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img Obon dragon dance (ddr-one-1-112)

Black and white photographic negative of four unidentified men playing traditional Japanese instruments at the Obon Festival in front a microphone. All are dressed in happi coast and have tenugui (light cotton towel) headbands. Two dancers in a dragon costume dance in front of the musicians. Man sitting on far right identified as Henry Matsunaga. Obon …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-112/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 51, No. 6 (August 5, 1960) (ddr-pc-32-32)

Select article titles: "Oregon Civil Rights Law Aids in Employment, Housing Fields" (p.1); "Slap judgment on ap't house owner who discriminated" (p. 1); "End race bias in Seattle golf clubs" (p.4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-32-32/

img Nisei woman (ddr-densho-325-367)

Written on front of photograph "To Hisa: Love, Clara" and on the back of the photograph "This is the front of the house I worked in. Taken Jan. 8, 1948 Hood River, Oregon"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-367/

doc Scrapbook page: "Opposition in Other Areas" (ddr-densho-35-384)

Newspaper clippings from the Minidoka Irrigator and Pacific Citizen, one of which is titled: "Anti-Japanese Acts Deplored." This page also includes a leaflet distributed outside an anti-Japanese meeting in Tigard, Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-384/

doc Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-362)

An assortment of newspaper clippings, one of which is titled "Threat Tables Anti-Jap Move in Legislature." Newspapers on this page include: Oregon Journal, Oregonian, Pacific Citizen, Minidoka Irrigator, and the Seattle Star.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-362/

img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-731)

Black and white photographic negative of Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka standing in front of a black backdrop inside the Oregon Camera Club's studio. She is touching her necklace and smiling brightly at the camera.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-731/

img New Tokyo Bar (ddr-one-1-81)

Black and white photographic negative of two women behind the bar with the bartender at the New Tokyo Bar in Portland, Oregon. From left to right: unidentified, Rose Mae Hara and George Ninomiya.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-81/

vh Jim Tsujimura Interview (ddr-one-7-23)

Nisei male. Born February 10, 1931, in Westport, Oregon. Grew up in Portland, Oregon. During World War II, removed to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Oregon for high school and college and went to medical school, eventually becoming a successful opthalmologist. Served in leadership positions with the Japanese American Citizens League …

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Collection Klimek Collection (ddr-densho-11)

The Klimek collection, 1998, documents the pilgrimage to the site of the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Photographs depict participants viewing barracks, old foundations from the camp, and Castle Rock and attending a memorial service at Linkville cemetery in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

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img National basketball tournament (ddr-densho-114-200)

In the late 1940s, Seattle hosted the National Oriental Basketball Tournament with teams competing from Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Illinois and Vancouver, BC. Games like this one were played at the Seattle University Gymnasium.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-200/

img National basketball tournament (ddr-densho-114-195)

In the late 1940s, Seattle hosted the National Oriental Basketball Tournament with teams competing from Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Illinois and Vancouver, BC. Games like this one were played at the Seattle University Gymnasium.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-195/

img National basketball tournament (ddr-densho-114-9)

In the late 1940s, Seattle hosted the National Oriental Basketball Tournament with teams competing from Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Illinois and Vancouver, BC. Games like this one were played at the Seattle University Gymnasium.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-9/

img Group photograph of Japanese American women and children (ddr-densho-259-34)

Group photograph of Japanese American women and children, including Shidzuyo, Min, and Ches Yasui. Date and location unknown, though it may be a photograph from a gathering of Nikkei living in Hood River, Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-34/

doc Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-380)

Newspaper clippings from the New York Times, Oregonian, and Oregon Journal, one of which is titled: "All Created Equal." From scrapbook page titled: "Some Expressions of Public Opinion on Action of Hood River Legion."

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img Concentration camp site (ddr-densho-37-253)

Original WRA caption: This site near Tule Lake in Modoc County, just south of the Oregon border, has been selected for the construction of a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Reed College (ddr-one-1-351)

Black and white photographic negative of Ayame Ogimi's dorm room at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Ayame Ogimi is seated on the floor smiling towards the camera, friends seated in semi-circle are unidentified.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-351/

img Man and Child (ddr-one-1-575)

Black and white photographic negative of a Chinese American man holding young boy with number "1" sign. This negative was taken as part of a scavenger hunt put on by the Oregon Camera Club.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-575/

img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-733)

Black and white photographic negative of Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka modeling inside the Oregon Camera Club's studio. She is sitting against a black backdrop in an elbow length sweater with her hands on her lap.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-733/

img Sitting on a Wall (ddr-one-1-645)

Black and white photographic print of an unidentified Nisei man sitting on a wall in front of a parked car at the Oregon Coast. For negative please see ONLC 4875 (ddr-one-1-646)

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img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-728)

Black and white photographic negative of Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka sitting in front of a black backdrop inside the Oregon Camera Club's studio. She is wearing a formal dress and smiling brightly at the camera.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-728/

img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-739)

Black and white photographic negative of Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka sitting in front of a white backdrop in the Oregon Camera Club's studio. She is wearing a formal dress with one hand touching her face.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-739/

img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-727)

Black and white photographic negative of Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka sitting in front of a black backdrop inside the Oregon Camera Club's studio. She is wearing a formal dress and smiling brightly at the camera.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-727/

img Sorelles Beach Outing (ddr-one-1-399)

Black and white photographic negative of Yoji Kiso (left) and Shig Tada (right) sitting in the sand at the Oregon Coast at a beach outing planned by the Sorrelles (a high school social group).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-399/

vh Bill Nishimura Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-119-8)

Decision to renounce U.S. citizenship: "We really didn't have any choice"; forming the Hoshidan, moving to Santa Fe internment camp, New Mexico; a chaotic incident with the border-patrol

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-119-8/

img Obon Festival- Odori folk dance (ddr-one-1-255)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers in two lines forming a large partial circle. Outer circle from right to left: second in line Toraichi Kobayashi, third in line Sakae Kobayashi, seventh in line Kojiro Yoshida, ninth in line Wako Henjyoji. Inner circle from right to left: Grace (Sakano) Robbs, Amy (Mishiro) Kanegae, Patricia “Pat” …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-255/

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