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img Nisei couple (ddr-densho-359-1309)

Phil and Alice Okano pose for a photograph on their honeymoon

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1309/

img Man and woman (ddr-densho-359-1480)

Phil and Alice Okano

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1480/

img Nisei couple (ddr-densho-359-1311)

Phil and Alice Okano pose for a photograph on their honeymoon

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1311/

img Nisei couple in field of daffodils (ddr-densho-359-443)

Phil Okano takes a picture of his wife, Alice, in a field of daffodils.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-443/

img Nisei couple in field of daffodils (ddr-densho-359-442)

Alice and Phil Okano stand in a a field of daffodils.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-442/

img Portrait of couple (ddr-densho-359-1616)

Phil and Alice Okano

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1616/

img Nisei couple (ddr-densho-359-1553)

Alice and Phil Okano

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img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-1045)

Alice and Philip Okano wedding photo. Stamped in the bottom right hand corner "Takano Studio Seattle"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1045/

img Portrait of couple (ddr-densho-359-1582)

Phil and Alice Okano. Caption written beneath the photograph in the album "At Idaho". The Okanos were released from Tule Lake in 1943 to do farm work in Caldwell, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1582/

img Nisei couple on beach (ddr-densho-359-1314)

Phil and Alice Okano pose on the beach on their honeymoon

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1314/

img Nisei couple with car (ddr-densho-359-1316)

Phil and Alice Okano pose next to their car on their honeymoon

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1316/

img Nisei couple stand in front of palm trees (ddr-densho-359-1310)

Phil and Alice Okano pose in front of a palm trees on their honeymoon

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1310/

img Nisei couple (ddr-densho-359-1411)

Alice and Phil Okano

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1411/

img Portrait of siblings (ddr-densho-359-116)

Left to right: Ayako, Yoneko, and Masaru Okano

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-116/

img Group pose in front of dry cleaners (ddr-densho-359-123)

Ayako Okano and her mother, Haruno Okano, stand on the left and right of an unidentified woman in the top row; Masaru Okano and his father, Toshiyuki Okano sit second and third from the left on the bottom row. The Okano family owned and operated a dry cleaning/laundry business in a few different Western Washington cities …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-123/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1213)

Phil writes to his wife, Alice Okano, concerning his travel from Amache Concentration camp to Denver. He couldn't convince his father to leave Amache. Phil writes that many people were biding their time in the camp to see how the war in the Pacific would pan out before making any decisions about leaving camp. Phil is …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1213/

doc Letter from Alice Okano to Phil Okano (ddr-densho-359-1223)

Alice writes that if Phil, her husband, wants to take the teaching job it is fine by her. She also assures Phil she will be fine on the farm in Caldwell, Idaho if he wants to work in Denver a bit longer.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1223/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1221)

Phil writes about meeting a friend of Alice's in Denver. He also writes about his day at the laundry and shopping trip to buy a new jacket.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1221/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1214)

Phil reports back on his first full day in Denver. He found a job, but he isn't sure how much he'll be making or if he'll like it.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1214/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1225)

Phil writes a short message while in the middle of his bus ride to Denver.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1225/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1220)

Phil discusses if Denver would be a good place to try to open his own laundry or cleaning business based on what he's talked about with other people in the business.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1220/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1217)

Phil writes about receiving his first paycheck and learning to use a steam gun for silk pressing.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1217/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1222)

Phil writes about his continued work at the laundry. He warns Alice, his wife, not to write back because he'll be on the move.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1222/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1219)

Phil writes about his work at the laundry and visiting another laundry called Band Bou that could hire him and specialize in different types of fabric cleaning that he is keen to learn. He reminds Alice, his wife, to pay the rent on their house since he isn't sure Denver is a place he would like …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1219/

doc Letter from Phil Okano to Alice Okano (ddr-densho-359-1215)

Phil writes of his first day at his new job at a laundry in Denver. He says he can only keep the job for a little while so he discusses the pros and cons of staying in Denver to find more work or returning to Caldwell, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-359-1215/

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