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img Ryushi Kawabata looking at an art book (ddr-njpa-4-548)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Kawabata goes to South Seas to explore 'Pacific Ocean.' (Tokyo) September 14, 1934. After releasing two great works consecutively, Ryushi Kawabata now dedicates himself to his new work, "Pacific." He has been planning to go around the Pacific next February, but because of his enthusiasm he hurried to leave on the 15th …

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doc Short article regarding Kohei Murakoso's engagement (ddr-njpa-4-1157)

Article [translation]: "Running the road of marriage. Athlete Murakoso. [Tokyo, 20, Domei]. The world famous long distance runner Kohei Murakoso, who ran alone until age 35, will get married. The bride is the second daughter of Dr. Ryuichi Kamibayashi of Matsushiro, Nagano, Yasuko (20), who graduated from Nagano Women's College and is inspired by the sport. …

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img A Domei editor (ddr-njpa-4-2010)

Caption on reverse [translation]: "[?] Okamura visits Europe. [?] Okamura, vice chief of the editorial office of Domei news agency, boarded a train at Tokyo Station at 3:00 p.m. on the afternoon of the 12th. He will accompany the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who is visiting Europe. Okamura is the representative of our press and started …

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img Sailing on "Tartan" (ddr-one-2-61)

Black and white photographic print of (from left) Lt. Col. Glenn, Shiuko Sakai and Olinda Saito seated on a boat with a ship in background. While Lt. Col. Glenn was attending the U.S. army language school, Lt. Hughes invited Shiuko Sakai, Tami Okamura and Olinda Saito for outing on Lt. Col. Glenn’s boat, “Tartan.” Inscribed on …

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img Union Club at Christmas (ddr-one-2-267)

Black and white photographic print of eight individuals seated around a dining table at the Union Club of Tokyo at Christmas (from left) Tami Okamura, “Prof”, Anna Kim (WAC from Hawaii), George Hughes (Anna Kim’s boyfriend), Captain Chin (U.S. Army officer), Shiuko Sakai, Captain Milazzo, and May Ideta. Inscribed on back: "CAPT C. CHIN/GEORGE HUGHES/CAPT CHARLES/MICAZZO/ANNA …

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img Wedding Reception of Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi (ddr-one-2-56)

Black and white photographic print of wedding reception for Olinda Saito and Sgt. Raymond Funakoshi at the American Club in Tokyo, Japan. Group portrait of twelve individuals unidentified, except for Capt. Sakamoto standing in top row, third from left, and Olinda Saito (bride), seated and third from right. Shiuko Sakai, the donor, organized this wedding party …

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img Visit from Ms. Mahon (ddr-one-2-160)

Black and white photographic print of (from left) unidentified woman in hat, May Ideta, Ms. Mahon, and an unidentified woman in hat standing at Shinjuku Gardens. Ms. Mahon served as the principal at Donor’s school, Bailey Gatzert grade school in Seattle, Washington. After Ms. Mahon retired, she visited Tokyo in 1950. Seattle’s Nikkei community raised the …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 23 No. 16 (October 26, 1946) (ddr-pc-18-43)

Selected article titles: "Civil Liberties Union Files Suit for Restoration of Rights Renounced by Nisei in Camp" (p. 1), "Anti-Restrictive Covenant Used By Civil Rights Group to Fight Non-White Housing Restrictions" (p. 2), "Peru to Permit 24 Japanese to Return to Homes" (p. 2), "U.S. Government Drops Case Against Iva Toguri in [Tokyo]" (p. 3), "Deportation …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 12 (September 27, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-39)

Selected article titles: "U.S. Officials Await Outcome of Tokyo Test Cases to Clarify Citizenship of Stranded Nisei" (p. 1), "Form Los Angeles Committee To Support Campaign Against Restrictive Housing Covenants" (p. 1), "New Committee Will Stress Need for Naturalization Change" (p. 1), "Attorney Denies Report Peru Japanese Interned in U.S. Will Be Deported to Japan" (p. …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 25 No. 17 (November 1, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-44)

Selected article titles: "Truman Group Urges Evacuation Review. President's Committee on Civil Rights Asks Issei Citizenship, Repeal of Anti-Alien Laws" (p. 1), "Memorial to Nisei Soldiers Dedicated in French Town" (p. 1), "Most of Summer Marriages Between GIs, Japan Girls Not Faring Well, Says Writer" (p. 2), "Iva Toguri Denies Identify of Enemy Radio's 'Tokyo Rose'" …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 26 No. 19 (May 8, 1948) (ddr-pc-20-19)

Selected article titles: "Rule Restrictive Covenants Unenforceable. Supreme Tribunal Says Courts Cannot Be Used to Enforce Discrimination in Housing" (p. 1), "The Seabrook Story: Issei at New Jersey Farm Settlement Live, Work for Citizenship Rights" (p. 2), "Ishikawa Stresses Disabilities Facing Issei as Ineligible Aliens" (p. 6), "San Francisco Senator Says Alien Land Law Issue Not …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 5 (August 2, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-31)

Selected article titles: "'Hot issues' facing JACL convention aired by Jerry" (p. 1), "IDC Civil Rights Position Paper" (p. 1), "Nihongo-speaking collegians survey Little Tokyo area for Issei opinion" (p. 1), "Council of Oriental Organizations receives $13,000 in antipoverty funds" (p. 2), "Violence Rocks Seattle Central Area Businesses. Estimate $16,000 in Damage of Nisei Operated Stores" …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 13 (April 2, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-13)

Selected article titles: "JACL asks Asian administrators for Sac'to, San Diego schools" (p. 1), "JACL executives prepare for July interim session" (p. 1), "Idaho Falls Eagles Lodge inducts 4 Nisei" (p. 1), JACL heads bid for White House office on Oriental Americans" (p. 1), "Distinguished service cross for valor awarded Fowler Sansei" (p. 1), "U.S. immigration …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 109, No. 15 (November 10, 1989) (ddr-pc-61-40)

Selected article titles: "Conference Report Shunted Back to House: Senate Delays Money Bill for Redress" (p. 1), "JACL, OCA, Etc.: Concerns Discussed at D.C. Anti-Asian Violence Confab" (p. 1), "For the Japanese American National Museum Collection: Artifacts Gathered from Basement of S.K. Uyeda (Taul) Building Being Torn Down in Little Tokyo" (p. 3), and "Sequel to …

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img Rosanzerusu Koyasan Kankodan [Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, Kokyogaien National Gardens] (ddr-csujad-25-133)

A group photograph of the tourists of Koyasan Los Angeles Branch Tourist Party, including Kamie Taenaka, taken in front of Nijubashi [= Double Bridge] at Kokyo Gaien National Gardens, Tokyo, Japan. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0128. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_03_005

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doc Warranty deed (ddr-csujad-42-29)

A warranty deed signed between Kokusai Lodge no. 15, Free and Accepted Masons. It documents that Tomoe [Tomoye] Takano's property in Tokyo, Japan has been transfer to Kokusai Lodge no. 15, Free and Accepted Masons for 1,000 yen. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_18_001

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img Nisei interpreter questioning a witness for the war crimes trials (ddr-densho-114-167)

Original caption: Tec 3 Ben Oshita (left) of Salt Lake City, Utah, interpreting the questions of Capt. Arthur A. Sandusky, staff attorney, asked of a possible prosecution witness for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, in the Ministry of War Building, Tokyo, Japan. Miss Lenore Scott is the stenographer for the inquisition. This is …

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img Proofreading military documents (ddr-densho-114-140)

Original caption: Tec 4 [illegible] from Hilo, Hawaii, checks a document to determine its accuracy before it is delivered to the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers, and other Allied military authorities. Proof-reading of all manuscripts and documents for typegraphical errors, is one of the important positions held by both civilian and military Nisei personnel in …

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 51 (April 27, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-140)

Selected article titles: "See Conclave as Focus for Policy"; "On the Other Hand"; "Creditors of Japanese Banks May File Claims"; "5-Year-Old Boy Dies"; "Report Progress in Canadian Resettlement"; "3 More Wounded"; "Resettle in Colorado"; "Want Ads Today"; "Birth Reported"; "Marriage License Issued"; "All Americans"; "Minority Workers"; "Tokyo Shows Avid Interest in Anti-Evacuee Activities on West Coast"; …

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doc Digest of Information No. 29 (ddr-densho-156-389)

Section titles: "Board of Review to Sift Manzanar Evidence"; "Staff Changes"; "Employment Division Expanding"; "Report from Tokyo"; "48-Hour Week Established"; "Reports Officer Named"; "Priorities"; "Spanish Consul Visits Gila"; "Cameras Obtained"; "Review Committee Named"; "Group Activities Statement"; "Buying Typewriters"; "58 Wagons to Arkansas Centers"; "Reports Officer Named"; "Confers With Magazine Editors"; "Quarterly Report Issued"; "Exclusion Program"; "Hawaiian …

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av Yo Shinoda for Grace Umezawa (ddr-ajah-8-11)

In this video, Yo Shinoda talks about her mother, Grace Kuniye Umezawa. Grace was born in Alameda, and was the first Japanese American girl to graduate from Alameda High School. During World War II, removed to the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Grace worked as a teacher at the navy language school in Boulder, Colorado. AFter the …

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img A Japanese family returning from a funeral (ddr-densho-299-38)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1862. 18 March 49 / NRS project: / Another example of the use of wood / products (paper) in the daily life / of the Japanese - a family returning / from a funeral. The boy is holding / paper decoration used at Buddhist / funeral ceremony and the woman is / carrying …

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img Japanese children stand in front of charcoal rations (ddr-densho-299-51)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1865. 18 March 49 / NRS Project: / Charcoal ration (Haikyu) stacked in / village near Tokyo awaiting distri- / bution. Woven straw covering tied / with straw rope, with entwined twigs / at end to hold contents. Two story / wooden construction combination store / and residence in background. Store / previously …

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img Japanese man instructs maid on chores (ddr-densho-299-47)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-3063. 23 April 1948 / Living standards in Japan: / This photograph of Japanese home life / is to be used in a S & S feature story / on the living standards throughout Japan. / Mr. Miyata, who lives with his son, a / Japanese harp maker, in Chuo-Ku, Tokyo, / Japan, …

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img Photo album (ddr-densho-357-565)

This photo album with a black cover is tied with green string and contains 50 pages with 73 photographs. The bulk dates of the photographs are circa 1933-1934. The label taped to the front reads: "Hanako Terakawa, Kyoto Japan, April 10, 1934."\n\nThe album contains photographs from the Terakawa family's extended two-year stay in Kyoto, Japan, including …

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