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img Seattle School District redress supporters (ddr-densho-10-170)

Caption on reverse: "Cherry Kinoshita, Seattle JACL Redress Co-Chair, May Daty Namba, Alice Kawanishi, T.J. Vassar, School Board V.P., Ai Takizawa Koshi, Toyo Okuda Cary, Mako Nakagawa, Past Pres. JACL."

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doc Crossroads, Vol. 1, No. 42 (March 18, 1949) (ddr-densho-358-16)

Selected article titles: "Negroes, Chinese Oppose ENI" (p.1), "Evacuation Claims Questions, Answers" (p.2), "Toyo San: Saga of Senbei to Smart Photography" (p.3), "Mr. Watanabe Builds His Dream House" (p.11).

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vh Robert A. Nakamura Interview Segment 34 (ddr-densho-1003-4-34)

Deciding to make a film on Toyo Miyatake

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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img Group in front of the Oriental Trading Company (ddr-densho-353-161)

Toyo Boeki Kaisha (the Oriental Trading Co.) was established in 1898, at 212 5th Avenue S. A note on the back indicates that the photo was taken "before 1920 when CT died on a trip to New York."

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img Couple's Portrait (ddr-densho-394-35)

Lili Sugimoto Inouye and Tatsuo Inouye

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img Morita family portrait (ddr-ajah-6-630)

Caption below photo: The Morita family of Alameda, CA. L to R: Toyo, son Niro, Takuritsu, son Ichiro. Takuritsu arrived in Oakland by 1915, moved to Alameda about 1919, then the family moved to Mountain View, CA by 1933. Photo circa 1928

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img Tanaka School of Dressmaking (ddr-densho-348-95)

Photo of the store front of the Tanaka School of Dressmaking in Seattle, WA. A woman stands among manequins draped with dresses. An inscription in the lower left corner of the photogh indicates that the photograph was taken by Toyo on April 12, 1925

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img Duplicate of ddr-ajah-3-203 with individuals identified (ddr-ajah-3-204)

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img Seattle School District redress supporters (ddr-densho-10-169)

Caption on reverse: "Seattle School Dist. school clerks. Front row: L-R: Alice Kawanishi, Mako Nakagawa, past Seattle JACL President, Cherry Kinoshita, Wash. Coalition on Redress Co-Chair. Back row: L-R: Ai (Takizawa) Koshi, T.J. Vassar, Seattle School Bd, May (Daty) Namba, Toyo (Okuda) Cary."

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doc Broadway High Japanese Wins Speech Contest (May 27, 1939) (ddr-densho-56-492)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 27, 1939, p. 8

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doc There'll Be No War With U.S., Says Tokugawa (March 14, 1934) (ddr-densho-56-442)

The Seattle Daily Times, March 14, 1934, p. 11

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img Portrait of Alice and Ralph Iwata (ddr-ajah-6-549)

Caption below photo: Alice and Ralph Iwata November 14, 1948, Los Angeles, CA

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img Portrait of Kondo family (ddr-ajah-6-164)

Caption below photo: Hajime "Henry" Kondo, his wife Eleanor, and two boys, Doug (at left) and Gary pose for well known photographer Toyo Miyatake. The two boys were 12 years apart in age. Originally from Alameda, CA.,the Kondos moved to the Los Angeles area when they returned from their World War II incarceration camp at Gila …

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doc Letter from Gary T. Miyatake to participants in the Poston I Reunion, October 30, 1992 (ddr-csujad-35-19)

A letter sent from Gary T. Miyatake to attendants of the Poston I reunion. Toyo Photo Studio photographed the event and offers a complementary photo to the attendants. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_16_002

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vh Toyoko Okumura Interview (ddr-janm-13-6)

Nisei female. Born October 14, 1916, in Gardena, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas. In response to the so-called "loyalty questionnaire," transferred to Tule Lake segregation center with family, and expatriated to Japan. Worked in Japan for the U.S. government and …

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img Archie Miyatake in front of a bust of his father, Toyo, who documented life at Manzanar through photographs (ddr-csujad-52-43)

Caption below image reads, "TIME TO REMEMBER--Archie Miyatake sits in his Los Angeles photographer's studio Wednesday and ponders his family's ordeal at the Manzanar relocation camp for Japanese-Americans during WWII. In background is a bust of his father, Toyo, whose hanuting and illicit photos of Manzanar camp life help keep alive the nation's shame for a …

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doc Postcard to Kaneji Domoto in Japanese (ddr-densho-329-934)

Postcard addressed to Kaneji, message and signature in Japanese. Front of card has an image of a warrior on a horse crossing a body of water, captioned in English "AKECHI SAMONOSUKE, FORDING THE LAKE BIWA (1582 A.D.)" Back of card has a logo for "TOYO KISEN KAISHA / ORIENTAL S.S. CO" and reads at bottom "Printed …

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img Seattle School District redress supporters (ddr-densho-10-14)

A resolution was passed on April 25, 1984, to seek redress for Nisei who lost their jobs with the Seattle School District during World War II due to their Japanese ancestry. Shown here are former school district employees and supporters of that resolution. Front (top to bottom): Alice Kawanishi; Mako Nakagawa, past president of the JACL; …

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doc Redress!: the American promise (ddr-csujad-1-204)

A booklet records the history of Japanese and Japanese-Americans who faced anti-Japanese sentiment in the United States. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ike_04_07_001

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vh An oral history with Atsufumi Archie Miyatake - Segment 1 (ddr-csujad-29-65-1)

An oral interview with Archie Miyatake, the son of Toyo Miyatake. Like his father, he was a photographer who took pictures of incarcerated Japanese Americans who were forced into camps during World War II. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Audio is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0161. …

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img Seinen Kakuryoku Taikai kinen [Commemoration of Youth Sumo Competition] (ddr-csujad-25-332)

A commemorative photograph of the Youth Sumo Competition held January 25-26, 1930. It is a group photograph of the Sumo competitors and the event supporters. It is taken by "Toyo Studio" in Seattle, Washington. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_11_01_002

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doc Suspect Held In Slaying Of Sakomoto Kin (December 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-872)

The Seattle Daily Times, December 24, 1942, p. 2

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img Roy Shiomi family: Roy Yoshiyuki, Jean (Hisayasu), Irene Shigeko, Richard Michio, unknown (ddr-densho-522-747)

Caption on image: Roy Shiomi's 6-26-57

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img Morita family outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-900)

Caption below photo: The Morita family stands in front of Black 23, Barrack 15, rooms D and E, where they lived while incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1943-1944. They were originally from Alameda, CA., then moved to Mountain View, CA, by 1933

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img Lotus basketball team (ddr-densho-38-27)

This basketball team was affiliated with the Seattle Buddhist Temple. Front, left to right: Kats Nakayama, Kats Iwamura, Hachiro Matsuzari, Art Suzuki, and unidentified. Back left to right: Yoshito Fujii (manager), Nobie Saito, unidentified, and Jiro Sakano.

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