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img Photo folder with photo of Masako and Norman Takahashi with Santa Claus (ddr-densho-426-242)

Photo taken at Hale Brothers Department Store. Message inside cover: Greetings to Rev. and Mrs. Takahashi / Auntie Julia / Pinkie 3 yrs 11 months / Norman 2 yrs 5 months / December 1947 / San Francisco/ California USA

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doc Japanese American Courier Vol. 2, No. 97 (November 2, 1929) (ddr-densho-96-126)

Selected article titles: "Founding Marked by San Francisco Citizen's League" (p. 1), "League Gridsters Slated for Fifth Rung Encounters" (p. 2), "Pink Tea" (p. 3), "'Immortality' is Subject of Open Group Discussion" (p. 4)

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img Large group photo (ddr-ajah-6-598)

Caption below photo: 2031 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA. Far left, 2nd row is Takuritsu Morita, an instructor in the Japanese language living in Alameda or Oakland when this photo was shot, 1915-1933

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img Japanese American greeting Eleanor Roosevelt (ddr-densho-37-789)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Mrs. Yamamoto, former P.T.A. president from San Francisco, and now hear of the Canal Women's Club, presents Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt with a bouquet of flowers.

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img Japanese American meeting Eleanor Roosevelt (ddr-densho-37-605)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Mrs. Yamamoto, former P.T.A. president from San Francisco, and now hear of the Canal Women's Club, presents Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt with a bouquet of flowers.

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vh Norm Hayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-468)

Sansei male. Born September 11, 1939, in Oakland, California. Grandfather, father, and other family members established a nursery business in San Francisco, California prior to World War II. During the war, removed with family to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, the family returned to San Francisco and …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 78, No. 12 (March 29, 1974) (ddr-pc-46-12)

Selected article titles: "An Editorial Up Front: 'Mixed Marriages" (p. 1), "Emergency Powers: Detention Law Still On" (pp. 1, 3), and "San Francisco JACL: Assemblywoman March Fong Recalls State History of Chinese, Japanese" (p. 6).

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img Fujita - Ohta (ddr-densho-378-1077)

Photograph of a man and woman identified as Fujita and Ohta sitting on the corner of a blanket on the sand. Captions on album page: "Thornton Beach San Francisco -May 4, 1941" and "Fujita - Ohta"

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img Mrs. Kimi Nakahara and Miss Shizu Matsumura (ddr-densho-378-219)

Photograph of two women identified as Kimi Nakahara and Shizu Matsumura standing together in a field with others in the far background. Caption on page: "San Francisco" and "Mrs. Kimi Nakahara and Miss Shin Matsumura"

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img Issei woman boarding bus (ddr-densho-151-261)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Friends and neighbors congregate to bid farewell, though not for long, to their friends who are enroute to the Tanforan Assembly center. They, themselves will be evacuated within three days.

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img Japanese Americans waiting in line for inoculations (ddr-densho-151-131)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Waiting in line, 2031 Bush Street, for voluntary inoculation against typhoid, preceding evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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doc Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-331)

They are cooking a whole pig for New Year's; went horse back riding; getting paid that day; asks how things are in San Francisco. Parents' note on envelope back: 334 Monday March 11, 1947=6

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vh Dave Tatsuno Interview (ddr-jamsj-2-6)

Nisei male. Born March 31, 1913, in San Francisco, California. Spent difficult childhood years in San Francisco under care of a guardian while family lived in Japan. Graduated with a degree in business administration from the University of California at Berkeley before World War II. Removed to Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and then to Topaz concentration …

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img Aboard USNS General Daniel I. Sultan (ddr-one-2-679)

Black and white photographic print of Bessie Matsuoka seated on deck lounge chair and writing aboard “Gen. Daniel I. Sultan” en route to San Francisco from Japan. Inscribed on the back: "July 49/USAT SULTAN BESSIE."

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img Miss Grace Suyenaga (ddr-densho-378-244)

Photograph of a woman identified as Grace Suyenaga sitting on a railing next to a house. Inscribed on the photograph "To Ralph Always, Grapii!" in blue ink. Caption on album page: "Miss Grace Suyenaga San Francisco"

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doc Ben Kuroki's Story (ddr-densho-483-136)

Pamphlet of a speech delivered by Technical Sergeant Ben Kuroki, U.S. Air Force, to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on January 4, 1944 published by the Pacific Coast Committee on American Principles and Fair Play.

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img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-100)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry file forms containing personal data, two days before evacuation, at Wartime Civil Control Administration station. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-99)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry file forms containing personal data, two days before evacuation, at Wartime Civil Control Administration station. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-132)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Lining up before Japanese American Citizens League auditorium at 2031 Bush Street to register for evacuation. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 57 (May 26, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-372)

Selected article titles: "San Francisco Newspapers Carry Stories on Evacuees" (p. 1), "Relax Restrictions for Nisei Work at Army Posts. War Department Action Paves Way for Hiring Evacuees" (p. 1), "Resettling Okay Informs Mayeda" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-65-372/

Narrator Russell Demo

White male. Born July 2, 1924, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco before being inducted into the military following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Assigned to service as a military policeman at the Manzanar concentration camp, California before serving overseas in Europe. After military service, returned to San Francisco.

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doc General Emmons has settled Japanese Issue, Editorial in San Francisco Chronicle, September 20, 1943 (ddr-csujad-19-9)

Editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle describing "the excellent statement of General Delos Emmons regarding military policy towards the return to the Pacific Coast of Japanese-American evacuees." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_01-02_01

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doc Drawing of the San Francisco sign on the hills outside of Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-9)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This is a scene drawn from the porch where my cousins lived. The huge sign up on the [?] hills were late blacked out as a precaution against possible air raids. Out over the fence about a mile along can be seen the old dog race grounds. The huge wooden grandstand …

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doc Round trip train ticket from San Francisco to Washington D.C.and back for Ben Mayewaki (ddr-densho-563-51)

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img William Green speaking at a Democratic convention (ddr-njpa-1-476)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Six Hours Labor Demand Resolution. (San Francisco) Rengo. Amidst a whirlpool of swelling uncertainty as laborers increasingly radicalize by the day and strikes become frequent, the American Federation of Labor passed a resolution demanding a five day, six hours a day work week at its packed general meeting in San Francisco on …

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