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img Wang Chonghui seated with Ambassador Jiang (ddr-njpa-1-1019)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Goodwill Ambassador Wang Chonghui Comes to Japan. (Tokyo) February 19, 1935. With Sino-Japanese relations recently improving, Wang Chonghui, justice of the Permanent Court of International Justice, has been dispatched as an envoy from Chiang Kaishek, who wishes to see the intentions of the Japanese government and people towards taking concrete steps to …

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img Tamekichi Ota (ddr-njpa-4-1927)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "(Tokyo) 1936 August 17. Tamekichi Ota, Japanese Ambassador to Russia, returned home on the 13th. He visited Prime Minister Hirota at the official residence at noon on the 17th. While they ate lunch Ota reported on the latest trend of the relations between England and Russia, and between France and Russia. Ota …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 42 (April 6, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-131)

Selected article titles: "List Japanese American Soldier War Casualties"; "On the Other Hand"; "Pin-Up Girls to be Judged by Soldiers"; "Tear Down Nipponese Flag in Los Angeles"; "Nisei Nurse Fulfills Wish to Join Army U.S."; "Resettlement Aide Named on East Coast"; "Answer: Plain Kindness for Returning Niseis"; "Make Strong Appeal to Common Sense in Book"; "Want …

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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 8 (ddr-densho-156-248)

Article titles: "Summary of News from Heart Mountain Relocation Center"; "'Heart' Proper Spelling, Powell Paper Declares"; "Unfounded Rumors Circulate About Japanese Center"; "Pictorial Record of the Heart Mountain Center's Growth"; "One Hundred Days Old"; "Family Groups at Heart Mountain"; "Japs Help Relieve Labor Shortage"; "Use of Jap Labor in Prowers Beet Fields Approved"; "Government Asked to …

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img Portland Rose Festival Parade- float 19 "Junior Court" (ddr-one-1-490)

Color slide of Rose Festival Parade float 19 driving down SW Third Ave in front of a large crowd gathered outside a Signal gas station and San Francisco Tailor, behind the Signal gas station is the old Multnomah Hotel. The float has six visible young couples dressed in white suits and pink dresses. They are standing …

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vh Shigeko Sese Uno Interview (ddr-densho-1000-98)

Nisei female born April 6, 1915, in Seattle, Washington's International District. At an early age became active in the Japanese Baptist Church. Parents owned and operated a dairy plant called White River Dairy. Was a student at the Baptist Missionary Training School in Chicago, Illinois. Took a group of young women on an eye-opening trip to …

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img Indonesian seamen at an immigration detention center in downtown San Francisco (ddr-csujad-27-3)

Caption found with the image reads, "Just before sailing time, the Immigration Service and the ship's captain were served with an order from the U.S. District Court to the effect that petition for a writ of habeas corpus had been filed on behalf of the Indonesians, claiming they would receive 'certain imprisonment and probable death' upon …

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img Nisei soldiers crossing the Rhone River (ddr-densho-164-25)

Nisei soldier's caption: The Rhone River. As we headed for the Vosges, we crossed the river. The vacation at Marseilles couldn't last forever. The gas and vehicle shortage gave us three weeks of rest, but finally in the latter part of September we headed for the Vosges Mtn. near the German, Swiss border. Battling the inclement …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 102 (August 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-189)

Selected article titles: "Fear Needless, Asserts Cozzens"; "On the Other Hand"; "Fighting Sgt. is Returning Home"; "Japanese Dentists May Soon Lose Their Jobs"; "More Than Half of Those Leaving Camp Go to Calif."; "Rice Harvested in Louisiana: 23,000,000 Bushels"; "Judge Denies He Was Threatened"; "Scatter Them East of the Rockies -- They Say"; "United States Attorney …

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doc The Minidoka Herald Special Edition (February, 1944) (ddr-densho-483-94)

Selected article titles: "The work of the Federated Christian Church of Minidoka" (p. 1); "A glimpse into the barrack colony of Minidoka" (p. 1), "The vision of the worldwide church" (p. 1), "Greetings from Minidoka" (p. 1), "Structure of the Federated Christian Church of Minidoka" (p. 1), "The work of the Minidoka Project elementary schools" (p. …

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img Jodo missionary with his wife and son (ddr-njpa-4-1519)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Reverend Reikai Nozaki, who resided at the Jodo mission in Hawaii for a couple years, came to Hawaii on his way home with his wife, Shizuyo, and son, Reijun, and visited our company led by [?] of Haleiwa Jodo and talked with the press. He will stay until the Asama Maru arrives …

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img Mineo Osumi meeting with Italian and German naval officers (ddr-njpa-4-1817)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Italian captain is a hero of the World War. (Tokyo) 1934 April 16. Briveoneshi is the captain of the warship Kuwaruto, which entered the port of Yokohama on the 16th. He is also the Chief Commander of the Navy of the Far East. He and an adjutant, Iretorait, visited Osumi, Minister of …

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Hotoru Matsudaira, Mako Nakagawa, and Masao Takahashi, who testified at a hearing before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-csujad-52-32)

img Hotoru Matsudaira, Mako Nakagawa, and Masao Takahashi, who testified at a hearing before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-csujad-52-32)

Caption below image reads, "NO VACATION--Hotoru Matsudaira, right, a feisty 79-year-old grandmother, told a federal commission Thursday that the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was anything but a 'three-year vacation,' as described by Sen. S.I. Hayakawa, R-Calif. 'He is a Canadian and he lived in the East all during the war. He is …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 85, No. 27 (December 23-30, 1977) (ddr-pc-49-50)

Selected article titles: "Jappan-United States Friendship Act Lacks Nikkei Participation" (p.37), "Mandate of 1976 JACL Convention Being Carried Out at Snail's Pace" (p.38, 40), "East West Players, Asian American Actors Group, Now in 13th Season" (p.41), "Interracial Marriages" (p.44-46), "My Sansei Son" (p.50), "Little Tokyo Towers, Home of Happy Issei" (p.52-53), "Asian Americans in Media, They …

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. IV No. 50 (January 19, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-138)

Selected article titles: "Dr. Hannaford Relates Experiences in Japan: Evacuee Saw American Bomber Raid Tokyo Last Summer" (p. 1), "Block 13 Group Donate $5 to Fund" (p. 1), "Special Ward I Election Today" (p. 1), "Only Initial Supply of Brooms Issued" (p. 1), "Health Workers Check Foodstuffs" (p. 1), "Young Married Group to Have Tea" (p. …

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doc Envelope and letter to Dr. Keizaburo "Kei" Koyama from Teru Koyama (ddr-one-5-47)

Envelope addressed to Dr. Keizaburo Koyama at Camp Livingston from his wife, Teru Koyama, in Minidoka. Postmarked Mar 8, 1943. In red pencil “Mar 19,1943” is written next to the postmark. In the upper right corner “Internee of War/Free Mail” is written in black ink. Along the left edge of the envelope is clear tape that …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 71, No. 25 (December 18, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-50)

Selected article titles: "East Coast history of Japanese to be distinctive contribution" (p. 1), "National Constitution Japanese American Citizens League" (p. 2), "JACL chapter presidents" (p. 4), "JACL Bowling Tournament Champions" (p. 7), "The JACL Story: For Better Americans in a Greater America" (p. 9), "Heart Mountain WRA Camp residents sound off before a Dies Committee …

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Collection Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto Collection (ddr-densho-329)

Accessions 1-2: The Kaneji and Sally (Fujii) Domoto collection consists mostly of correspondence to Kaneji Domoto from his wife Sally, and his sisters Wakako and Yuriko. The letters primarily date between 1942 and 1952, when Kaneji was on the East Coast looking for work and his family was held at Amache, and after WWII when his …

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Narrator George Yoshida

Nisei male. Born April 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Parents immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. Attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and Washington Middle School in Seattle before his family moved to East Los Angeles in 1936. Incarcerated in Poston Detention Camp #1, Arizona, in April 1942. While in camp, helped organize the "Music Makers," …

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vh George Sakaye Nakano Interview (ddr-densho-400-17)

George Sakaye Nakano was born on November 24, 1935, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. George's parents were Kibei, born in Hawaii, then educated in Japan before returning to the U.S. Nakano grew up in Los Angeles until he was six years old. When WWII started, the Nakano family was incarcerated in the …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 42, No. 4 (January 27, 1956) (ddr-pc-28-4)

Selected article titles: "If Revisions Being Contemplated, 'Fair Share' Urged for Far East in Eisenhower Message on Immigration" (p. 1), "Californians enter evacuation claims bill in 2d session" (p. 1), "Virginia court rejects U.S. Supreme Court order to develop Ham Say Naim case" (p. 1), "$13,000 in nation-wide contribution acknowledged by Marysville flood group" (p. 2), …

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img Nisei boy outside garage (ddr-densho-259-515)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Me, at around age 10-11, standing on the east side of our old garage In the background is a huge pule of cut up apple wood, which we three young boys--Roku, Shu & me--had to load onto wheelbarrows, and trundle down a steep concrete steps to the basement, to be later burned …

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doc Article regarding Takeo Miki (ddr-njpa-4-931)

Article: "Progressive Party Leader Of Japan Here. Takeo Miki, chief secretary of the Progressive Party (Kaishinto) of Japan, and Mrs. Miki are visiting in Honolulu today enroute back to Japan after a two months' world tour. They arrived here last night from San Francisco at 10 by plane, and are scheduled to depart for Tokyo tonight …

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vh George Yoshida Interview (ddr-densho-1000-132)

Nisei male. Born April 9, 1922, in Seattle, Washington. Parents immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. Attended Bailey Gatzert Elementary School and Washington Middle School in Seattle before his family moved to East Los Angeles in 1936. Incarcerated in Poston Detention Camp #1, Arizona, in April 1942. While in camp, helped organize the "Music Makers," …

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doc My future in the post-war America (ddr-csujad-48-7)

Term paper by Jogi Yamaguchi for period III Social Problems class taught by Mr. Harry Bentley Wells, a teacher at Manzanar High School. Jogi first discusses the choice he had to face in staying in America or leaving for Japan. He knows life in the US will be difficult and doesn't think he will ever see …

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