Home movie footage of the wedding of Joanne Aiko Takeda and George Takata at the Twin Towers Church in Alameda, California. Home movies taken by Haruo "Howe" Hanamura (April 10, 1919 - August 18, 2012).

Photo of Bill and Nellie Takeda's children on Easter with story of the family's return to Alameda after incarceration

Caption below photo: When Ken, Judy and Jo Takeda returned from their World War II incarceration camp in 1945, their family did not have a place to live in their hometown of Alameda, CA. so they stayed at their church, the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church on Buena Vista Ave. Several Japanese families shared the space. The …

Sansei female. Born January 16, 1944, at the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, the family returned to Alameda, California, where they had lived before World War II. Jo grew up in Alameda and became a high school teacher. Involved with the Buena Vista United Methodist Church and numerous other Japanese American community activities in …