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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-263)

Black and white photographic negative of Grace (Sakano) Robbs dancing at Obon. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community.

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vh Molly K. Maeda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-420)

Nisei female. Born November 23, 1919, in Dee, Oregon. Grew up in Dee, where parents had a farm. Finished college before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to …

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-208)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers in front of crowd. Obon dancers inner circle from front to back: Tomi Tsujimura, Shizuko "Shiz" (Ninomiya) Onishi, and Mr. Tsujimura. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community. This image was …

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-233)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers performing in front of crowd. Dancer in center of image with butterflies on kimono is Phyllis Midori (Ando) Muramatsu. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community. This image was taken at …

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img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-231)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers performing in front of a crowd. Obon dancers from left to right: Joe Shiraishi, unidentified woman, Harue Akiyama, and Wako Henjyoji. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei community. This image was …

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vh Bill Nishimura Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-119-6)

Responding "no-no" to so-called "loyalty questionnaire"

This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

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doc Testimony of Charles Davis, American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon (ddr-densho-67-232)

Written testimony of Charles Davis, Executive Board Member, American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Friday, September 11, 1981, in the section titled "Oregon Area Witnesses."

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img Community Picnic (ddr-one-1-370)

Black and white photographic negative of Ben Kasubuchi eating a piece of chicken at a picnic table at a community picnic at Viking Park hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple).

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img Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) Odori Performance (ddr-one-1-408)

Black and white photographic negative of an unidentified Odori dancer performing with a woven basket in hand on stage for Hanamatsuri (birth of Buddha celebration) inside the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple).

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doc Advertisement for anti-Japanese meeting (ddr-densho-35-365)

Advertisement for a meeting held by the Oregon Property Owners' Protective League, Inc.

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img Couple (ddr-densho-322-5)

Mr. and Mrs. Kinoshita (Kazuo and Ami) standing together outside in Gresham, Oregon.

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doc Uniform Straight Bill of Ladings (ddr-densho-324-91)

Travel for Misae Uno Taketa from Tule Lake concentration camps to Vale, Oregon.

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img Issei on a mountain (ddr-densho-259-217)

Unidentified Issei on what appears to be a mountain. Possibly Mount Hood, Oregon.

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img Japanese American man picking apples (ddr-densho-259-254)

Japanese American man in a suit picking apples, possibly in Willow Flat, Oregon.

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img Issei on a mountain (ddr-densho-259-219)

Unidentified Issei on what appears to be a mountain. Possibly Mount Hood, Oregon.

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img 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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img Workers picking strawberries (ddr-densho-259-253)

Workers picking strawberries, possibly on the Yasui family farm in Willow Flat, Oregon.

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img Japanese Americans on horseback on a mountain (ddr-densho-259-184)

Japanese Americans on horseback on the Cloud Cap trailhead on Mount Hood, Oregon.

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img Henry Tambora working in the radio repair shop (ddr-fom-1-844)

WRA caption on reverse: "Radio repair shop." Henry Tambora was from Portland, Oregon.

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img Henry Tambora working in the radio repair shop (ddr-fom-1-845)

WRA caption on reverse: "Radio repair shop." Henry Tambora was from Portland, Oregon.

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img Bonneville Dam (ddr-densho-359-1353)

The caption on the photograph is "Bonneville Dam from Columbia River Highway, Oregon".

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img Man poses in yard (ddr-densho-363-61)

Frank Komoto poses in the front yard of his home in Vale, Oregon.

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doc Oregon Nisei, Soldier's Dad, Thought Slain (October 14, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1147)

The Seattle Daily Times, October 14, 1945, p. 14

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img Hiking party outside a lodge in Mount Hood, Oregon (ddr-densho-259-17)

Three men and three boys standing in front of what may be the Cloud Cap Inn Lodge in Cooper Spur, on the northwestern slope of Mount Hood in Oregon. The men are wearing canvas puttees and hiking shoes.

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img Ladies Bowling Team- Oregon Nisei Bowling League Photo #4 (ddr-one-1-564)

Black and white photographic negative of a Nisei women's bowling team. The team is posed on a staircase with monogrammed shirts. From left to right: Yoko (Hishikawa) Iwata, Takako Inukai, Toshi (Tamiyasu) Fukuhara, Kathleen Sasaki, and Sachi (Nakata) Nakashima. Original print ONLC 3430.

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