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National basketball tournament (ddr-densho-114-188)
img National basketball tournament (ddr-densho-114-188)
In the late 1940s, Seattle hosted the National Oriental Basketball Tournament with teams competing from Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Illinois and Vancouver, BC. In this photo the Hawaiian team is playing Seattle's Cathay Post at the Seattle University Gymnasium.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-114-188/
Three Nisei children in their parlor (ddr-densho-259-46)
img Three Nisei children in their parlor (ddr-densho-259-46)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi and Baby Shu are sitting on the floor in the living room of our first home on Third Street in Hood River [Oregon], and Roku is sitting on the old oak and leather couch."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-46/
Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-750)
img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-750)
Black and white photographic negative of Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka modeling inside the Oregon Camera Club's studio. She is sitting on the floor in front of a white backdrop with one hand on her lap and the other behind her.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-750/
Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-736)
img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-736)
Black and white photographic negative of Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka sitting in front of a black backdrop in the Oregon Camera Club's studio. She is smiling brightly with her arms crossed and leaning against the table in front of her.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-736/
B. Shibayama Collection (ddr-densho-106)
Collection B. Shibayama Collection (ddr-densho-106)
The B. Shibayama collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Betty Morita Shibayama, who was interviewed by Densho in 2003. The photographs document Betty's life in prewar Hood River, Oregon, her experiences in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and her involvement in the fight for redress for Japanese Latin Americans.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-106/

Narrator Sumi Saito

Nisei female. Born in Asher, Washington. Grew up in Vale, Oregon, where parents ran a farm. Remained in Oregon during World War II.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/707/
Letter from Mary Hedley to Miyuki
doc Letter from Mary Hedley to Miyuki "Kay" Kida and family (ddr-one-3-45)
Letter from Mary Hedley to Miyuki "Kay" Kida and family in Nyssa, Oregon, dated April 26, 1943. She writes that she received an Easter card from the Kida family. One of her friends (Bertha) had been seriously ill but recovered.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-45/
Letter from Mrs. A.O. Condit to George Kida (ddr-one-3-66)
doc Letter from Mrs. A.O. Condit to George Kida (ddr-one-3-66)
Letter and envelope from Mrs. A. O. Condit to George Kida in Nyssa, Oregon, dated January 15, 1944. Friend of the Hedleys. Writing to inform them that Mrs. Hedley suffered a stroke on December 22nd and passed away on December 24th.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-3-66/
Record of school attendance at Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon for Keizaburo Koyama for the years 1917 - 1920 (ddr-one-5-183)
doc Record of school attendance at Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon for Keizaburo Koyama for the years 1917 - 1920 (ddr-one-5-183)
Photocopy of a declassified signed and notarized letter from Lincoln High School in Portland, Oregon showing that Keizaburo Koyama attended high school there from September 1917 to June of 1920. He lived at 86 N. 10th Street at the time.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-183/
Department of Justice memo from the United States Attorney Director of Oregon Carl C. Donaugh on the Matter of the Detention of Keizaburo Koyama, a Japanese alien (ddr-one-5-117)
doc Department of Justice memo from the United States Attorney Director of Oregon Carl C. Donaugh on the Matter of the Detention of Keizaburo Koyama, a Japanese alien (ddr-one-5-117)
Photocopy of a declassified memorandum from Carl C. Donaugh, United States Attorney from the District of Oregon to the Attorney General in Washington, D.C., on the detention of Dr. Keizaburo Koyama. This is a signed and date stamped copy of 2016.23.27.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-5-117/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 103, No. 24 (December 12, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-49)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 103, No. 24 (December 12, 1986) (ddr-pc-58-49)
Selected article titles: "Family, Friends Remember: Yasui Services Held in Oregon Birthplace" (pp. 1-2), "Gov't Seeks Dismissal: Rights Groups Pledge Support for Yasui Case" (pp. 1, 6), and "Black-Asian Dispute: No Agreement Reached After D.C. 'Summit'" (pp. 1, 5).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-58-49/
Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 15 (September 25, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-158)
doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 15 (September 25, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-158)
Selected article titles: "Oregon Resents Nisei Settling" (p. 1), "Canal Won't Close Says Bennett" (p. 1), "Editorial: Council Can Work, If --" (p. 2), "Evacuees Denied Right to Unemployment Compensation" (p. 3), "Alien Soldiers Get Naturalized: Five Aliens Volunteer Here" (p. 3).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-158/
Family picture in Japan (ddr-densho-259-535)
img Family picture in Japan (ddr-densho-259-535)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family picture of Saburo and Fumi Miyake with Daiichi Takeoka, of Portland, Oregon, in this group. Our maternal grandmother, Hisa Fujii Miyakie [Miyake] is in the center Presumably this photo was taken in their family home."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-535/
Issei and Nisei family (ddr-densho-259-200)
img Issei and Nisei family (ddr-densho-259-200)
Portrait of the Yasui family on the courthouse lawn in Hood River, Oregon. Shidzuyo Yasui, Yuka Yasui, Masuo Yasui, and Renichi Fujimoto are in the back row. Homer, Roku, Shu, Michi, Minoru, and Ches (Tsuyoshi) Yasui are in the front row.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-200/
Rick Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-80)
vh Rick Sato Interview (ddr-densho-1000-80)
Nisei male. Born in Wapato, Washington. Family farmed in Yakima Valley, Washington, before the war. Incarcerated at the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Served briefly in the Military Intelligence Service (MIS). Resettled in Wapato, Washington.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-80/
Portrait of four young men in suits (ddr-densho-474-161)
img Portrait of four young men in suits (ddr-densho-474-161)
Caption: On the occasion of the departure of Mr. Nakamoto for Portland to enter the dental college (The North Pacific College in Portland , Oregon) Left to right: Yoshio Urakawa, Shigeru "Joe" Hirota, Takeo Charles Taiyoshi (in back) and Haruo Nakamoto.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-474-161/
Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-730)
img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-730)
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 an elbow length sweater with one hand resting on a table in front of her.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-730/
Model shot (ddr-one-1-457)
img Model shot (ddr-one-1-457)
Color slide of an unidentified white woman sitting on bales of straw for the annual Oregon Camera Club's Festival of Models photo shoot. According to donor processed on September 12, 1952. For black and white negative please see ONLC 5187
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-457/
Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-734)
img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-734)
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 and her body turned to the left.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-734/
Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-737)
img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-737)
Black and white photographic negative of Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka sitting in front of a black backdrop in the Oregon Camera Club's studio. She is smiling slightly with her eyes slightly closed. Her arms crossed on the table in front of her.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-737/
Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-747)
img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-747)
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, sitting with one arm leaning against the table in front of her.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-747/
Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-722)
img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-722)
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 dressed in an elbow length sweater with her hands on the table in front of her.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-722/
Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-744)
img Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka (ddr-one-1-744)
Black and white photographic negative of Misty (Kiyomura) Takeoka sitting in front of a white backdrop in the Oregon Camera Club's studio. She wears a formal dress as she leans against the table in front of her with both arms.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-744/

Narrator Aya Fujii

Nisei female. Born March 31, 1927, in Nyssa, Oregon, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon. Instead of going on to a concentration camp, moved with family to a nearby farm labor camp. After the war, eventually returned to Oregon.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/530/

Narrator Taka Mizote

Nisei female. Born May 30, 1924, in Hillsboro, Oregon, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon. Instead of going on to an incarceration camp, moved with family to a nearby farm labor camp. After the war, eventually returned to Oregon.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/531/
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