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Archie Miyatake Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-299-29)
Preparing to return home and reobtaining father's photography equipment
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the …
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Clipping regarding Umeyo Nakano, an artist (ddr-njpa-4-1272)
Caption on front [translation]: "Umeyo Nakano. 1. Artist; 2. Shingu-cho, Wakayama; 3. February 15, 1905; 4. Municipal women's commercial school; 5. Shingu-cho, Wakayama; 6. Dolls, Nagauta, [?]; 7. After graduating she worked in her family's business, but she had an interest for Japanese painting. She changed from photography to Western paint. She got married to Western …
Makoto Okine (ddr-csujad-5-22)
A photograph of Makoto Okine in the US Military uniform. The photograph is addressing his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine and signed from Makoto Okine. It is taken by American Red Cross Photography Shop in Livorno, Italy, where Makoto is stationed as a US Army soldier. The note on the backside records the arrival of the …
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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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Information Digest No. 45 (ddr-densho-156-403)
Section titles: "Dies Charges Answered"; "Fire Losses Small"; "Indefinite Leaves Drop"; "Number Returning to Centers Not Large"; Heart Mountain Turns Down Co-op"; "Property Survey Under Way"; "House Passes Appropriation Bill"; "No Court Decision Set"; "Leaflets Prepared by Agriculture"; "Gila Net Factory Closed"; "Information Assembled for Evacuees"; "Summer Activities Programs Started"; "Punch Cards Received"; "Analysts at Projects"; …
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A U.S. Army combat photographer poses with his camera (ddr-njpa-2-183)
Caption on reverse: "WINS BRONZE STAR: Army photographer M/Sgt. Frank Cordeiro, Jr., of Honolulu readies his camera in Korea, where he recently received the Bronze Star Medal for his combat photography. He is assigned to the Eighth Army public information office. Cordeiro, whose parents like in Kailua, Oahu, and whose wife, Joyce, and four children live …
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Archie Miyatake Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-299-3)
Father's early work in the U.S. and beginning interest in photography
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department …
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Archie Miyatake Interview Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-299-21)
Father officially opens a photography studio in camp, with a few restrictions
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the …
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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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George Morihiro Interview (ddr-densho-1000-182)
Nisei male. Born September 19, 1924, in Tacoma, Washington, and spent childhood in Fife, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the army in 1944 and joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe. Awarded the Purple Heart for actions in the Battle …
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. III No. 14 (February 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-125-105)
Selected article titles: "Block Managers Hear Director" (p. 1), "Registration Questions and Their Answers" (p. 1), "Registration of Residents Nears Completion" (p. 1), "Shoe Ration to be Effected Here" (p. 1), "Eight Hundred Peru Japanese Interned" (p. 1), "WRA Opens Relocation and Field Stations. Action Announced After Series of Conferences Held in January" (p. 1), "Peace …
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Mitzi Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-99)
Colorized photograph of Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima standing in front of a bush. Written on photo is "July 1941" in blue ink. Caption below photo is "1941" in black ink. Caption at the bottom of page is "MITSUKO'S EMPLOYMENT: *Governess for Mr. & Mrs. Yanase, New York, New York (8/38 to 10/39) *Governess for Mr. & Mrs. …
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Kenji Suematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1003-11)
Nisei male. Born April 29, 1934, in Brawley, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Father was arrested by the FBI and mother had a nervous breakdown. Kenji and his sister were sent to stay at the Shonien orphanage in Los Angeles. During mass removal, taken to Manzanar with other orphans and placed in the Manzanar …
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Portraits of Issei couple (ddr-densho-107-30)
Roy Matsumoto's mother, Tei Matsumoto, was the youngest daughter of a samurai, Shinjiro Kimura. Her elder brother, Koichi Kimura was Wakaji Matsumoto's (Roy's father's) classmate in school, and a second cousin. Tei managed the Matsumoto farm after Wakamatsu (Roy's grandfather) retired to Japan. Before WWII started, she went to Hiroshima, Japan, with her family. She escaped …
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Members of the Lytton Commission (ddr-njpa-1-1216)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Rengo Photography No. 1 March 1, 1932. Luncheon at the Prime Minister's Residence - China Commission of Enquiry Invited - Prime Minister Inukai invited seven members of the League of Nations China Commission of Enquiry currently in Japan (Earl Lytton, General Claudel, General McCoy, Dr. Schnee, County Marescotti, Mr. Robert, and Mr. …