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14 items
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Family transplanting tomato plants (ddr-densho-151-448)
Original caption: San Leandro, California. Family labor transplanting young tomato plants under canvas about ten days prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry to Assembly Centers.
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Japanese American farmers prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-124)
Original caption: San Leandro, California. Family labor transplanting young tomato plants under canvas about ten days prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry to Assembly Centers.
Narrator Harry Kawahara
Nisei male. Born September 14, 1931, in San Leandro, California. Grew up in San Leandro, where father ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, moved with family to Salt Lake City for a year before returning to San Leandro. After …
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Harry Kawahara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-368)
Nisei male. Born September 14, 1931, in San Leandro, California. Grew up in San Leandro, where father ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, moved with family to Salt Lake City for a year before returning to San Leandro. After …
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Japanese American horticulturalist prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-87)
Original caption: San Leandro, California. Greenhouse on nursery operated, before evacuation, by horticultural experts of Japanese ancestry. Many of the Nisei (born in this country) attended leading agricultural colleges such as that at Cornell. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
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Setsuko Abe Hirano (left) and cousin, Edith Abey (right) dancing Japanese buyo dance at Topaz (ddr-csujad-55-2201)
Setsuko was sent from San Leandro to the Tule Lake camp and later transferred to the Topaz camp. Doris Abey Hrubant aka Sahomi Tachibana, was their dance teacher at Tule Lake and Topaz (Edith's older sister). The Abe family decided to change the spelling to "Abey" so most Americans would pronounce it correctly. See this object …
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Masaru Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-742)
Handwritten caption: "At Mr. Nomira's Garden, San Leandro, Masaru Yoshioka."
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Letter from C. R. Hitchcock to Kimi Fujii (ddr-densho-433-408)
C. R. Hitchcock writes to Kimi Fujii to congratulate her on her appointment to the Alameda-Contra Costa District (AC) Transit Board.
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Democratic council meeting notes (ddr-densho-433-654)
Democratic council meeting notes about Martin Huff accepting the nomination of President.
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Letter from Mrs. John C. Ornea to Kimi Fujii (ddr-densho-433-132)
Mrs. John C. Ornea writes to congratulate Kimi Fujii her on her new position on the Alameda-Contra Costa District (AC) Transit Board. A copy of a newspaper clipping about Kimi's appointment is included.
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Irene Games (ddr-densho-356-282)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Irene Games in which she tells about the marriage plans for several mutual friend and the news around the office. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-277 and ddr-densho-356-320.