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img Two children in kabuki makeup and costume (ddr-densho-383-435)

Embossed on front of photograph: "Aiko Studio, Seattle, Wash." Written on back of photograph: "Mom [Tamako Inouye] on right".

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img Woman in kimono (ddr-densho-383-225)

Woman pictured possibly Yasuko Fukuhara (c. 1905-1938), a neighbor of the Tokuda family in Seattle in the 1930s.

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img Two kabuki performers posed in costume (ddr-densho-383-439)

Embossed on front of photograph: "Aiko Studio, Seattle, Wash." Written on back of photograph: "Mom [Tamako Inouye] on left".

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doc Certificate of Merit (ddr-densho-477-192)

Certificate of merit awarded to Takeo Isoshima from his welding course at Broadway-Edison Technical School in Seattle, Washington.

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doc Letter Orders, 27 Nov 45 (ddr-densho-446-187)

USSBS Orders with transportation instructions from Seattle to San Francisco on December 17 by command of Brigadier General Denison

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img Cars crossing Aurora Bridge (ddr-densho-466-799)

Caption below photo on album page: Aurora Bridge US 99. Printed on photo front: Aurora Ave Bridge Seattle, Wn

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img Portrait of baby (ddr-densho-359-868)

Kenji Nakata. Caption on bottom of photograph "Sept 1936 10 mo. Kenji". Stamped on the photograph "Jackson Studio Seattle".

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img Portrait of baby (ddr-densho-359-595)

Caption beneath the photograph in the album "Miss K. Aoki". Stamped in the bottom left corner "Jackson Studio Seattle".

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doc Nisei Vue Summer 1949 (ddr-densho-266-8)

Selected article titles: "Seattle Memorial" (p. 8), "An American Hero: Sadao Munemori" (p. 12), "Teen Age Fads" (p. 31).

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vh Akiko Kurose Interview II Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-42-21)

Involvement in the Head Start program in the Seattle Public Schools

Mrs. Kurose was undergoing treatment for cancer and required frequent breaks and medication to help her with pain management.

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vh Takashi Matsui Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1008-4-20)

Deciding to stay in Japan: hearing that Seattle was "very unfriendly..."

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

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vh Louise Kashino Interview (ddr-densho-1000-31)

Nisei female. Born April 25, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled during the war in Chicago, Illinois, and returned to Seattle after the war. Member of the Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee Women's Auxiliary. In her interview, talks about her efforts to successfully get her husband's …

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doc Testimony of Theresa Takayoshi (ddr-densho-67-164)

Written testimony of Theresa Takayoshi of Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Discrimination and Psychological Impact." Personal information excised by Densho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-67-164/

doc Testimony of Misao Sakamoto (ddr-densho-67-171)

Written testimony of Misao Sakamoto of Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Multiple Impact on Family & Redress." Personal information excised by Densho.

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vh Shig Kaseguma Interview (ddr-manz-1-32)

Nisei male. Born June 4, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend college in Cincinnati before being drafted. Served in Japan with the Military Intelligence Service, and eventually returned to Seattle.

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vh Katsumi Okamoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-24)

Nisei male. Born July 5, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where parents owned and operated a grocery store. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Served in Japan with the Military Intelligence Service following World War II.

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vh May K. Sasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-79)

Nisei female. Born May 31, 1935, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Seattle's Nihonmachi, or Japantown. Incarcerated as child at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in Seattle. In her interview, discusses issues of shame and loss of Japanese American identity as a result of incarceration.

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doc Ivy Davina Arai's thesis from Princeton (ddr-densho-430-359)

Title: De-limiting Zones, The Seattle Japanese American Experience, 1939-1950. Includes detailed hand drawn map of pre-war businesses

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img John Shigaki and Kakuzo Kawakami pounding mochi (ddr-densho-456-8)

Written on a post-it note on the back: "Mochitsuki, 1960, Seattle / King St. / John Shigaki + his grandfather Kakuzo Kawakami"

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doc Testimony of Kip Tokuda (ddr-densho-67-287)

Written testimony of Kip Tokuda. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.

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doc Student essay (ddr-densho-171-143)

Excerpt: "As I was walking down the main street of Seattle, I saw a large crowd gathered on the corner."

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doc Mayoral proclamation (ddr-densho-72-59)

Proclamation issued by former Seattle mayor Charles Royer declaring Ike Ikeda Appreciation Day. From scrapbook "Scrapbook: 1948 - M.I.S.C. - 1984 - 1987."

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