54 items
54 items
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Lake and island in park (ddr-densho-326-284)
Caption: Castle / Okayama - Korakuyen Park / Nov. 11
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Boardwalk along lake in park (ddr-densho-326-285)
Caption: Korakuyen Park / Okayama / November 11
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Funeral of Chiyo Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-455)
The caption written below the photo reads "Funeral of Takeo's mother Chiyo Isoshima - February 18, 1974" in black ink.
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Hiroo Isoshima's grave (ddr-densho-477-453)
Photograph of Takeo Isoshima paying his respects to his brother Hiroo Isoshima's grave. The caption written on the photo reads "Hiroo Isoshima's Grave" in black ink. The caption written below the photo reads "Brother Hiroo - died 9/7/60 at age 42" in black ink.
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Sisters-in-law on train platform (ddr-densho-477-505)
Photograph of four sisters-in-law standing on a train platform. From left to right: Motome Isoshima, Yukiko (Isoshima) Tobe, Chizu (Isoshima) Morita, and Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima. The caption below the photo reads "Motome, Yukiko, Chizu, Mitsuko - sisters-in-law" in black ink.
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Isoshima family portrait (ddr-densho-477-507)
Photograph of the Isoshima family. Front row left to right: Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima, Chiyono (Makio) Isoshima, Kisoe Tobe, and Hiroshi Morita. Middle row, left to right: Motome Isoshima, Masae Morita, Chizu (Isoshima) Morita, and Takeo Isoshima. Alone in the back is Yukiko (Isoshima) Tobe. The caption to the side of the photo reads "Okayama, Japan Takeo's …
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Nakahara and Nakato family photo (ddr-densho-477-65)
Family portrait of the Nakaharas and Nakato in-laws. Identified standing in the back is Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima. Identified in the middle row, left to right: Masataro Nakato, Monzaburo Nakahara, Yoshiko (Nakato) Nakahara, Tsuyoshi Nakahara, and Shohei Nakahara. Front row left to right: Midori (Nakahara) Chikamura (held in lap), Saburo Nakahara (standing). The caption below the image …
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Graduating girls' class in Japan (ddr-densho-259-85)
Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the third row, second from the right. Caption by Homer Yasui: "Maybe at the school in Tsuyama, Okayama-ken, Japan, where [Shidzuyo] had also taught for a short time in 1910. This also looks like a girls' graduating class, but [Shidzuyo] and the other teachers are dressed differently."
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Wedding portrait of Buichi Nakata and Chizuye Katow (ddr-ajah-6-666)
Caption below photo: Buichi Nakata, born in Okayama, Japan on March 13, 1899, marries Chizuye Katow, when she was 18 years old. Chizuye was born November 2, 1909 in Alameda, CA. Buichi died in Menlo Park, CA on September 18, 1987. Chizuye died in Palo Alto on December 18, 1987. They are Florence Nakata Omori's parents.
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Portrait of Chiyono Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-15)
Portrait of Chiyono (Makio) Isoshima sitting in a kimono. Caption below the photo is "Chiyono" in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister Fuki 1927 White Fish, Montana" in printed …
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Chiyono (Makio) Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-14)
Portrait of Chiyono (Makio) Isoshima wearing a coat with a fur collar. Caption below the photo is "Takeo's Mother Chiyono" written in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister Fuki …
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Sisters Chizu and Fuki Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-16)
Portrait of sisters Chizu (Isoshima) Morita (left) and Fuki (Isoshima) Kawada (right). Caption below the photo is "Sister's Chizu & Fuki" written in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister …
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Takeo Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-18)
Portrait of Takeo Isoshima in a school uniform. The caption on the photo is "Takeo" in blue ink. The caption below the photo is "School Boy Takeo" in black ink. The caption at the top of the album page is "TAKEO'S EDUCATION: *Graduated from Kansai High School in Okayama, Japan *Wilson Business College (bookkeeping) Seattle, WA …
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Fusata Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-13)
Photograph of a Fusata Isoshima standing in front of a tall bush. Caption below the photo is "Takeo's Father Fusata (1921)" written in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister …
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Portrait of Takeo Isoshima and Waki Makio (ddr-densho-477-12)
Portrait of Takeo Isoshima (left) with his grandmother Waki Makio (right). Caption below the photo is "Takeo his Grandmother Waki Makio" written in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister …
Narrator Mike Murase
Sansei male. Born January 25, 1947, in Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan. Moved to the U.S. with family at age nine and grew up in Los Angeles, California. Graduated from UCLA and was involved in a number of civil rights movements and organizations. One of the founders of Gidra, the groundbreaking Asian American publication. Worked for both of …
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The Mayeda family (ddr-densho-477-244)
Back row from left to right: Jack, Ben, and Buck. Middle row left to right: Ruth (Mayeda) Kiyono, Genpei Mayeda, Kaneyo (Takabayashi) Mayeda, and Edna (Mayeda) Nakahara. Front row from left to right: Mary Mayeda and Jimmy. The caption below the photo reads "Family Friends - the Mayeda's Othello, WA. Mr. & Mrs. Mayeda from Okayama, …
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St. Marie's Laundry in St. Marie, Idaho (ddr-densho-477-17)
Photograph of a storefront with two people standing in front of it. The sign on a pole in front of the store reads "ST MARIES HAND LAUNDRY". The caption below the image reads "St. Marie's laundry in St. Marie Idaho operated by Takeo's parent" in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister …
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Michiko Kornhauser Interview (ddr-one-7-25)
Shin-Issei female. Born July 21, 1936, in Sasebo, Japan. Was a child in Okayama during World War II. After the war, immigrated to the United States and lived and worked in various places including Honoulu, Hawaii, and Portland, Oregon.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National …