1819 items
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List of contributions to Portland Day of Remembrance (ddr-densho-122-170)
Including photos and artifacts from camp
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List of items contributed to Portland Day of Remembrance (ddr-densho-122-171)
Written on piece of cardboard
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Telegram in support of Portland's Day of Remembrance (ddr-densho-122-151)
From President of Portland NAACP
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Telegram in support of Portland's Day of Remembrance (ddr-densho-122-153)
From Congressman Mike Lowry
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Issei man at house of Japanese Consul General (ddr-densho-259-553)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of Senichi Tomihiro He's standing on a sloping lawn in front of a fine house, and in front of this house is a tall white flagstaff. The flag on the staff could be the Japanese rising sun flag. If it is, then that house probably belonged to the Japanese Consul General …
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Officers of Portland Japanese Association (ddr-densho-259-331)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Formal group photograph of 14 Issei men, all very well dressed in western suits. These may have been the officers of the Portland Japanese Association."
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"Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church" (ddr-densho-259-338)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church. Most probably members of Nipponjin Kai."
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Float in the Portland Rose Festival Parade (ddr-densho-259-163)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Two horses pulling a flatbed wagon which is draped with representations of the rising run flag and the starry blue & white field of the American flag. Four Nihonjin girls in kimono, holding paper parasols, stand under a branching double-decked tree made out of what appears to be paper roses. There's also …
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Issei man in graduation cap and gown (ddr-densho-259-500)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of Senichi Tomihiro in cap and gown. This may corroborate Chiye Tomihiro's statement that her father had graduated from a law school in the U.S." Signature on photograph: "Sincerely yours, S. Tomihiro."
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Portrait of Issei man and white man (ddr-densho-259-139)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is a formal portrait of [Masuo Yasui] and a Caucasian man, but it's undated. It was taken by the S. Ninomiya photographic studio in Portland, so this had to be rather early."
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Nikkei wearing a suit and boots (ddr-densho-259-403)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Young Japanese man dressed in a suit & tie, but wearing lace-up, knee-high boots, which seems to be an incongruous combination The building just behind him was the Japanese Methodist Mission."
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Portrait of Nikkei family (ddr-densho-259-478)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another family portrait of the Tomihiro family." Left to right: Senichi Tomihiro, Chiye Tomihiro, and Satoru Tomihiro.
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-259-552)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of the Senichi and Satoru Tomihiro family, with Chiye."
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Portrait of Issei man (ddr-densho-259-501)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another formal portrait of Senichi Tomihiro, again as a young man."
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"Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church" (ddr-densho-259-336)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of Issei men posed in front of Buddhist church. Most probably members of Nipponjin Kai."
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William Hardy and Shigemitsu Mamoru (ddr-densho-259-326)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This sailor must have been William Hardy, who was a cabin boy aboard one of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's ships which were used to force an entrance to Japan in 1853 Corky Kawasaki translated the Japanese writing, which from left to right is: Yasui, Masuo Dono [Mister or Esquire]...It was signed by …
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Issei men in front of Buddhist church (ddr-densho-259-330)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "39-40 Issei men sitting in chairs in front of what surely must have been a Buddhist church in Portland. The swastika on the door indicates that this was a Buddhist temple. I suspect that these men were members of the Nipponjin Kai--sometimes called the Nihonjin Kai--Japanese Association."