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img Campers participating in a lap sit (ddr-densho-336-948)

The 1977 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp. Caption on front: "Linda Kato black shirt, Gail Onishi, Kitagawa, Roger Morimoto yellow shirt, Frank Suzuki beige shirt, Karen Ota vest, Holly Hikido background."

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img Green Lake Young People's Club (ddr-densho-136-28)

Members of the Green Lake Seinenkai (young people's club), a social club primarily for Nisei in their teens and twenties. This club organized athletic, cultural, and social activities such as formal dances (pictured here). (L to R): Tak Nakawatase, Shuichi Abe, Toshiko Fukano, Naoshi Kumagai, Minnie Ota, Kiyoshi Tada, May Kumasaka, Nobi Yamada, Ko Suzuki, Sumio …

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img Green Lake Young People's Club (ddr-densho-130-4)

Members of the Green Lake Seinenkai (young people's club), a social club primarily for Nisei in their teens and twenties. This club organized athletic, cultural, and social activities such as formal dances (pictured here). (L to R): Tak Nakawatase, Shuichi Abe, Toshiko Fukano, Naoshi Kumagai, Minnie Ota, Kiyoshi Tada, May Kumasaka, Nobi Yamada, Ko Suzuki, Sumio …

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img Northwest Buddhist Convention Banquet (ddr-one-1-414)

Black and white photographic negative of guests at the Northwest Buddhist Convention banquet dinner in the basement of the Seattle Buddhist Church. Sitting on the far left is Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki.

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img President of a Kiryu school (ddr-njpa-4-1423)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Doctor of Engineering, president of Kiryu High School, Hirotaro[?] Nishida."

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img Karen Ota and Wayne Yoshitomi on the last day of camp (ddr-densho-336-971)

The 1977 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.

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doc Handmade book (ddr-densho-339-21)

A handmade book reflecting on Doris Saito's time at Heart Mountain.

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img Green Lake Young People's Club (ddr-densho-130-1)

Members of the Green Lake Seinenkai (young people's club), a social club primarily for Nisei in their teens and twenties. This club organized athletic, cultural, and social activities such as formal dances (pictured here). Back row (L to R): Kiyoshi Tada, Makoto Sasaki, Shuichi Abe, Eddie Kanno. Middle row (L to R): Nobi Yamada, Sumio Mochizuki, …

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img Community picnic (ddr-one-1-453)

Color slide of people sitting around a picnic table at a community picnic. From left to right: Ted Tamaki, Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Eddie Tamiyasu, Nobuko (Ochiai) Susaki, and unidentified. According to donor processed on September 12, 1952.

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Collection Doris & Carl Saito Collection (ddr-densho-339)

The Doris & Carl Saito Collection consists of photographs, documents, illustrations, and ephemera from the Saito Family's time at Heart Mountain concentration camp. There are photographs depicting life in the camps, needlework done by Asano Ota, fashion illustrations by Doris Saito, and photographs and documents regarding Carl Saito's time in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

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Narrator May Ota Higa

Nisei female. Born March 14, 1916, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle and Ellensburg, Washington, before going to Japan to teach just prior to the onset of World War II. Returned to Seattle in 1941, and was removed with family to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After the war, resettled in …

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img Beach party (ddr-densho-134-6)

Students of Lincoln High School on an outing to Richmond Beach in Seattle, Washington. Panel one (L to R): Roy Tanagi, Nobi Sasaki. Panel two (L to R): Ken Tanaka, Hiroshi Yahagi. Panel three (L to R): Yoshino Kano, Alice Ota, Mariko Kumasaka.

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img Class photo of nursery school at Minidoka (ddr-densho-543-9)

Dickie, Eddie and Norma identified on photo front. Written on back: Nursery school in Hunt Idaho. Eddie Masaru Hirota 5 years / Norma Kayoko Hirota 4 / Dickie Yoshihiro Hirota 3 / Teachers (from left) Miss Takahashi / Miss Ota / Miss Tanaka / Mrs. Hanamura / August 1943

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img Obon Festival- Dancer (ddr-one-1-249)

Black and white photographic negative of Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki smiling for the camera in front of crowd during 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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img Bank in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan (ddr-csujad-38-423)

Photographed is a bank of the Ota Rivier in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan. The caption reads: This photo is a bank of the Ota River running in Kabe-cho. Once it rained, it flooded the river. The bank was fully covered with cement and prevents the river from flooding. It guarantees a good harvest of rice every year. …

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img Bank in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan (ddr-csujad-38-424)

Photographed is a bank of the Ota Rivier in Kabe-cho, Hiroshima, Japan. The caption reads: This photo is a bank of the Ota River running in Kabe-cho. Once it rained, it flooded the river. The bank was fully covered with cement and prevents the river from flooding. It guarantees a good harvest of rice every year. …

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img Community Picnic (ddr-one-1-380)

Black and white photographic negative of Nisei sitting at a picnic table enjoying a community picnic at Viking Park hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple). From left to right: Ted Tatsuo Tamaki, Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Eddie Tamiyasu, Nobuko (Ochiai) Susaki, and unidentified.

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img Community Picnic (ddr-one-1-384)

Black and white photographic negative of Nisei sitting at a picnic table enjoying a community picnic at Viking Park hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple). From left to right: Ted Tatsuo Tamaki, Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Eddie Tamiyasu, Nobuko (Ochiai) Susaki, and unidentified.

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img Community Picnic (ddr-one-1-385)

Black and white photographic negative of a group sitting around a picnic table eating food at a community picnic at Viking Park hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as the Oregon Buddhist Temple). From left to right: Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki, Mura Kaga, Shoji Kiyomura, Nobyo Sato, and Hideo "Dates" Ouchida.

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img Buddhist Convention (ddr-one-1-333)

Black and white photographic negative of large crowd of Buddhists gathered outside Collin's Field House in Seattle, Washington for a Buddhist convention. Reverends seated in front row from left to right: Reverend Seiji Kobara from Seattle, Reverend Shoko Masunaga, Reverend Akira Jotetsu Ono, Reverend Tatsuya Ichikawa, Reverend Bishop Kenryu Tsuji, Reverend Eiyu Terao from Spokane, Reverend …

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img Group photo of children and adults outside Church (ddr-ajah-4-20)

Caption below photo: Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Alameda, CA. Some individuals identified

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-301)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers practicing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Third Obon dancer from the left is identified as Shizuko "Shiz" (Ochiai) Ota Okazaki. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as Oregon Buddhist Temple) and attended by the wider Nikkei …

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img Group of adults and children posing for photo outside building (ddr-ajah-4-37)

Caption below photo: Early Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, adults, children and minister, Alameda, CA, circa 1911

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img [Kichigai Fishing Club] (ddr-csujad-29-273)

Members of the Kichigai Fishing Club ocean fish around Santa Catalina Island. From left to right are John Ota, Iwa Aoki, Takashi Takaoka, Tosh Kato, Wayne Fujimura, and Doug Miyo (boat owner). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P216

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img Obon Festival Dance Rehearsal (ddr-one-1-316)

Black and white photographic negative of Obon dancers rehearsing an Odori folk dance inside Norse Hall in Northeast Portland. Dancers from left to right: Betty Nakashimada, Aki (Shiraishi) Dong, Mabel (Maekawa) Ota, Carol (Takeda) Smith, unidentified, Tomi Tsujimura, Susan Shizuko (Yoshida) Kurimoto. Obon is an annual event hosted by the Oregon Buddhist Church (now known as …

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