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5069 items
Narrator Satoru Ichikawa
Nisei male. Born November 2, 1929, in Fresno, California. Moved with family at a young age to Seattle, Washington, where father was the minister of the Seattle Buddhist Temple. Father was arrested by the FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and removed to various Department of Justice internment camps. The rest of the family was …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 68, No. 24 (June 13, 1969) (ddr-pc-41-24)
Select article titles: "Wakamatsu Colony Dedication: A Once-in-a-lifetime Inspiration" (p. 1); "Matsunaga-Holifield bill to repeal Title 2" (p. 1); "PNWDC calls young adults to attend organizational session at Hood River" (p. 1); "U.S. Supreme Court Rules on 3 Civil Rights Cases for Negroes" (p. 2); "TV Coverage of Seattle Students in Action Overdone" (p. 4).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 54, No. 11 (March 16, 1962) (ddr-pc-34-11)
Selected article titles: "Wing Luke Elected to Seattle Council" (p.1), "Congressional Boxscore" (p.1), "Oregon Orchardists Give Nisei Most Votes for Top Office" (p.1), "President Kennedy Urged to Restore Vested Property to Free Holdings Oversea" (p.2), "Congressional Record Publicizes Story of Konishi Family of Platteville, Colo., and His 'Company' of 13 Children" (p.3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 58, No. 16 (October 18, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-42)
Selected article titles: "U.S. Population Data on Japanese Revealed" (p. 1), "Japan's Postwar Constitution Hailed as 'Highly Workable' by Nisei Scholar" (pp. 1-2), "Hayasaka Keeps Busy Explaining Seattle Open-Housing Ordinance" (pp. 1-2), and "Task of Introducing Sugar Cane in Persian Area Described as Similar to Imperial Valley Falls upon Shoulder of Nisei" (p. 4).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 10 (March 11, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-10)
Four page travel section appears between pages 4 and 5 of the edition. Selected article titles: "Florin Program Honors Former Internees" (p. 1), "Mineta, Lowry Attend: Seattle Holds Annual Day of Remembrance" (p. 1), "NPS Plan to Make Manzanar Part of Nat'l Park System" (p. 3), and "Detroiters, Japanese Americans Examine United States Constitution" (p. 8).
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Mayor signing the Day of Remembrance proclamation (ddr-densho-10-15)
Mayor Charles Royer of Seattle, Washington, signs the proclamation for the Day of Remembrance. Behind him (left to right): Henry Miyatake, Shosuke Sasaki, Arlene Oki, Ron Mamiya, Floyd Schmoe, Cherry Kinoshita, and Dr. Minoru Masuda. Annual Day of Remembrance ceremonies are held in many Japanese American communities on or around February 19th, the day Executive Order …
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Japanese performance (ddr-csujad-25-343)
A photograph of a Japanese theater performance taken by "Aiko," a photo studio in Seattle, Washington. Performers wear kimono. It is taken in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_005
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Rohwer Outpost Vol. VI No. 53 (June 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-143-281)
Selected article titles: "Quarterley [Quarterly] Census to be Held Friday Eve" (p. 2), "First Casualty from Rohwer in Pacific Theater Reported" (p. 2), "Officers to 442nd Have Their Own Replacement Plan" (p. 2), "To Hold Conference on Closing Problems" (p. 2), "3 Hostels Open in Seattle, Wash." (p. 2), "Families Relocate in Little Rock, Ark." (p. …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 86 (July 20, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-175)
Selected article titles: "District Attorney Disagrees With Judge on Alien Lease Transactions"; "On the Other Hand"; "Check on Cause of Plane Engineer's Death"; "Doi to Leave for Army"; "Membership at Stake"; "Returnee News"; "Charge Falsehood"; "Seattle Florist Tries Denver Market"; "15 Pacific Vets Restore Desecrated Jap Graves"; "Hostel Plan Set"; "Examine Realty Permit Applicants"; "Want Ads …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 44 (April 11, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-133)
Selected article titles: "Social Agencies Aid Resettlers"; "On the Other Hand"; "Boy Confesses He Aided in Vandalism on Graves"; "Seattle Group Presses for Exclusion Measure"; "Girls' Basketball Team Wins Title"; "Bigger War Coming?"; "Attorney General Calls for Report on Shooting"; "Want Ads Today"; "Couple Found to Adopt Twins Born to Nisei"; "Tulare's Niseis' Land Holdings Up."
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In My Parents' Words (ddr-densho-258-208)
A booklet to accompany a panel entitled In My Parents' Words: Voices from the Department of Justice Camps at the 2013 Japanese American National Museum National Conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in Seattle, Washington. Satoru Ichikawa focuses on the separation of his father, a Buddhist priest, from his family for two years during the family's …
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Members of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce pose with a parade float (ddr-densho-395-109)
Members of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce pose with a parade float. The float holds men and women dressed in period costume, depicting the Kamakura period. Seiso Bitow stands in front of the float, fifth from the left. Accompanying materials state that Seiso was the head of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Hiroshima Organization (Seattle …
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Mother and young son on lawn (ddr-densho-383-224)
Yasuko Fukuhara with son Masateru Fukuhara. 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: "Mrs. Fukuhara and Masateru".
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Fujin Home (ddr-densho-2-3)
The Fujin Home, which was affiliated with the Christian Baptist Church, was located at 11th and Spruce in Seattle, Washington. It offered shelter for people such as orphans, the handicapped, and women who were recently divorced or widowed and who had nowhere else to go. Various types of classes and social activities were organized by the …
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Woman holding historic photo (ddr-densho-34-137)
Fifty years later, Shigeko Kitamoto holds a picture that was taken of her children and herself on March 30, 1942 as they were waiting to board a special ferry to Seattle during the exclusion of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, Washington. The children in the photo are from left to right: Jane, Frances and Frank Kitamoto.
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Letter from Ai Chih Tsai to U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and Naturalization Service, Chicago (ddr-densho-446-221)
Response to letter dated May 28, 1946. First entry to US on Sept 1, 1938, as student on Taiyo Maru at San Francisco. Most recent entry to US on Dec 17, 1945, on SS General Freeman at Seattle after USSBS. Will leave US on June 12 on USS Marine Lynx for 1-year mission with UNRRA.
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Kajiko Hashisaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-201)
Nisei female. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left Minidoka in 1943 to attend school in St. Paul, Minnesota. Married in 1945, and lived in Japan for sixteen months before returning to the United States and …
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Peggie Nishimura Bain Interview (ddr-densho-1000-170)
Nisei female. Born March 31, 1909, in Vashon Island, Washington. Raised in Vashon Island and Des Moines, Washington, before being removed with her two children to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California. Later transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka, Idaho, before resettling in Chicago, Illinois. Lived and worked in Chicago before eventually returning to …
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Toshiko Hayashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-492)
Nisei female. Born April 14, 1925, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Beaverton, Oregon, where parents farmed and sold produce at a nearby market. During World War II, family moved to Ontario, Oregon, to avoid mass removal, and worked for a white farmer. Toshiko attended Boise State University in Idaho and then moved to Seattle after …
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Earl Hanson Interview (ddr-densho-1001-35)
Caucasian male. Born June 29, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington, with many Japanese American friends. Observed the mass removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island during World War II. Served with the 1901st Aviation Engineers during the war, and was stationed in Okinawa. Returned to the Bainbridge Island, Washington, area after …
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1952 Pictorial Guidebook (ddr-densho-266-78)
Select article titles: "Rare photographs capture beauties of Fuji" (pg 19-34); "The Issei Story" (pg. 35-58); "Pictures: San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Twin Cities, New York, Chicago, Seattle, Japan" (pg. 59-112); "Organizations: Bird's-eye view of Nisei groups in the U.S." (pg. 113-138). Removed pages 140-167 from public website to protect personal information.
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. IV No. 13 (May 20, 1944) (ddr-densho-119-88)
Selected article titles: "Residents Repair Damage to Canal. 1,800 Ft. of Sagebrush Rip-rap Destroyed by Fire Sunday Night" (p. 1), "Family Interviews Now Being Conducted Here" (p. 1), "73 Percent of Nisei in U.S. Never in Japan" (p. 1), "Reservists Must Notify of Moving" (p. 1), "Seattle Property Must Be Moved" (p. 1), "Americanization Classes Begin" …
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Five men, two women and three children standing outside by tree (ddr-densho-474-214)
Group of people associated with the Seattle Japanese Congregational Church. Front row on left Rev Ai Chih Tsai holding his son, Peter Ho Yang Tsai. Front row second from right: Ryo Morikawa Tsai. The two\nlittle girls are most likely their daughters Bi Lin and Bi Sim. Back row on the right is Chosaku "Henry" Hashiguchi
Narrator Edith Watanabe
Nisei female. Born August 29, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Burlington, Washington. Was just starting college when incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp early because of illness and married a Nisei GI, Harvey Watanabe. Lived in Midwest for duration of war and resettled in Seattle, Washington following the war.