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Ron Kenmotsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-546)
vh Ron Kenmotsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-546)
Male, born October 18, 1943, at the Amache (Colorado River) concentration camp, Colorado. Grew up in San Francisco, California, where parents ran a hotel. At a young age, found out that he had been informally adopted at birth while at Amache. After high school, volunteered for the U.S. Army and served in Korea. While in the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-546/
Portland Rose Festival Parade float-
img Portland Rose Festival Parade float- "Aluminum Company of America" (ddr-one-1-512)
Color slide of a Rose Festival Parade float driving by a crowd in front of San Francisco Tailor on SW Third Ave. The float has four young girls in white dresses sitting around a May pole, a young woman sits behind them in front of a large harp made of yellow flowers that is being played …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-512/

Narrator George Matsumoto

Nisei male. Born July 19, 1924, in San Francisco, California. At a young age, family moved to Ocean Park, California, where father ran a concession stand in an amusement park. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, had numerous jobs, including as part of the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/438/
Japanese Said to be Spying in California. Two Men, Whose Identities are Unknown to Authorities, Try to Steal Military Maps in San Francisco. Attempts Made to Break Into Armory. (January 27, 1908) (ddr-densho-56-115)
doc Japanese Said to be Spying in California. Two Men, Whose Identities are Unknown to Authorities, Try to Steal Military Maps in San Francisco. Attempts Made to Break Into Armory. (January 27, 1908) (ddr-densho-56-115)
The Seattle Daily Times, January 17, 1908, p. 4
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-115/
AC Transit Board Scrapbook (ddr-densho-433-822)
doc AC Transit Board Scrapbook (ddr-densho-433-822)
A partially completed scrapbook of Kimi Fujii's successful run for Alameda-Contra Costa District (AC) Transit Board. Also included are articles, letters, and other documents related to her floral business, political work, and a trip to Japan.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-822/
The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 6 (August 18, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-33)
doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 33 No. 6 (August 18, 1951) (ddr-pc-23-33)
Selected article titles: "Prospects Dim for Early Action on Bill to Grant Issei Naturalization Rights" (p. 1), "President Truman Signs Evacuee Claims Amendment" (p. 1), "Invite JACL ADC Official To Attend Japanese Treaty Conference in San Francisco" (p. 1), "Justice Department Says: Undocumented Hearsay Data Will Not Be Accepted in Processing Evacuee Claims" (p. 2), "First …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-23-33/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 17 (April 27, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-17)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 17 (April 27, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-17)
Selected article titles: "Return of wartime vested property to Japanese seen as goodwill bid" (p. 1), "Justice Dep't Favors House-Passed Lane Bill, Senate Group Informed" (p. 1), "CBS radio show answers to slur against Japanese Americans, no harm intended" (p. 1), "Arizona strawberry growers enjoy one of the best years, acreage being thinned as subdivisions make …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-28-17/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 73, No. 4 (July 23, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-29)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 73, No. 4 (July 23, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-29)
Selected article titles: "Farm labor crisis hits JACL" (p. 1), "Watsonville Elks against white-only rule" (p. 1), "Fear low cost housing may kill Japan Center and Nihonmachi" (p. 1), "San Francisco JACL prepared to object to opening of Kenzo's boutique in area" (p. 1), "Japan will not rely on nuclear power" (p. 2), "In Sacramento, this …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-43-29/
Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 20 (November 16, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-46)
doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 43, No. 20 (November 16, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-46)
Selected article titles: "Longtime JACLer wins 31st Dist. seat in Sac'to" (p. 1), "Nisei evacuated from Middle East, says Seattle wife" (p. 1), "Issei pioneers of No. California flower growing industry honored by Nisei" (p. 1), "Deep-rooted racial prejudice in housing noted in San Francisco Bay Area survey, gains in jobs, education cited by survey" (p. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-28-46/
Letter from Henry [Katsumi] Fujita to Mr. H. A. Strong, Electrolux Corporation, August 9, 1942 (ddr-csujad-23-13)
doc Letter from Henry [Katsumi] Fujita to Mr. H. A. Strong, Electrolux Corporation, August 9, 1942 (ddr-csujad-23-13)
Letter from Henry K. Fujita to his boss Mr. H. A. Strong of the Electrolux Corporation in San Francisco dated August 9, 1942. Rich in details, the letter describes the physical layout of the Merced Assembly Center, the poor-quality construction of the barracks, the daily schedules, the camp organization and facilities, the hardships and illnesses and …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-23-13/
Day at the Fair with Father (ddr-csujad-11-94)
img Day at the Fair with Father (ddr-csujad-11-94)
A man and two women are photographed together. The woman to the left of the man is most likely Tazu Kawamoto. The man is therefore her father, Sadaichi Kawamoto, as the caption reads: Day at the Fair with Father. The fair she is referring to is the 1939 San Francisco World's Fair. The woman to the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-11-94/
Letter from Jokichi Yamanaka to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, July 6, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-150)
doc Letter from Jokichi Yamanaka to Mr. and Mrs. S. Okine, July 6, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-150)
A letter from Jokichi Yamanaka in Hiroshima, Japan to his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. He updates Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine on the Sasakis and the Nakanos in Japan. This letter is mailed by Masao Okine from Japan via San Francisco by U.S. Army Postal Service. The handwritten notes on the backside of the …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-5-150/
Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 5 (ddr-densho-156-206)
doc Daily Press Review, Vol. III, No. 5 (ddr-densho-156-206)
Article titles: "Ralph Advocates Use of Japanese Evacuees for Farm Labor"; "Germans, Italians are Aided on Coast"; "Infant Formula Kitchen Opens at Tule Lake Relocation Center"; "Population of Tule Lake Relocation Project Now 7,570"; "Seek to Alleviate Farm Labor Shortage"; First Baby Born at Tule Lake Relocation Project"; "Japanese Farm Labor Sought by Klamath Falls Agricultural …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-156-206/
Dan Liu greeting Lois Higgins-Grote at the Honolulu Airport (ddr-njpa-2-615)
img Dan Liu greeting Lois Higgins-Grote at the Honolulu Airport (ddr-njpa-2-615)
Caption on reverse: "POLICE FEMME: Dr. Lois Higgins of Chicago, director of the Illinois State Crime Prevention Bureau, and president of the International Association of Women Police, arrived via Pan American Airways from San Francisco Tuesday. She will address the 64th annual conference of International Association of Chiefs of Police next Monday at the Royal Hawaiian …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-njpa-2-615/
Nikki Bridges Interview (ddr-densho-1012-15)
vh Nikki Bridges Interview (ddr-densho-1012-15)
Nisei female. Born February 2, 1911, and grew up in California. During World War II, removed to the Poston (Colorado River) concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, worked in the War Relocation Authority office in San Francisco.

(This interview is audio-only. It contains raw footage used by Steven Okazaki in his 1985 film Unfinished Business. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012-15/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- cowboy (ddr-one-1-505)
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- cowboy (ddr-one-1-505)
Color slide of a Roy Rogers in a white suit and hat riding a palomino horse in the Rose Festival Parade on SW Third Ave, he is passing a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. In the foreground is Dale Evans riding a horse in …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-505/
Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 8
img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 8 "Sacajawea" (ddr-one-1-501)
Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 8 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, two men dressed as American frontiersmen and two women dressed in …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-501/
Portland Rose Festival Parade float-
img Portland Rose Festival Parade float- "A Garden of Eden" (ddr-one-1-508)
Color slide of a small Rose Festival Parade float with a pink ribbon on a yellow sign 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 a waterfall that is surrounded …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-one-1-508/

Narrator Jim Hirabayashi

Nisei male. Born October 30, 1926, in small town of Thomas, Washington, on family farm. Attended school in Auburn, Washington, before being removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in Idaho, and was subsequently joined by family. Postwar, became a social anthropologist, and later became only the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/140/

Narrator Satsuki Ina

Sansei female. Born May 25, 1944, in the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Her parents, both Kibei, grew up in San Francisco, California. During World War II, they were incarcerated at the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. They signed "no-no" on the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," renounced their U.S. citizenship, and were transferred to Tule Lake when it …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/920/

Narrator George Kazuharu Naganuma

Born August 20, 1938, in Lima, Peru. Parents ran a laundry business and father was a prominent community leader. During World War II, the FBI arrested George's father and the entire family was placed on a ship and sent to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After leaving camp, the family was not …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/928/

Narrator Kenneth Narahara

Sansei male. Born December 16, 1936, in Oakland, California. Grew up in Alameda, California, where parents had a florist business. Immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were forced to leave Alameda, so the family split up and moved to Oakland. Removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/977/

Narrator Ron Kenmotsu

Male, born October 18, 1943, at the Amache (Colorado River) concentration camp, Colorado. Grew up in San Francisco, California, where parents ran a hotel. At a young age, found out that he had been informally adopted at birth while at Amache. After high school, volunteered for the U.S. Army and served in Korea. While in the …
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/1083/
Jun Dairiki Interview (ddr-densho-1021-6)
vh Jun Dairiki Interview (ddr-densho-1021-6)
Jun Dairiki was born in San Francisco in 1934 and was seven years old when the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor. Her family was sent to a detention center in Tanforan, then to the camp in Topaz, Utah. Dairiki remembers how her mother told her that, now that she was in camp, she was free of …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1021-6/
Aoki and Wife Happy in Their Reconciliation. Japanese, American Spouse, Baby and Mrs. Emery on Way to Los Angeles After Spending Day in Oakland. Girl and Her Mother Visit San Francisco. (June 19, 1910) (ddr-densho-56-169)
doc Aoki and Wife Happy in Their Reconciliation. Japanese, American Spouse, Baby and Mrs. Emery on Way to Los Angeles After Spending Day in Oakland. Girl and Her Mother Visit San Francisco. (June 19, 1910) (ddr-densho-56-169)
The Seattle Daily Times, June 19, 1910, p. 1
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-169/
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