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[Thursday, October 10, 11:25am]
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Portrait of wedding party (ddr-densho-409-3)
Wedding of Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama and Art Shibayama
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Betty Morita Shibayama Interview (ddr-densho-1000-152)
Nisei female. Born May 30, 1933, in Hood River, Oregon. Raised in the Hood River valley on family farm. After December 7, 1941, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and then to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. In 1943, moved with family to the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, before leaving camp for Chicago, Illinois, …
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Ruth, Flora, and Betty on Mt. Hood (ddr-densho-409-72)
Left to right: Ruth Deloris (Morita) Hidaka, Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada, and Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama.
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Philos Club for Japanese American women (ddr-densho-409-45)
Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama and Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada are both close to the railing.
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Ruth and Dorothy with Betty and Flora on Mt. Hood (ddr-densho-409-71)
Left to right: Ruth Deloris (Morita) Hidaka, Dorothy Fusaye (Morita) Kaneko, Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada, and Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama.
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Sunday School class (ddr-densho-106-9)
Betty Morita Shibayama is in the back row, sixth from the right.
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Dorothy, Ruth, Betty and Flora Morita on Mt. Hood picnic (ddr-densho-409-59)
Dorothy Fusaye (Morita) Kaneko, Ruth Deloris (Morita) Hidaka, Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama, and Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada on Mt. Hood attending a picnic
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Betty Morita's graduation portrait (ddr-densho-409-48)
Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama in a cap and gown graduating from Wells High School
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A picnic hike (ddr-densho-409-39)
Mototsugu Morita, Ruth Deloris (Morita) Hidaka, Flora Emiko Moirta and Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama hiking on Mt. Hood while at a family picnic
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Outside a barrack with a garden (ddr-densho-409-9)
Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada, Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama, Diana Lynn Rieko Morita Cole and Esther Yayoi Otomaru standing together outside a barrack at Minidoka.
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Four girls by trees (ddr-densho-409-40)
Left to right: Ruth Deloris (Morita) Hidaka, Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama, Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada, and Dorothy Fusaye (Morita) Kaneko standing by some trees at a family picnic on Mt. Hood.
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Two Japanese American couples (ddr-densho-106-4)
Back (L to R): Betty Morita Shibayama's grandfather, father. Front (L to R): grandmother, mother.
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Family photograph (ddr-densho-106-3)
Betty Morita Shibayama's family: front row (L to R): Masano, Father's sister Mrs. Idani, Father's grandmother, Mrs. Idani's son (?), Father's grandfather. Back row (L to R): Mother's aunt, Grandfather, Mr. Idani, Grandmother, Mrs. Idani's son (?).
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-106-1)
(L to R): Betty Morita Shibayama's father's grandmother, Betty's grandmother (daughter), Seki, Betty's father's sister.
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Japanese Americans in front of a house (ddr-densho-106-5)
Back (L to R): Mr. Junkichi Hachiya, Grandfather Kashichi, Paul, Father, Claude. Front (L to R): Junior, Betty Morita Shibayama, Mother, Ruth, Flora.
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Morita Family with their car (ddr-densho-409-42)
Standing on the car left to right: Motosugu Masao Morita Junior and Tim Nishiimoto. Standing in front of the car left to right: Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada, Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama, and Mototsugu Morita. Caption on back: May 23, 1937
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Morita Family outside house (ddr-densho-409-44)
Kashichi Morita standing in the far back center, and unidentified man on the right. From left to right: Paul Hiraoki Morita, Ruth Deloris (Morita) Hidaka, Dorothy Fusaye (Morita) Kaneko, Masano (Sakakiyama) Morita, and unidentified man. Children in front from left to right: Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada, Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama, Mototsugu Masao Morita Junior, Butch, and …
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Family friend (ddr-densho-106-7)
Betty Morita Shibayama's friend Nancy O'Dell from Hood River, Oregon. Photo sent to Betty in Tule Lake concentration camp.
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Flora, Masano, Betty, and Diana Morita attedning a wedding (ddr-densho-409-18)
Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada, Masano (Sakakiyama) Morita, Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama, and Diana Lynn Rieko Morita Cole outside Graham Taylor Chapel at Chicago Theological Seminary, now Saieh Hall for Economics at the University of Chicago, following Paul Hiraoki Morita's and Miyo Morita's wedding. Caption on back: Dec. 24, 1947
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Morita children outside Dethman's house the day they left Pinedale Assembly Center (ddr-densho-409-68)
Morita children standing together in the Dethman's family's yard before leaving Hood River for the Pinedale Assembly Center in Fresno, California. Back row left to right: Paul Hiraoki Morita and Claude Goro Morita. Middle row left to right: Mototsugo Masao Morita Junior., Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama, and Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada. Front row Ruth Deloris (Morita) …
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Morita Family outside Dethman's house the day they left Pinedale Assembly Center (ddr-densho-409-67)
Morita family standing together in the Dethman's family's yard before leaving Hood River for the Pinedale Assembly Center in Fresno, California. Back row left to right: Junkichi Hachiya, Kashichi Morita, Paul Hiraoki Morita, Mototsugo Morita, and Claude Goro Morita. Middle row left to right: Mototsugo Masao Morita Junior., Masano (Sakakiyama) Morita, and Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama. …
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B. Shibayama Collection (ddr-densho-106)
The B. Shibayama collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Betty Morita Shibayama, who was interviewed by Densho in 2003. The photographs document Betty's life in prewar Hood River, Oregon, her experiences in Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and her involvement in the fight for redress for Japanese Latin Americans.
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Morita sisters outside Dethman's house the day they left Pinedale Assembly Center (ddr-densho-409-69)
Morita sisters standing together in the Dethman's family's yard before leaving Hood River for the Pinedale Assembly Center in Fresno, California. Ruth Deloris (Morita) Hidaka is holding Betty Mae (Morita) Shibayama's sholders and Flora Emiko (Morita) Hikada stands to the right. Caption on back: 1942
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Betty Morita Shibayama Interview Segment 31 (ddr-densho-1000-152-31)
Graduating from high school, meeting future husband and first hearing of the Japanese Peruvians