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doc Photo of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in wedding dress (ddr-ajah-6-538)

Includes copy of newspaper engagement notice for Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara and Shozu "Bill" Takeda

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img Shuzo "Bill" Takeda with daughter Judy (ddr-ajah-6-542)

Caption below photo: Shuzo "Bill" Takeda with first born child, Judy. Block 13, Topaz, Utah, 1943. Bill married Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara from Alameda, CA.

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img Portrait of Shuzo "Bill" Takeda and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-540)

Caption below photo: Shuzo "Bill" Takeda and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara. Could be their engagement portrait. They would be married on January 19, 1941 in Alameda, CA.

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doc Certificate of Promotion at Porter School for Fumiko Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-503)

Caption below photo: Porter School Certificate of Promotion, Alameda, CA. Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara June 18, 1920

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doc Elementary School diploma for Fumiko N. Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-514)

Caption below image: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara's graduation diploma from Porter School, Alameda, CA. June 1928

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img Two women walking down stairs (ddr-ajah-6-535)

Caption below photo: Mrs. Teshima (left) and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara stroll around the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, San Francisco's third and last World's Fair. It was also the year that Nazi Germany invaded Europe. Among the items that Itahara may have noticed at the World's Fair was the German swastika flag. Teshima and Itahara …

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img Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara sitting on stairway (ddr-ajah-6-517)

Caption below photo: Sporting pigtails is Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA, on the steps of Mary Help Hall (the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda), circa 1929. Nellie is about 15 years old here.

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doc Diploma from Imagire School of Sewing for Fumiko Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-533)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara's graduation from the Imagire Sewing School on June 26, 1938. Nellie graduation was from the Oakland facility of the school, which originated in Alameda, CA.

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img Five girls sitting on lawn (ddr-ajah-6-504)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara is second from the left. She was born on January 10, 1914, making this photo circa 1920. Alameda, CA

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img Portrait of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in formal dress (ddr-ajah-6-523)

Caption below photo: 1932 Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA. Inscription on photo front: Sincerely yours Fumiko Itahara '32

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img Girl sitting on swing (ddr-ajah-6-511)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, about age 10, on a swing set in Alameda, CA. She may be holding her bento (box Lunch), circa 1924

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img Portrait of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-525)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara graduates from Alameda High School, Alameda, CA, 1932. Photo hand tinted.

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img Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara sitting on rooftop (ddr-ajah-6-516)

Photo part of album page. Caption on page: "Nell" "Stick your tongue in [indecipherable]". Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara poses on the roof of her parent's 1621 Park Street apartment in downtown Alameda, CA, circa 1928-1929. Two versions of same photo with different dates.

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img Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara standing in garden (ddr-ajah-6-518)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, Alameda, CA circa 1930

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img Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in kimono (ddr-ajah-6-513)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, age 13, in 1927. Born in Alameda, CA., this photo commemorates her first visit to Japan.

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doc Telegram from Wilbur Takiguchi to Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-532)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara becomes the chairman for the Northern California Young People's Christian Conference. The NYYPCC held young adult events and conferences before and after World War II. October 6, 1937

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img Portrait of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in kimono (ddr-ajah-6-527)

Caption below photo: Dressed in a kimono is Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, 20, of Alameda, CA., January 1934. Inscription on photo: Sincerely yours Nellie Itahara Jan 22, 1934

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doc Document titled Surveying alameda's Japantown Up on the Roof with Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-515)

Document includes photos, clipping and stories of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA.

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av Home movie footage of the wedding of Nellie Itahara and Bill Takeda (ddr-ajah-4-69)

Home movie footage showing friends and pastor of the Buena Vista United Methodist Church celebrating the marriage of Bill Takeda and Nellie Fumiko Itahara in what appears to be a private home.

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doc Image of Shuzo "Bill" Takeda's Japanese passport titled: A Japanese Passport, translated (ddr-ajah-6-508)

Caption below image: Passport for Shuzo "Bill" Takeda, of Hiroshima, Japan so he could immigrate to America / May 15, 1924. Shozo would later marry Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara and live in Alameda, CA.

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img Shuzo "Bill" Takeda with Fumiko "Nellie" and daughter Judy standing outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-543)

Caption below photo: Standing in front of their Block 13 residence are Shuzo "Bill" and Fumiko "Nellie" Takeda with their first born child, Judy. Topaz, Utah, 1943. The Taketa's were from Alameda, CA.

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img Shozo "Bill" Takeda in football uniform (ddr-ajah-6-528)

Caption below photo: Shozo "Bill" Takeda poses in his football uniform in Azusa, CA in 1934. He previously lived in Alameda, CA. He returned to Alameda to marry Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in 1941.

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doc Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara and bridesmaids (ddr-ajah-6-539)

Includes story of Itahara and Takeda's wedding. Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, 27, of Alameda, CA., married Shuzo "Bill" Takeda on January 19, 1941. At left is Masa Hanamura, at right Hazel Takii

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img Boys playing on swings (ddr-ajah-6-740)

Caption below photo: Nisei boys play on a swing in Alameda, CA., circa 1910-1930s. The white house in the background is 2327 Buena Vista Avenue. A few years after World War II ended, it would become the home of Bill Takeda and Nellie Itahara.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-740/

doc Photos and text titled: On the Last Boat from Japan (ddr-ajah-6-537)

Document with photo of Fumiko Itahara and Bill Takeda, Takeda's travel documents and story of his arrival from Japan

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-537/

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