164 items
164 items
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May and Hanako (ddr-densho-357-288)
May and Hanako stand in front of the Buddhist Church in Stockton. Left to right: May Fujino, Hanako Yoshioka Terakawa.
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Hanako Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-287)
Hanako Yoshioka stands in front of the Buddhist Church in Stockton. Hanako's caption: "Yours truly."
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Mr. and Mrs. Yamashita (ddr-densho-357-335)
Mr. and Mrs. G. Yamashita attend the Stockton picnic.
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Attendees of YMBA conference (ddr-densho-357-318)
Itoko and Tansai Terakawa stand with other attendees of the Young Men's Buddhist Association at the Stockton conference.
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At Stockton (ddr-densho-378-141)
Photograph of a man identified as Jim Maruyama standing outside a building. Caption on page: "At Stockton-" and "Jim Maruyama"
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Miss Toshiko Hatani and Teruko Yoshimoto (ddr-densho-378-215)
Photograph of two women identified as Yoshiko Hantani and Teruko Yoshimoto standing together in front of a park car on the side of a city street. Caption on page: "Stockton" and "Miss Yoshiko Hatani Teruko Yoshimoto"
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4th annual tournament of Northern California Japanese Golf Association - Oak Knoll Golf and Country Club (ddr-csujad-55-1309)
Sepia-toned photograph depicting a group of golfers during the fourth annual tournament of the Northern California Japanese Golf Association at Oak Knoll Gold and Country Club. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1311
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Appeal to justice (ddr-csujad-55-361)
Pamphlet by George Shima (Kinji Ushijima) on the proposed revisions to the California Alien Land Law of 1913 (Webb-Haney Act). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0363
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Japanese American farmer talking with land owner (ddr-densho-151-88)
Original caption: Stockton, California. Henry T. Futamachi (left), superintendant of a 1300-acre mechanized ranch, discusses agricultural problems with the ranch owner, John B. MacKinley. Before evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry, Futamachi, 45, was paid $4000 a year and bonuses. He came to this country 28 years ago with his father. Evacuees will be housed in …
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Japanese American laborer prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-89)
Original caption: Stockton, California. So-called "stoop" laborer is shown weeding a celery field. Many persons of Japanese ancestry worked at this type of field labor before they were evacuated from military areas. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
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Keiko Shinmoto Interview (ddr-densho-1021-3)
Keiko Shinmoto's father migrated from Hiroshima to Portland, Oregon, where his brother was an owner of a grocery store. After returning to Hiroshima to see his ailing father, Keiko's father found it impossible to return to America as his mother hid his passport to keep him in Japan. Shortly, Keiko's mother joined him in Hiroshima, also …
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Children playing baseball in alleyway (ddr-ajah-5-76)
Caption below photo: Young Nisei children play baseball in a Stockton, CA.,alley, circa early 1920s. (Information courtesy National Japanese American Historical Society). Phot courtesy Takuritsu Morita family, San Jose, CA.
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 59, Vol. 3 (July 17, 1964) (ddr-pc-36-29)
Selected article titles: "California JACL Committee against Prop. 14 Starts Push" (p.1), "Vandals Smear Anti-Japanese Slogns on New Half-Million Dollar Toho Theater" (p.1), "GI Claims He's Victim of Racial Bias" (p.1), "Stockton Japanese Eye New Project Area" (p.3).
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 11 (October 13, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-36)
Selected article titles: "California Attorney General's: Report States Stockton Massacre Was Racially Motivated" (p. 1), "Frank Hideo Hattori, 82: Seattle Realtor Hailed at His Birthday; Recalls His WWII Role as OWI Broadcaster" (p. 2), and "Young Mixed Race Generation Facing Identity Dilemma" (p. 3).
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Young Japanese Americans waiting for new arrivals (ddr-densho-151-256)
Original caption: Stockton, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry have been at this Assembly center for several days and are watching the arrival of buses bringing new groups of families. Later, all will be transferred to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration.
Narrator Grayce Uyehara
Nisei female. Born July 4, 1919. Raised in Stockton, California. During World War II, removed during senior year at College of the Pacific, Stockton, California. Incarcerated at the Stockton Assembly Center and Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Resettled with family members in Philadelphia. Graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work. Active volunteer with the …
Narrator Alfred "Al" Miyagishima
Nisei male. Born December 2, 1926, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Family operated grocery store prior to World War II. Moved to Stockton, California, due to father's illness. Removed to Stockton Assembly Center and Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Resettled in Nebraska and finished high school. Drafted into the army in 1945, and joined family in Denver, Colorado, …
Narrator Barry Saiki
Nisei male. Born June 21, 1919, in Stockton, California. During World War II, served with the Military Intelligence Service in Japan.
Narrator James Sakamoto
Nisei male. Born April 18, 1924, in Mayfield, California. Spent prewar childhood years in Alviso, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, moved with family to Stockton, California, in an attempt to avoid mass removal. Despite this, was removed to the Stockton Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Resettled in Colorado …