Caption on right: Tomoe Otsu's cosmetology degrees. Caption includes biographical information about Tomoe (Otsu) and Susumu Tomine

Caption below photo: L to R: Tomoe Tomine, Yoshino Otsu (Tomoe's mother), Shinya "Chris" Tomine and Susumu Tomine. Shinya is Tomoe and Susumu's son. The Tomines were still incarcerated in Tule Lake, CA for this photo. Tomoe was from Alameda, CA., and the family would settle there after the war ended. July 1945 photo

Caption below photo: Tomoe Otsu and sister Kinue Tomine stand inside the fence surrounding the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA. Tomoe was born December 14, 1917. Kinue was born sometime in late 1916 to early 1917, making this photo the early 1920s.

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA Bukkyo Kai picnic, June 1953.

Caption below photo: Tomoe Otsu marries Susumu Tomine at Tanforan Race track in San Bruno, CA., on September 15, 1942, while waiting to be sent to Topaz, Utah incarceration camp during WWII. This photo, however was shot at Topaz, where they held another ceremony after the arrival there, with a borrowed wedding dress for the photo. …

Caption below photo: Susumu Tomine (of San Francisco, CA) and fianc?e Tomoe Otsu's (of Alameda, CA) application for a license to marry, August 5, 1942. He had contracted Tuberculosis and was living at the Hassler Health Home in Redwood City, CA. Tomoe had already evacuated to the Tanforan Assembly Center. They were hastily married in Tanforan.

Caption below photo: Young Nisei girls from Alameda, CA at Santa Cruz beach, circa 1930s