101 items
101 items
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Portrait of two women in costume (ddr-ajah-3-7)
Caption: Frances Tsuchiya (left) and Tomoe Otsu perform the Tsuki no Sabako for this posed studio portrait. Otsu performed on stage at the Alameda Buddhist Temple many times. January 1935
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Group of girls posing on steps of building with man and two women (ddr-ajah-3-12)
Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda Class C with Re. Joshin Motoyoshi. Teacher back row far right is Tomoe Tomine. August 1940
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Portrait of family group (ddr-ajah-6-916)
Caption below photo: Mrs. Kora and Yoshino Otsu appear in a number of photos together, but whether they were related is open to question. The families lived in Alameda, CA. Tomoe is Yoshino's daughter. Tomoe was born on December 15, 1917, making this photo likely the late 1920s.
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Woman and two girls outside church (ddr-ajah-6-918)
Caption below photo: L to R: Kinue, Tomoe and their mother, Yoshino Otsu in Alameda, CA. Circa early 1920s.
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Program for farewell event: Sayonara, Transferees! (ddr-ajah-2-941)
Invitation and program for farewell party for incarcerees being transferred to Tule Lake from Topaz, including Susumu and Tomoe Tomine.
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Tomoe Otsu standing on lawn (ddr-ajah-6-930)
Caption below photo: Tomoe Otsu stands near the Pacific Nursery, which was on Pacific Avenue in Alameda, CA. Circa mid 1930s
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Tomoe Otsu standing on sidewalk (ddr-ajah-6-929)
Caption below photo: Tomoe Otsu of Alameda, CA. Circa early to mid 1930s. To the left is Reiji Nakaso's grocery store, at 1629 Park Street.
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Letter to Tomoe (Tomoye) Takahashi (ddr-densho-422-301)
Written in Japanese. Note in english at top of 1st page: 1934 Summer
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Letter to Tomoe (Tomoye) Takahashi (ddr-densho-422-287)
Written in Japanese. Note on back of page 3 about 6/6,1996 reply concerning donations to a reconstruction fund.
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Letter to Tomoe (Tomoye) Takahashi (ddr-densho-422-300)
Written in Japanese. Includes photo of man surrounded by shipping boxes
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Tomoe Tomine sitting on beach (ddr-ajah-6-942)
Caption below photo: Tomoe Tomine addressed this photo to the man who would soon become her husband, Susumu in 1941. Given her clothing, likely in the summer, not long before Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Imperial Japanese. Inscription on photo: My Darling Susumu, [?]M to love, Tomo 1941
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Group of children in costume (ddr-ajah-3-210)
Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA. Halloween children. Tomoe Otsu was born December 14, 1917, making this circa early 1920s
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Marriage license application for Susumu Tomine and Tomoe Otsu (ddr-ajah-6-945)
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.
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Portrait of Tomoe Otsu in a kimono (ddr-ajah-6-926)
Caption below photo: Tomoe Otsu, of Alameda, CA., poses in a kimono. She was born December 14, 1917. photo circa late 1920s-1930
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Two women playing a game in a field (ddr-ajah-6-909)
Caption below photo: Tomoe Otsu (background) and friend play a game using bamboo sticks and tofu barrels at a picnic in Alameda, CA. April 1936
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Tomoe Otsu in costume for Chigo procession (ddr-ajah-6-923)
Caption below photo: Tomoe Otsu, circa mid 1920s, dressed for an event, likely held at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., where she was born.
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Group of girls in costume (ddr-ajah-3-208)
Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA "Gypsey Dancers" group, circa early 1920s, based on Tomoe Otsu's birthdate of December 14, 1917. Individuals identified
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Group of girls in costume (ddr-ajah-3-209)
Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA "Gypsey Dancers" group, circa early 1920s, based on Tomoe Otsu's birthdate of December 14, 1917. Individuals identified