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295 items
295 items



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Minoru J. Shibata Interview Segment 5 (ddr-manz-1-148-5)
Moving to Terminal Island, California: fluent in Japanese

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Osamu Mori Interview Segment 6 (ddr-manz-1-93-6)
Growing up with peers from Terminal Island, California

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Takeshi Minato Interview Segment 12 (ddr-manz-1-57-12)
Living on Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor

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Terminal Island Wharf (ddr-densho-325-234)
Written on back of photograph "Terminal Island's Wharf Sept 7, 1947". The photograph was taken on a trip to Terminal Island, California, Hisa Nimura took with her friends.

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Susumu Iwasaki Interview (ddr-manz-1-63)
Nisei male. Born June 18, 1927, in Terminal Island, California. Grew up in Terminal Island before being removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, during World War II. Joined the Military Intelligence Service, working as an interpreter in Japan during the U.S. occupation. Married in Japan and eventually returned to California.

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Terminal Island looking west (ddr-csujad-43-264)
Aerial photograph number 2008 of Terminal Island. Caption reads: Terminal Island, Calif. [California] Alt. [Altitude] 9000' looking west. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_05_002

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Terminal Island looking east (ddr-csujad-43-268)
Aerial photograph number 2726 of Terminal Island. Subject reads: Termenial [Terminal] Island Calif. [California] looking east alt. [Altitude] 11,700'. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_05_007

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Terminal Island looking north (ddr-csujad-43-267)
Aerial photograph number 2729 of Terminal Island. Subject reads: Termenial [Terminal] Island Calif [California] looking North Alt. [Altitude] 11,700'. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_05_006

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Terminal Island looking west (ddr-csujad-43-269)
Aerial photograph number 2726 of Terminal Island. Subject reads: Termienial [Terminal] Island Califo. [California] looking west Alt. [Altitude] 11,700'. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_05_008

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Terminal Island looking south (ddr-csujad-43-266)
Aerial photograph number 2728 of Terminal Island. Subject reads: Terminal Island Calif. [California] looking south alt. [Altitude] of 11,700'. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_05_005

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Naval Air Station looking east (ddr-csujad-43-265)
Photograph number 2006 of the Naval Air Station of Terminal Island. Subject reads: Naval Air Station Terminal Island Calif. [California] Alt. [Altitude] 12000' looking east. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_05_003

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Naval Operating Base (ddr-csujad-43-259)
Aerial photograph number 7445 of Terminal Island. Note on the back side reads: Naval Operating Base, Terminal Island (San Pedro), California. Receiving station, looking south southeast. Contract Noy-8008. Title from note. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_04_064_001

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Island Beauty Shoppe (ddr-csujad-43-132)
Photograph number 1475 of the Island Beauty Shoppe on the corner of North Seaside Avenue and Terminal Way on Terminal Island. Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_02_026

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Terminal Island-Parcels nos.133 and 134 (ddr-csujad-43-181)
Photograph number [2160] of houses on Terminal Island. Caption reads: Terminal Island - Parcels Nos. [numbers] 133 and 134 -View southwesterly showing northeasterly house. Negative scan. Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_02_079

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Terminal Island-Parcel no. 132 (ddr-csujad-43-185)
Photograph number 2164 of a house on Terminal Island. Caption reads: Terminal Island - Parcel No. [number] 132 - View southwesterly showing front house. Negative scan. Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_02_083

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Misako Shigekawa Interview (ddr-manz-1-74)
Nisei female. Born January 2, 1909, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in California, attending the University of Southern California before World War II and graduating with a degree in pharmacy. Married and was living in Terminal Island, California, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After being removed from Terminal Island, moved to …

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Japanese Baptist Church (ddr-csujad-43-14)
Photograph number 949 of Japanese Baptist Church on the corner of Ways Street and Terminal Way on Terminal Island. Handwritten note on negative sleeve reads: Habitation near N.A.S. [Naval Air Station] and N.O.B. [Naval Operation Base] Roosevelt Base T.I. (Terminal Island). Negative scan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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Terminal Island-Parcel no. 131 (ddr-csujad-43-186)
Photograph number 2165 of the back of a house on Terminal Island. Caption reads: Terminal Island - Parcel No. [number] 131 - View northeasterly showing rear of house. Negative scan. Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_02_084

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Terminal Island-Parcels nos. 133 and 134 (ddr-csujad-43-183)
Photograph number 2162 of houses on Terminal Island. Caption reads: Terminal Island -Parcels Nos. [numbers] 133 and 134 - View southeasterly showing the northwesterly house. Negative scan. Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_02_081

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Terminal Island-Parcel no. 182 (ddr-csujad-43-143)
Photograph number 1488 of a house on Terminal Island. Caption reads: Terminal Island - Parcel No. [number] 182 - View northeasterly showing southwesterly house in foreground and southeasterly. Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_02_039

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Terminal Island-Parcels nos. 140, 141, and 142 (ddr-csujad-43-182)
Photograph number 2161 of houses on Terminal Island. Caption reads: Terminal Island - Parcels Nos. [numbers] 140, 141, and 142 -View northwesterly showing southeasterly house. Negative scan. Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_02_080

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Chiyoko Chiyo Omachi Interview (ddr-chi-1-17)
Nisei female. Born July 12, 1926, in Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island where father worked as a ship builder. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp and lived in Pennsylvania with relatives before attending college in New York. Family resettled in Chicago, Illinois, after the war, where …

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San Pedro and Terminal Island Habor entrance (ddr-csujad-43-6)
Aerial photograph number 344 of San Pedro and Terminal Island harbor. Handwritten note on negative sleeve reads: San Pedro and Terminal Island harbor entrance Alt. (Altitude) 4000' -North. Negative scan. Title from note. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ter_01_006