127 items
127 items
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Okano family photograph album (ddr-densho-359-14)
Masaru Okano's photograph album covering his years as a student in Japan from 1923-1933 as well as his return to the United States.
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Student group portrait (ddr-densho-359-54)
Masaru Okano is on the far left in the first row; he lived in Japan from 1923-1933, finishing middle school there.
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Two students (ddr-densho-359-83)
Two students pose outside a building, Masaru Okano on the right. He lived in Japan from 1923-1933.
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Student playing game (ddr-densho-359-90)
Students being theatrical for the camera. They pose with signs and with drawings on their chest as if they are in the middle of a card game. Masaru Philip Okano in on the far left.
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-32)
Left to right: Haruno and Toshiyuki Okano, with son Masaru in his lap
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Group family photograph (ddr-densho-359-1562)
Kawamoto family: left to right: Kaichi Kawamoto, Alice and Phil Okano with Ray Kawamoto, Itsuno Kawamoto, Jean Kawamoto (back), Jeanette Otsuka, and Joe Kawamoto
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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 …
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-33)
Toshiyuki Okano with his first two children, left to right: Masaru and Yoneko Okano
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School band photograph (ddr-densho-359-34)
Japanese boys in school uniforms pose with their band instruments for a group photograph. Masaru Okano lived in Japan from 1923-1933.
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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.
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Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-359-1045)
Alice and Philip Okano wedding photo. Stamped in the bottom right hand corner "Takano Studio Seattle"
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Portrait of four siblings (ddr-densho-359-22)
Left to right: Yoneko, Minoru, Masaru, and Ayako Okano
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Group Portrait (ddr-densho-359-24)
Left to right: Toshiyuki Okano with children, Minoru, Masaru, Ayako, Yoneko Okano
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Kawamoto and Nakata families (ddr-densho-359-1232)
1st row, L to R: Ray Kawamoto, Wayne Nakata, Phil Okano holding Pam Okano; 2nd row, L to R: Jeanette Otsuka and Eddie Otsuka, Itsuno and Kaichi Kawamoto, Jitsuzo Nakata; 3rd row: L to R: Pauline Nakata, Bob Nakata, Don Nakata, John Nakata, Joe Kawamoto and Jean Kawamoto
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1675)
Kawamoto family. Left to right: Kaichi Kawamoto, Alice and Phil Okano with Ray Kawamoto, Itsuno Kawamoto, Jean Kawamoto (back), Jeanette Otsuka, Joe Kawamoto. The caption written beneath the photograph "Labor Day 1948".
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Family photograph (ddr-densho-359-1486)
Left to right: Phil Okano, Don Nakata, Jack Dyke (in back), Alice Okano, Itsuno Kawamoto, Wayne Nakata (in front), Fern Dyke (behind), John Nakata (in back), Kaichi Kawamoto, Bob Nakata (in front), Jitsuzo Nakata (in back), Jean Kawamoto, Pauline Nakata (in back), Joe Kawamoto with Ray Kawamoto, Eddie Otsuka. The Dykes took care of the Kawamoto …
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Philip Masaru Okano Affidavit (ddr-densho-359-1258)
The affidavit states that both Philip and Alice Okano are American citizens. He also affirms that all three employees of his laundry and cleaning business are also American citizens. Two of the employees were Phil's siblings, Min and Niki Okano. One was not a relative, Tsutomu "Jimmy" Mirikitani, whose story was told in the "Cats of …
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1606)
Left to right: Phil Okano, Don Nakata, Jack Dyke (in back), Alice Okano, Itsuno Kawamoto, Wayne Nakata (in front), Fern Dyke behind him, John Nakata (in back), Kaichi Kawamoto, Bob Nakata (in front), Jitsuzo Nakata (in back), Jean Kawamoto, Pauline Nakata (in back); Joe Kawamoto holding Ray Kawamoto, Eddie Otsuka. Jack and Fern Dyke took care …