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Geri Handa Interview (ddr-densho-1021-2)
vh Geri Handa Interview (ddr-densho-1021-2)
Geri Handa was born in San Jose, California, in 1948, and studied in the early 1970s at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Los Angeles, with a focus on community organizing and social services for seniors. She joined Asians for Community Actions in San Jose and worked at Keiro Nursing Home in …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1021-2/

Narrator Hiroshi Kashiwagi

Nisei male. Born November 8, 1922, in Sacramento, California. Spent childhood and adolescence in Loomis, California, before spending senior year in high school in Los Angeles, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to Marysville Assembly Center, California, and then to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Resisted the draft and renounced U.S. citizenship, remaining with …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/139/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 16 (April 17, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-16)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 16 (April 17, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-16)
Selected article titles: "Yen debt claimants seeking pre-war exchange rate" (p. 1), "Cal. FEPC bill signature by governor due" (p. 1), "442nd RCT linked with famous U.S. Army regiments of history" (p. 1), "Nisei greeted as 5-millionth visitor of United Nations" (p. 1), "Fair housing bill in Minnesota reported" (p. 1), "'Nothing in common' between language …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-31-16/
Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 30 (September 18, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-56)
doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. III No. 30 (September 18, 1943) (ddr-densho-119-56)
Selected article titles: "President Gives Report on Evacuees to Senate Group" (p. 1), "WAC Meetings Next Tuesday, Wednesday" (p. 1), "Appointment of Gen. Emmons Cause Policy Speculation" (p. 1), "Camp-wide Hunt Annual Will Make Debut Soon; Blocks Being Covered for Group Pictures" (p. 1), "Eight Unable to Get Aboard Exchange Ship" (p. 1), "Transferees Prepare for …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-119-56/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 10
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 10 "Pasadena Tournament of Roses" (ddr-one-1-499)
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 10 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float is decorated in pink and white flowers. A woman stands near the back of the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-499/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 31
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 31 "Portland Traction" (ddr-one-1-516)
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 31 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float has three mermaids seated around the front of the float, and a man dressed as …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-516/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 13
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 13 "Buried Treasure" (ddr-one-1-496)
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 13 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float is made of yellow flowers, with an open treasure chest. Three women ride on the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-496/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 39
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 39 "Neptune's Court" (ddr-one-1-511)
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 39 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel.. The float has four female riders sitting with only their torsos exposed. Their legs are covered by …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-511/
Portland Rose Festival Parade Float-
img Portland Rose Festival Parade Float- "Old Oregon Trail" (ddr-one-1-519)
Color slide of a Rose Festival Parade float driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float is of a covered wagon and red ox. The covered wagon has "Beaverton or Bust" …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-519/
Ernest Besig Interview (ddr-densho-1002-3)
vh Ernest Besig Interview (ddr-densho-1002-3)
White male. Born in May 30, 1904, in Albany, New York. Founder and Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California from 1934 to 1971. Fought for civil rights throughout his career, and was involved in the General Strike in San Francisco, the McCarthy Era, and the Free Speech, civil rights, and anti-war …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1002-3/
Wally Yonamine Interview (ddr-janm-13-2)
vh Wally Yonamine Interview (ddr-janm-13-2)
Nisei-han male. Born June 24, 1925, in Maui, Hawaii. Grew up in a small village on a sugar plantation. Played football in high school, transferring to Honolulu. Signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 1947, but ended football career with an injury. In 1951, signed with the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, the first American to play in …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-13-2/

Narrator Geri Handa

Geri Handa was born in San Jose, California, in 1948, and studied in the early 1970s at the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Los Angeles, with a focus on community organizing and social services for seniors. She joined Asians for Community Actions in San Jose and worked at Keiro Nursing Home in …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/964/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 21 (May 24, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-21)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 44, No. 21 (May 24, 1957) (ddr-pc-29-21)
Select article titles: "Hearings on temporary Japanese farm labor program completed in Washington; Labor Dep't, labor groups and JACL testifies" (p. 1); "Min Yasui's father dies in Portland, was 70" (p. 1); "JACL-COJAEC lists names of awardees ready to be paid by next appropriation measure; more names to appear" (p. 1); "'Teahouse' production earns unprecedented rave …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-29-21/
Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, March 30, 1946, [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-189)
doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, March 30, 1946, [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-189)
A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. He writes from Japan where he is stationed as a Nisei soldier. In the letter, he writes about his duties in Japan, driving a truck. He also writes about the illness of his brother, Makoto, who is also stationed in Italy as a Nisei …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-189/
Clifford Uyeda Interview (ddr-densho-122-19)
vh Clifford Uyeda Interview (ddr-densho-122-19)
Nisei male. Born January 14, 1917, in Olympia, Washington. Raised in Washington before attending the University of Wisconsin, where he graduated in 1940. Earned medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, and completed his residency at Harvard Medical School in 1949. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-19/
Frank Knox in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-766)
img Frank Knox in Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-766)
Caption on reverse: "Navy secretary calls: Arriving here last evening on board a four-motored navy patrol bomber from San Francisco, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox was received this morning by the territorial, naval and army officials. At 9:25 a.m. today, Knox made an official call on Governor Poindexter at Iolani palace and was later given …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-1-766/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 20
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 20 "Fountain of youth" (ddr-one-1-489)
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 20 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float depicts the story of the fountain of youth, with three young ladies dressed in gowns …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-489/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 22
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 22 "Pacific Telephone" (ddr-one-1-488)
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 22 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float is made of red and black flowers, with two young girls dressed as a Native …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-488/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 33
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 33 "General Petroleum" (ddr-one-1-514)
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 33 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float is made of white and blue flowers, with a large red Pegasus flying over top. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-514/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 12
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 12 "Seattle Seafair" (ddr-one-1-497)
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 12 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float is made up of two parts, first part of the float has two riders sitting …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-497/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 6
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 6 "Robert Bros" (ddr-one-1-502)
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 6 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float has four visible riders, three dressed in purple gowns, one dressed in a white wedding …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-502/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 32
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 32 "Vancouver, WA" (ddr-one-1-515)
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 32 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float is showing a woman in a silver Roman gladiator costume fighting a dragon with a …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-515/

Narrator Tomiye Terasaki

Kibei female. Born October 5, 1910, in San Francisco, California. At age three, sent to live with grandfather and receive education in Fukuoka, Japan. After high school, temporarily moved to Tokyo and assisted family-owned business. In 1929, returned to U.S. to join parents in Sacramento. After arranged marriage to Mr. Tadao Sakita, moved to Los Angeles, …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/120/
Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, July 27, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-153)
doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, July 27, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-153)
A letter from Masao Okine, who is stationed in Tokyo, Japan as a Nisei solder, to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. The letter is mailed via San Francisco, California, by U.S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, Masao writes about his duties driving a jeep and informs that he is going to mail his parents' …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-153/
Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, May 19, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-186)
doc Letter from Masao Okine to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, May 19, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-186)
A letter from Masao Okine to his parents, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. He writes from Japan where he is stationed as a Nisei solder. The letter is mailed via San Francisco by the U. S. Army Postal Service. In the letter, he informs that he has received letters from his sister, Hatsuno, his wife, Ayame, and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-186/
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