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img Participants in the first Day of Remembrance (ddr-densho-384-5)

Par Morita is center in the white hat. Day of Remembrance participants met at Rainier and McClellan, the former location of Sick's Stadium. After registering they caravanned down to the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup.

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img Pat Morita at the first Day of Remembrance (ddr-densho-384-10)

Day of Remembrance participants met at Rainier and McClellan, the former location of Sick's Stadium. After registering they caravanned down to the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup.

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img Organizer speaking to the crowd (ddr-densho-384-2)

The man speaking to the crowd is most likely Ben Nakagawa. He was able to secure use of the National Guard trucks for the event. The view is looking northeast toward South Bayview at the north end of Sick's Stadium lot. Day of Remembrance participants met at Rainier and McClellan, the former location of Sick's Stadium. …

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img Portrait of Gentaro Takahashi (ddr-densho-355-10)

Caption on back in Japanese

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img Newsreel cameramen in camp (ddr-densho-37-354)

Original WRA caption: (L to R) Frank Vail newsreel cameraman for Pathe and Joe Rucker of Paramount photograph boundary markers.

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img Japanese American harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-606)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Momayo Yamamoto in the spinach harvesting field at this relocation center.

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img Japanese Americans feeding cows (ddr-densho-37-604)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. M. Fujita is pictured feeding the cows at the dairy farm school. He works days on the hog farm, and spends his evenings at the school to learn milking and the care of the cows. Prior to evacuation, he was a builder of fishing boats at San …

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img Seattle Buddhist Temple dedication service (ddr-densho-38-7)

The Seattle Buddhist Church was located at 1020 Main Street in Seattle's Nihonmachi (Japantown) area. The church, now known as the Seattle Buddhist Temple, is currently located at 1427 South Main Street.

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img Reverend and Bukkyo Fujinkai members (ddr-densho-38-13)

Bukkyo Fujinkai (Buddhist Women's Association) members with Reverend Hoshin Fujii (front row, center) in front of the Seattle Buddhist Church at 1020 Main Street. The Seattle Buddhist Church is now known as the Seattle Buddhist Temple and is currently located at 1427 South Main Street.

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img View of Kanda Ward and Nicholai Cathedral (ddr-densho-381-95)

Caption: 42. In the vicinity of Kanda Ward,Nishiki cho 1,2,3 chome (In the distance is Kanda's Nicholai Cathedral) Feb.25,1945 (Kanda ku Nishiki cho ichi, ni, san chome fukin (Enbo Kanda Nikolaido) Showa niju nen nigatsu nijugo nichi)

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img Bodies of a group of men lay on a river bank (ddr-densho-381-102)

Caption: 49. Pitiful sight of burnt corpses floating in the river. Mar.12, 1945 (Kawa naka ukabu aware zanshitai. Showa niju nen sangatsu juninichi)

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img Remnants of Mikimoto's Pearl Shop (ddr-densho-381-80)

Caption: 26. The burning of Mikimoto's Pearl Shop on Ginza. 1530 hrs.Jan. 27, 1945 (Ensho chu Ginza Mikimoto Shinju ten. Showa niju nen ichigatsu nijushichi nichi.gogo sanji yonjippun)

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img Aerial map of the Nishikicho Police Department (ddr-densho-381-58)

Caption: 3. Nishikicho Police Department Area(Nishikicho Keisatsujo Kannai)

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img Destroyed buildings in Kamata Ward (ddr-densho-381-105)

Caption: 52. Direct hits of bombs in the vicinity of Kamata Ward, Michizuka cho,103 banchi,0310 hrs. Apr. 1945 (Kamata ku Michizuka cho. Hyaku san banchi.Saki bakudan shuchi genjo.Showa ni ju nen shitgatsu yokka.Gozen sanji jippun)

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img Survivors walk past the burned bodies of bombing victims (ddr-densho-381-101)

Caption: 48. Pitifully--- burnt corpses litter the street. Mar.10,1945 (Hisan.. Gairo no mugo tarashiku taoreru shoshitai. Showa niju nen sangatsu toka)

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img Katharine Hepburn (ddr-njpa-1-617)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Rengo Overseas Photographic News November 18. Hello, Mister Hepburn. (Hollywood) Rengo. With Marlene Dietrich's male dress being surprisingly popular, other stars have been joining in in swarms, dashingly swaggering through Hollywood in chic male dress. And it seems that Katherine Hepburn has also decided that this way is more convenient and has …

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img Adolf Hitler dressed as the Kaiser (ddr-njpa-1-668)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "If Hitler Wore the Kaiser's Uniform. (Berlin) Rengo. It may be a completely ridiculous fantasy to imagine what if Chancellor Hitler, who has become the supreme leader of Germany following the death of President Von Hindenburg, had become the German Kaiser and wore that uniform, but such an image was recently drawn …

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img Albert Einstein explaining the theory of relativity (ddr-njpa-1-282)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Dr. Einstein Explains the Principles of Relativity to an American Audience. (Pittsburgh) Rengo. The practical scientist Dr. Albert Einstein, who is living comfortably in the US after being driven from his homeland for being a Jew and forced to wander, gave a lecture on his theory of relativity before several hundred distinguished …

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doc Margaret Mitchell at her desk (ddr-njpa-1-1246)

Caption on front: "Margaret Mitchell: her husband's stack of paper became 1,000 pages of blood and thunder. Atlanta Constitution."

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doc Newspaper clipping regarding Gandhi (ddr-njpa-1-448)

Caption on front: "Matatma Gandhi . . . Keeps his plans to himself. Wide World."

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img Zhang Xueliang visiting a British military airfield (ddr-njpa-1-131)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Zhang Xueliang, Passionate About Flying Since the Manchurian Incident. (London) Rengo. Zhang Xueliang, who has been grandly buying aircraft as he travels through Europe, visited the British military airfield at Kent. There he received an explanation from British officers about the Hawker Demon. Xueliang is in the center, wearing a soft hat."

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img Funeral procession for Engelbert Dollfuss (ddr-njpa-1-207)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "State Funeral for Former Austrian Chancellor Dollfuss. (Vienna) Rengo. The state funeral for Chancellor Dollfuss, who fell to an assassin's bullet, was solemnly held on the evening of July 26 at the Vienna public hall. The funeral procession was truly grand and included several thousand gentlemen such as President Wilhelm Miklas, Minister …

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img Wang Ching-ting smoking a pipe (ddr-njpa-1-1116)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Washington) Domei. Chinese Ambassador to the US Wang is an unenviable person; as his government's representative he must follow their instructions regardless of his feelings as an individual or whether they're to his liking or not. If they lose [illegible] in the political world [illegible] as shown in the good news. [Written] …

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img Ramsay MacDonald giving a speech (ddr-njpa-1-912)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Britain's Military Disarmament Demonstration. (London) Rengo. A joint forum of all British political parties was recently held at London's Albert Hall in light of the arousal of public opinion in advance of next spring's conference on military disarmament. Two female members of the audience threw a number of stink bombs at Prime …

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doc Clipping regarding Walter Lippmann (ddr-njpa-1-828)

Caption on front: "'At almost any cost men must keep open the channels of understanding and preserve unclouded, lucid and serene their receptiveness of truth.' - Walter Lippmann. Photo by Nicholas Muray."

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