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Jo Takata for Nellie Takeda (ddr-ajah-8-8)
In this video, Jo Takata talks about her mother, Nellie Takeda. Nellie was born in Alameda, California, and was married just before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After the war, returned to Alameda and lived for a number years …
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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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Footage from Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith (1 of 3) (ddr-ajah-4-66)
Footage featuring services and interviews from the Buena Vista United Methodist Church in Alameda, California. Shot for a documentary commemorating Buena Vista's centennial called Ties That Bind: Generations of Faith, produced by Wendy Hanamura.
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Shizuto Kawamura with friends and family (ddr-ajah-6-166)
Caption below photo: Friends welcome Shiz Kawamura after he returns to Alameda, CA., from Japan, after World War II ended. Photo circa 1954-1955. Two copies of photos, one with names identified.
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Group of women and children outside building (ddr-ajah-4-60)
Caption below photo: Women and children pose in front of the former chapel of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA. 1954
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Group photo of men and women at gathering (ddr-ajah-6-149)
Caption below photo: A gathering for Niseis from the Buddhist Temple (BTOA) and Japanese Methodists (BV) in Alameda, CA, circa late 1940s or early 1950s