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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-174-2)
Father's entrepreneurial spirit: becoming a "hotel king"
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-174-14)
Difficulty finding a teaching job, deciding to go to Japan
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-174-3)
Mother's reluctance to immigrate to U.S., resourcefulness upon arrival
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-174-12)
Experiencing discrimination, prewar: barred from restaurants
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-174-7)
Description of childhood neighborhood and recreational activities
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-174-18)
Restrictions after the bombing of Pearl Harbor; first impressions of Puyallup Assembly Center
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-174-17)
Hearing of the bombing of Pearl Harbor while visiting with Japanese American soldiers
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-174-15)
Experiences living and teaching in Japan
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-174-24)
Meeting an influential teacher and mentor at Columbia University
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-174-5)
Suffering financial difficulties during the Great Depression
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-174-10)
Moving to Ellensburg, Washington, and attending college; experiencing discrimination by a professor
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-174-9)
Fond memories of grade school; being discouraged by a counselor from applying for college
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-174-1)
Father's immigration story: illegally entering U.S. as a contract laborer
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-174-11)
Memories of daily life in Ellensburg, Washington
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-174-20)
Leaving camp for Chicago: experiencing housing discrimination
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-174-23)
Experiences in New York: being interviewed by the War Department
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May Ota Higa Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-174-28)
Message for future generations: importance of compassion and integrity
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Japanese diplomats at a Dutch East India Company banquet (ddr-njpa-4-1776)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies extends invitation to our representative. Governor-General van Starkenborgh[?], of a territory called [?], part of the East Indies, invited our representative, Yoshizawa, and others to a party at the official residence in Batavia on the evening of January 11th. 1. From the right: Captain Maeda, of …
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Oregon War Hero Honored (ddr-densho-1007-949)
Article from The Oregonian describing the upcoming memorial for Frank Hachiya.
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Lotus Bazaar (ddr-one-1-604)
Black and white photographic negative of Yonezo Fujii watching Mabel (Maekawa) Ota play a game at the Oregon Buddhist Church's (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple) Annual Lotus Bazaar.
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Staff of Gidra at Lucy's Drive In (ddr-densho-513-1)
(L to R) Jeff Furumura, Linda Tanamachi, Evelyn Yoshimura, Bruce Iwasaki, Alan Ota, Alan Takemoto, Glen Iwasaki (partially obscured), Dean Toji, Steve Tatsukawa, Doug Aihara, David Monkawa, Carrie Furuya, Mike Murase.