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vh Mitsue Matsui Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1008-3-5)

Attending Japanese school in San Francisco, a visit from Prince and Princess Takamatsu

Members of the National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) arranged for and conducted this interview in conjunction with Densho.

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img Farewell letter posted in Chinatown shop (ddr-densho-151-118)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Letter of appreciation posted in window of Pacific Dry Goods Company, 434-440 Grant Avenue, in San Francisco's Chinatown. Evacuees of Japanese descent will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Farewell letter posted in Chinatown restaurant (ddr-densho-151-117)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Farewell letter posted in show window of T.Z. Shiota, importer in San Francisco's Chinatown, prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Aboard USNS General Daniel I. Sultan (ddr-one-2-686)

Black and white photographic print of (from left) Kiku and Heidi Okihara standing aboard the deck en route to San Francisco, with both women holding cameras.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. X No. 119 (April 1938) (ddr-pc-10-4)

Selected article titles: "Perpetual Trophy Given Oratorical by Japanese Club" (p. 1), "Young Back Drive to Spur Business in San Francisco" (p. 1), "Expatriation" (p. 2).

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img Golden Gate Bridge (ddr-densho-468-343)

Black and white photo of the Golden Gate Bridge taken from the San Francisco Bay. Caption on album page: "Golden Gate Bridge" written in white pencil.

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doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-93)

Describing various dates and particularly one man she has been seeing, plans to join them in San Francisco, hoping their father can come to her graduation.

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doc Document titled: A Japanese Actor arrives in America (ddr-ajah-6-167)

Includes portrait of Matao Koga taken at the T.Y. Sato Studio in San Francisco, portion of ships manifest from 1923 and biographical details of Koga's life

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img Indonesian seamen at an immigration detention center in downtown San Francisco (ddr-csujad-27-3)

Caption found with the image reads, "Just before sailing time, the Immigration Service and the ship's captain were served with an order from the U.S. District Court to the effect that petition for a writ of habeas corpus had been filed on behalf of the Indonesians, claiming they would receive 'certain imprisonment and probable death' upon …

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doc Japanese Red Cross message sent to Shinjo Nagatomi in San Francisco (ddr-manz-4-236)

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doc Letter from Philip Lee, San Francisco Apartment Association, to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-422-275)

Asking her to rejoin their group.

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img Japanese American family waiting for the bus (ddr-densho-151-106)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. The family unit in kept intact in various phases of evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. ...A view at Wartime Civil Control Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, on April 6, 1942, when first group of 664 was evacuated from San Francisco. The family unit likewise is preserved in War Relocation …

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img Japanese American family waiting for the bus (ddr-densho-151-107)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. The family unit is kept intact in various phases of evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. ...A view at Wartime Civil Contril Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, on April 6, 1942, when first group of 664 was evacuated from San Francisco. The family unit likewise is preserved at War Relocation …

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img Posted exclusion orders (ddr-densho-151-77)

Original WRA caption: San Francisco, California. On a brick wall beside air raid shelter poster, exclusion orders were posted at First and Front Streets directing removal of persons of Japanese ancestry from first San Francisco section to be affected by evacuation. The order was issued April 1, 1942, by Lieutenant General J.L. DeWitt, and directed evacuation …

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vh Sam Mihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-516)

Nisei male. Born February 1, 1933, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown, where father edited a bilingual newspaper. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Salt Lake City, Utah, before returning …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 117, No. 11 (October 1-7,1993) (ddr-pc-65-36)

Select article titles: "Kimura fires PC board chair" (p. 1); "Mas Satow named to bowling Hall of Fame" (p. 1); "What happened in San Francisco" (p. 7).

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img Members of the Central Raw Silk Association of Japan (ddr-densho-300-252)

Caption in album: "The Central Raw Silk Association of Japan. Japanese Pavilion, Treasure Island, San Francisco, California. Mr. M. Shirai, Manager; Miss Rui Kirino; Miss Shizuko Mitsui."

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img Cousin Dorothy and Friend (ddr-densho-378-295)

Studio portrait of two women. Imprinted on photograph is the photographer's stamp "Fusaki Studio 1747 Buchakan St. San Francisco" Caption on album page: "Cousin Dorothy and Friend"

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img Gerry - Bobby - Ronny (ddr-densho-378-1071)

Photograph of three children identified as Gerry, Bobby, and Ronny sitting together against a beach umbrella. Caption on album page: "San Francisco Beach" and "Gerry - Bobby - Ronny"

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doc Scene the Pictorial Magazine Vol. 3 No. 7 (November 1951) (ddr-densho-266-36)

Selected article titles: "Priceless Japanese art objects shown in San Francisco" (p. 11), "Nisei lobby scores in Sacramento" (p. 21), "Occupation wives learn Japanese art" (p. 4).

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doc Letter from Frank Nedbal to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-73)

Concerning management of Nozawa family laundry in San Francisco, and pending lawsuit. Frank Nedbal appears to have been overseeing the business while the Nozawa family was incarcerated.

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img Issei man preparing to board bus (ddr-densho-151-267)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. This evacuee of Japanese ancestry has been checked by officials and is about to board the evacuation bus for an Assembly center.

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img Baggage on sidewalk (ddr-densho-151-268)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Bed roll and baggage of evacuees of Japanese ancestry awaiting shipment from the Wartime Civil Control Administration station to an assembly center.

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doc Visa for Shozu Takeda (ddr-ajah-6-510)

Caption below image: Visa for Shozu Takeda, dated May 15, 1924 at the American consulate in Yokohama, Japan. Shozu was on his way to San Francisco, CA.

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img Group on grassy hillside (ddr-ajah-6-738)

Caption below photo: Isseis gather on a hillside. Location is likely somewhere in the Alameda to Niles vicinity of the San Francisco Bay Area, circa 1910-1920s.

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