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Testimony of Matthew M. Masuoka (ddr-densho-67-236)
Written testimony of Matthew M. Masuoka of Portland, Oregon. Incarcerated in the North Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Friday, September 11, 1981, in the section titled "Economic Losses." Personal information excised by Densho.
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 35 No. 14 (October 3, 1952) (ddr-pc-24-40)
Selected article titles: "New 'look' for PC in Los Angeles with new staff and board in charge" (p. 1), "Many P.C. readers respond" (p. 2), "JACL continuance necessary: Masaoka" (p. 4), "NCWC immigration director defends Walter-McCarran Act at Seattle confab" (p. 5), "Nisei voting bloc in Hawaii unknown" (p. 8).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 17 (October 25, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-43)
Selected article titles: "Seattle to save International dist." (p. 1), "Unpaid Fines of 'Tokyo Rose' Sought by U.S." (p. 1), "Inouye warns against misuse of police power" (p. 1), "United Methodist Church conducts survey of Issei-Nisei congregations" (p. 3), "Politicians once had a field day with racial slur" (p. 6).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol 68, No. 9 (February 28, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-9)
Select article titles: "Cherry Blossom fete dons trade emphasis" (p. 1); "Seattle 'CL Asks For More Police Protection" (p. 1); "'Hiroshima' back on school shelf in Orange County" (p. 2); "Do Sansei identify with crowd in narcotics?" (p. 3); "Racial Imbalance In California Schools Defined, First In U.S." (p. 5).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 68, No. 26 (June 27, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-26)
Select article titles: "44 more congressmen join Mastsunaga-Holifield bill" (p. 1); "Seattle Oriental communities form 'ACE': Asian Coalition for Equality" (p. 1); "Oriental garden designed by Issei dedicated, accepted by Austin, Tex." (p. 1); "Census to count Spanish-speaking" (p. 1); "Campus Unrest Affecting U.S.-Japan exchange" (p. 8).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 16 (October 16, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-41)
Selected article titles: "Hawaii will elect Nisei lt. governor" (p. 1), "Positive action brewing from continuous Asian actor picket" (p. 1), Seattle City Council votes 5-4 approving Nihonmachi housing" (p. 1), "Union protests firing at Sony distributors" (p. 3), "Asian American biographical data shows up wide career achievements" (p. 3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 53, No. 13 (September 29, 1961) (ddr-pc-33-39)
Selected article titles: "Bartender's Racial Bias Draws Fines Totalling [sic] $6,100" (p. 1), "Seattle Sending 30-Ft. Cedar Totem Pole at Sister City Gesture to Kobe, Weighs a Ton" (p. 1), and "New Lustre on American Democracy Viewed as First Negro Federal District Judge Sworn in on Constitution Week" (p. 2).
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Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2138, Vol. 92, No. 19 (May 15, 1981) (ddr-pc-53-19)
Selected article titles: "Nisei teacher's firing upheld" (p. 1), "Goldberg says Supreme Court erred on E.O. 9066" (p. 1), "Redress committee sets guidelines for witness" (p. 1), "'Japanese Camp Newspapers' available in 50 microfilms" (p. 1), "Scholarly Looks at Japanized English" (p. 5), "Mock hearing set for Seattle" (p. 8).
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Nisei soldier painting a sign (ddr-densho-114-154)
Original caption: Pfc. Taka Oka, Nisei Japanese sign-painter for the Allied translator and interpreter section, General Headquarters, Allied Powers in the Pacific, Tokyo, Japan, prepares a sign announcing the weekly dance. He is from Seattle, Wash., and a member of the Allied occupation forces in Japan. 9-3-46.
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Group outing at Mt. Rainier (ddr-densho-136-22)
The Young People's Club, or Seinenkai, brought together people in their twenties from North Seattle for social, cultural, and recreational activities, such as this one to Mt. Rainier. (L to R): Kiyoshi Tada, Alice Funai, Tak Nakawatase, Lily Yasui, Ko Abe, Mich Shimomura, Tadashi Kumagai, Stamy Kumagai, Hiroshi Yahagi, Kaz Tada.
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Poston Chronicle Vol. XXIII No. 11 (May 23, 1945) (ddr-densho-145-639)
Selected article titles: "14th Naval District Will Hire Japanese American Veterans" (p. 1), "Seven Sentenced After Being Found Guilty" (p. 1), "Veterans Initiated Into Seattle Machinists Union" (p. 2), "Agencies Able to Hire Aliens are Following" (p. 2), "Minidoka Relocatee, Issei, Ends Life by Gas Poisoning in NYC" (p. 5).
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Japanese Americans playing cards at the fire station (ddr-densho-15-59)
This is the interior of Fire Station Number 1. Left to right: (first name unknown) Hikida, unidentified, Yoshio Akada, and Mr. Sano. The fire station was one of the few buildings with a refrigerator. Mr. Sano owned the bathhouse underneath the Panama Hotel in Seattle, Washington, before World War II.
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Japanese family on a ship to America (ddr-densho-259-122)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Picture of [Renichi Fujimoto] and [Matsuyo Fujimoto] and another Japanese man, standing on the deck of a ship. Since Obasan is wearing a kimono, this must have been taken when she left for American with [Renichi, her husband]. They arrived in Seattle on March 10, 1931."
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Portrait of Ruth Aiko Fukuhara as young girl (ddr-densho-383-102)
The Fukuharas were neighbors of the Tokuda family in Seattle in the 1930s. The Fukuhara family included Shigesaburo and Yasuko Fukuhara (c. 1905-1938) and their children Ruth Aiko Fukuhara (1921-1986), Francis Masateru Fukuhara (1925-2016), and Henry Kiyotaka Fukuhara (1928-1977). Written on album page below photograph: "Aiko".
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Portrait of Masateru Fukuhara as young boy (ddr-densho-383-213)
The Fukuharas were neighbors of the Tokuda family in Seattle in the 1930s. The Fukuhara family included Shigesaburo and Yasuko Fukuhara (c. 1905-1938) and their children Ruth Aiko Fukuhara (1921-1986), Francis Masateru Fukuhara (1925-2016), and Henry Kiyotaka Fukuhara (1928-1977). Written on album page below photograph: "Masateru Fukuhara".
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Mitsue Nishio Interview (ddr-manz-1-152)
Kibei female. Born 1917 in Seattle, Washington. As a child, sent to Japan for education, and returned to the U.S. in the 1930s. Was married living in Glendale, California, when World War II started. During the war, was removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to California.
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1110)
The portrait is signed "Mr. + Mrs. E. Otsuka: Kanogawa family 4/21/42". The studio stamp in the bottom right hand corner "James & Merrihew Seattle". Left to right: Yae Kanogawa, Reo Kanogawa, Shizu Kanogawa, Shoji Kanogawa, Sei Kanogawa. Sho Kanogawa is likely not pictured because the government had already seized him.
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Seichi Hayashida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-14)
Nisei male. Born May 15, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in a Japanese American farming community in Bellevue, Washington. Incarcerated at the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, both in California, and at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Longtime member and supporter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL).
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Takae Tanino Walts Interview (ddr-densho-1000-508)
Nisei female. Born August 4, 1930, in Bellevue, Washington. Grew up in Bellevue, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to Seattle, Washington, and eventually established a career as a flight attendant.
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Buddhist Convention (ddr-one-1-336)
Black and white photographic negative of three unidentified women outside Collin's Field House in Seattle, Washington for a Buddhist convention. George Oba is coming up from behind the women. Woman on the far right is holding a program with the date Feb 29- Mar 2, 1952 written on the cover.
Narrator Ruby Inouye
Nisei female. Born November 17, 1920, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, and graduated salutatorian from Broadway High School. Was enrolled in the pre-medical program at the University of Washington on December 7, 1941. During the war, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp to attend the …
Narrator Take Murayama
Issei female. Born 1895 in Nagano, Japan. Married Mr. Kazuyoshi Murayama, an Issei who returned to Japan temporarily for an arranged marriage. Immigrated to the U.S. in August of 1916. Worked for a wealthy family in North Dakota, then settled in Seattle. Went back to Japan in 1924, but returned to Seattle in 1925. Owned a …
Narrator Mits Takahashi
Nisei male. Born October 22, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where father was a prominent member of the Japanese Gardeners Association. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Drafted into the army, and served in Italy with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. Received …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 28 No. 25 (June 25, 1949) (ddr-pc-21-25)
Selected article titles: "Japan Supreme Court Rules on Nisei Case. Upsets Ruling Which Permitted Divestiture of Japanese Citizenship" (p. 1), "20th Century-Fox May Film Documentary Story of Nisei" (p. 1), "JACL ADC Urges Civil Rights Laws as Bulwark Against Mass Evacuation in Future" (p. 1), "Japanese Canadians Take Part in British Columbia Elections For First Time …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 18 (May 8, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-18)
Selected article titles: "What are social service needs in the community?" (p. 1), "Prospects dim for resolution urging Elks to open membership" (p. 1), "Seattle Central Area residents frightened by bomb terrorism" (p. 1), "Racial bias, distortions noted in three Calif. state textbooks" (p. 1), "Title II campaign: Hearings resume May 11 with Nixon man on …