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img Photograph of Michi Weglyn holding "Years of Infamy" (ddr-csujad-24-165)

A photograph of Michi Weglyn holding her book "Years of Infamy". "Photo Norma Nozaki 5/17/97" is written on the back. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: chi_10_033a

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img Block R's of 318 Block (ddr-csujad-38-183)

School yearbook photo taken by Paul Shintaku. Photographed are Tosa Aoki, John, Ben Nobuhiro, Ben Kitahara, Bob, Kan Ibasa, Seizo Ishizaki, Kiyo Ishida, and Harry Fukuhara, who are members of "Block R's of 318 Block," a Nisei men's club of the high school, at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Block R's of 318 …

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img Block R's of 318 Block (ddr-csujad-38-184)

School yearbook photo taken by Paul Shintaku. Photographed are Tosa Aoki, John, Ben Nobuhiro, Ben Kitahara, Bob, Kan Ibasa, Seizo Ishizaki, Kiyo Ishida, and Harry Fukuhara, who are members of "Block R's of 318 Block," a Nisei men's club of the high school at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Block R's of 318 …

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img Terminal Island and vicinity (ddr-csujad-43-180)

Photograph number LA2142 of the vicinity around Terminal Island at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Negative scan. Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_02_078

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img Mr. and Mrs. Hideo Murata, [wedding photograph] (ddr-csujad-5-66)

A wedding photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Hideo Murata taken at Toyo Miyatake photo studio in Los Angeles, California. The photograph is addressing "Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine" [Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine] signed from "Mr. and Mrs. Hideo Murata" on December 14, 1946. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Vicki Ikeguchi, 4 years old, wearing kimono and twirling a parasol (ddr-csujad-52-8)

A young girl wearing a floral printed kimono, standing in front of a white fence with vegetation behind it. The caption printed with the image in the newspaper reads, "Wearing her 'visiting' kimono and twirling a parasol, 4-year-old Vicki Ikeguchi, 1707 Pacific Ave., poses a trifle reluctantly for the cameraman. There are said to be 400 …

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img Adult woman and young child at Jerome, Arkansas (ddr-csujad-52-5)

A photograph, taken on June 1, 1986, of a photograph from 1943 showing an adult woman and small child standing in front of a building at Jerome, Arkansas. The caption from a newspaper use reads, "The internment at Jerome, Ark., included all ages as evidenced in these 1943 pictures of a Japanese-American asked to relocate in …

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img Guard station at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-52-1)

An abandoned guard station at the entrance to Manzanar. Notation on the back of the photo states "Manzanar - Concentration Camp - California, Where American Japanese were kept WWII." The caption printed in the Press-Telegram, in September of 1985, reads "Infamous Manzanar was the first and best-known of the U.S. internment camps where more than 100,000 …

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img Kazue Seo stands at a Buddhist altar (ddr-csujad-52-38)

Elderly woman, with hair pulled back and wearing glasses, standing in front of a shrine featuring many small bowls and pots and flowers. Caption printed when the image was used in the Press-Telegram on August 15, 1976, reads, "Kazue Seo reminisces before Buddhist shrine about mass evacuation and imprisonment" and a quote states, "We Were Feared …

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img Sumi Seki , 63, of Long Beach, has become an activist concerning the World War II internment and human rights (ddr-csujad-52-40)

A woman, wearing a white shirt and floral print skirt, poses in front of pottery and furniture. Two quotes attached to image read, "Sumi Seki, interred in Jerome Ark. during WWII as a 'precaution' Actually a racist move by our government" and "These days Sumi Seki, 63, of Long Beach, has become an activist concerning the …

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Sasaki (ddr-csujad-5-9)

A photograph of Sasaki. The photograph is taken by C. Komaki and addresses Seiichi Okine. The handwritten notes read: Presented to Mr. S. Okine from F__ Sasaki. Kind regards, May 11, 1912. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_04_003

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Sueno and Sawako [Nakano] (ddr-csujad-5-10)

A photograph of Sueno Nakano at age 53 and her second daughter, Sawako Nakano, at age 15. The photograph is addressed to Sueno's brogher-in-law, Seiichi Okine. It is taken by Hisashi Tonen in Hiroshima, Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_04_005

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img Mr. and Mrs. Yoshio Fune [wedding photograph] (ddr-csujad-5-5)

A wedding photograph taken by Toyo Miyatake. The photograph is addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. Okine" [Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine] and from "Mr. and Mrs. Yoshio Fune" on February 1st, 1947. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_02_002

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Sawako [Nakano] (ddr-csujad-5-11)

A photograph of Sawako Nakano at age 15. Sawako is a niece of Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. It is taken by Tonen Hisashi in Hiroshima, Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_04_006

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img Kotzebue Friends Church church service (ddr-csujad-57-2)

Interior view of the Kotzebue Friends Church, of Kotzebue, Alaska. Children and adults sit in pews, wearing warm winter clothing. This church was established as a mission of the First Friends Church, of Whittier, California. Verso: [Stamped] Harry Haworth Photography / P. O. Box 575 - Altadena, California. [Handwritten] Kotzebue Friends Church Church Service [Handwritten] #597. …

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doc Alaska: the indigenous church at work (ddr-csujad-57-4)

A history of the partnership between the First Friends Church of Whittier, California, and the people of the Kotzebue Sound area of Northwestern Alaska. Verso: [Stamped] Harry Haworth Photography / P. O. Box 575 - Altadena, California. [Handwritten] Kotzebue Friends Church [Handwritten, faded] Please return to Helen Stanton. See this object in the California State Universities …

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img Friends Headquarters (ddr-csujad-57-8)

A group of men, women and children stand on the front steps of First Friends Church, located at 13205 (310 E.) Philadelphia Street, Whittier, Calif. The group is likely composed of members of First Friends Church (Whittier, Calif.) and members of Friends Japanese Church (Norwalk, Calif.). [Handwritten on photo] July 23, 1918 [Stamped on matboard] F. …

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img Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lakota (ddr-csujad-57-10)

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lakota, wedding portrait. [Stamped on photo] TOYO Miyatake [Handwritten on matboard flap] To Mrs. Lydia M. Cammack / With sincere wishes, / Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Lakota / Sister Jane, Asawa, June 1948 [Handwritten on verso] 85-05-08.268 [This is a Whittier Museum accession number.] See this object in the California State Universities …

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img Kotzebue Friends Church established 1897 (ddr-csujad-57-1)

A group of children stand before a church, wearing warm winter clothes. In front of the church is a bell tower. The Kotzebue Friends Church, of Kotzebue, Alaska, was established as a mission of the First Friends Church, of Whittier, California. [Sign above church door] KOTZEBUE / FRIENDS CHURCH / ESTABLISHED 1897 [Verso:] [Stamped] Harry Haworth …

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img Kotzebue Friends Church church service (ddr-csujad-57-3)

Interior view of the Kotzebue Friends Church, of Kotzebue, Alaska. A group of children sit in rows on benches, while a woman stands before them. All are wearing warm winter clothes. This church was established as a mission of the First Friends Church, of Whittier, California. Verso: [Stamped] Harry Haworth Photography / P. O. Box 575 …

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img Friends congregants (ddr-csujad-57-7)

A group of men, women and children pose for a group portrait outdoors, on a lawn with trees behind them. They are likely congregation of Friends Japanese Church, located in Norwalk, California. A mission of the First Friends Church of Whittier, California. [Handwritten on photo] Photo by Ronie Meyer - Whittier - Cal. June 22 - …

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