mr. and Mrs. Buichiro Itabashi / announce the marriage of their daughter / Frances Masako / to / Mr. Shizuo Nishimura / on Saturday, the nineteenth day of June / Nineteen hundred and forty-three / Newell, California"
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Mess Pass (ddr-densho-493-25)
Amache "workers mess" meal pass for Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura, stamped by the Property Officer and the Project Steward.
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Two people at a picnic with barracks in background (ddr-densho-493-63)
Caption below photo: May 1944 12E Picnic Amache The woman whose face can be seen is Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura.
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Woman standing with barracks in background (ddr-densho-493-73)
Caption on page below photos: Jan. 7, 1945 Frances (Itabashi) Nisimura poses in front of barracks.
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Group leaning on railing (ddr-densho-493-78)
Per donor note on page 29: Amache Warehouse workers at a picnic The woman in front of the group is Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura.
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Portrait of woman in hat (ddr-densho-493-193)
Inscription on photo front: To Francis Itabashi Sincerely May Tsurusaki Aug 17 [?]
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Letter to Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura from Mary Sakai (ddr-densho-493-24)
Letter from Mary Sakai thanking Frances for her modeling and the use of her clothing in a fashion show at Tule Lake. "Dear Frances, Your splendid cooperation in our successful fashion parade was very deeply appreciated by me and my fellow committee members. Thank you kindly for lending us your lovely collections, and I hope everything …
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Tomio Itabashi with his aunt Kuni Itabashi (ddr-densho-493-43)
Caption below photo: Kuni 1965 - adopted by Frances. Caption at top of page: 12 F 10 F Amache Barracks
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Portrait of Mae Tsurusaki (ddr-densho-493-131)
Inscription on photo front: Sincerely M [Fujiye] Tsurusaki. Written on inside folder cover: to Frances Itabashi
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Shiz (Hamatani) Sugioka and Frances (Itabashi) Nakamura (ddr-densho-493-85)
Per donor note on page 29: Amache Warehouse workers at a picnic
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Letter to Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura from Dr. Willard Van Hazel (ddr-densho-493-19)
Letter to Frances from Dr. Van Hazel, who tried and failed to save Tomio’s life before he died of the tuberculosis that he contracted while at camp. "Tomio never held any resentment toward our government for having developed tuberculosis or having lost anything because of the war conditions. He told me that he was only glad …
Collection
Tomio Itabashi and Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura Collection (ddr-densho-493)
This collection consists of objects, documents, photographs, and pamphlets from the Itabashi family, siblings Tomio Itabashi and Frances Nishimura (Itabashi) and their aunt and uncle, Kuni and Buichiro Itabashi. The family lived in Auburn, Washington prior to the war, where they operated a dairy farming business and were involved in a Supreme Court of Washington State …
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Autograph board (ddr-densho-493-2)
Varnished wooden board. Front side features an image either burned or painted into it of two barracks, a road a watch tower, and a mountain in the distance with a cross on it, as well as about 40 signed messages of blessing and well wishes. Possibly created at the 1943 wedding of Frances (Itabashi) Nishimura and …
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Mitsuo Mike Iseri and Alice (Fujinaga) Iseri (ddr-densho-493-31)
Posed photograph of Mike and Alice Iseri addressed "To Dear Tomio + Frances" and signed "Affectionately, Mike + Alice." Mike wears a military uniform.
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James Faucett Last Will and Testament (ddr-densho-493-4)
Will of James E. Faucett, in which he leaves 10 acres of land to Tomio and Frances Itabashi and grants to their uncle and foster father Buichiro "Johnny" Itabashi the use and occupancy of 85 acres, a house, and a cow barn, rent-free until both children had reached adult status, and for $18/year paid to the …
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County Court ruling on James Faucett's estate (ddr-densho-493-5)
Decision by Judge Adam Beeler: Lays out the history of the ownership of the land; its occupancy and the history of who had performed labor there; details the relationships of all those involved to the deceased; and history of the suit—in which the sister and niece of the deceased, Emma Morrisey and May Pickett, respectively, filed …
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Appeal brief for the Supreme Court of Washington regarding the estate of James Faucett (ddr-densho-493-6)
Brief for the Supreme Court of Washington prepared by the attorneys for the respondents, Bogle, Bogle & Gates—Edward G. Dobrin. An amended petition submitted by the contestants charged 1) lack of capacity, 2) undue influence by blandishments and promises, 3) undue influence by duress, 4) improper execution, 5) unlawful conspiracy. Document reviews past Washington cases contesting …
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Supreme Court of Washington ruling on James Faucett's estate (ddr-densho-493-7)
Ruling of the Supreme Court of Washington, in which the majority states that "Clearly, Mr. Faucett was not mentally and physically capable August 16, 1927, of making a will" and concludes that "The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded with directions to set the will aside." Majority opinion authored by Judge Millard, signed by judges …