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Girl in kimono standing in garden (ddr-ajah-6-262)
Caption below photo: Tomiko Kono in her kimono in Alameda, CA. Born June 12, 1921, this phot is circa the late 1920s
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Visa for Shozu Takeda (ddr-ajah-6-510)
Caption below image: Visa for Shozu Takeda, dated May 15, 1924 at the American consulate in Yokohama, Japan. Shozu was on his way to San Francisco, CA.
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Woman sitting in field with baby (ddr-ajah-6-671)
Caption below photo: Baby Florence Miyoko Nakata, in the arms of her mother, Chizuye. The Nakatas were from Alameda, CA., circa 1930.
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George Rokutani in small race car (ddr-ajah-6-865)
Caption below photo: George Rokutani. He built this quarter-midget race car. He owned an auto repair garage on Park Street in Alameda, across from what is now the "Market Place." Around the time this photo was taken George would travel across the country to see the Indianapolis 500 speed race in person. (Information courtesy Mikami family, …
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Man in straw hat and lei (ddr-ajah-6-350)
Caption below photo: Butch Nakase of Alameda, CA, circa late 1930s to early 1940s
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Goro Sato sitting on steps (ddr-ajah-6-201)
Caption below photo: Goro Sato of Alameda, CA, circa 1951
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Sato children sitting outside house (ddr-ajah-6-202)
Caption below photo: Goro and Kimiko Sato family in Alameda, CA, circa 1955
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Portrait of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in kimono (ddr-ajah-6-527)
Caption below photo: Dressed in a kimono is Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, 20, of Alameda, CA., January 1934. Inscription on photo: Sincerely yours Nellie Itahara Jan 22, 1934
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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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Natsuko Takagi Nakatani standing by tents (ddr-ajah-6-885)
Caption below photo: Natsuko Takagi of Alameda, Ca., circa 1920. She is standing near McKinley Park, where the Alameda Taiiku-Kai baseball team played (see scoreboard in background). The tents are a mystery. She was born June 16, 1903 and later married Soichi Nakatani. She died April 14, 1992.
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Kinue and Tomoe Otsu (ddr-ajah-6-920)
Caption below photo: Kinue (left) and sister Tomoe Otsu Alameda, CA. Circa early 1920s.
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State of California Articles of Incorporation for Imagire Sewing School (ddr-ajah-6-131)
Caption below photo: Shizuko Imagire's Articles of Incorporation. She opened her original dress shop and sewing school in Alameda, CA and later moved to Oakland, CA. November 4, 1922
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Portrait of H. Miyasaki reading newspaper (ddr-ajah-6-592)
Caption below photo: A beautifully made window light portrait of an Issei, H. Miyasaki, probably from Oakland, CA. He appears to be reading a sports article about surfing and equestrians. Photo by Takuritsu Morita, Circa 1923
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Portrait of man seated at a table (ddr-ajah-6-558)
Caption below photo: 1915-early 1920s Window light portrait of an Issei man, probably in Oakland, CA. Photo by Takuritsu Morita
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Portrait of young woman (ddr-ajah-6-54)
Inscription on photo front: Sincerely, Chiyoko Furuno June, 1936. Caption below photo: Chiyoko Furuno of Alameda, CA, June 1936
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Portrait of girl in kimono (ddr-ajah-6-820)
Caption below photo: Born in Alameda, but Raised in Japan. Includes biographical information about Hatsuyo Ozeki's time in Japan
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Mataichi Ozeki using telephone (ddr-ajah-6-786)
Caption below photo: Mataichi Ozeki using a telephone. Alameda, CA circa 1907-1910s.
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Two men sitting on steps (ddr-ajah-6-238)
Caption below photo: Unknown Issei man (at left) with Matao Koga. Koga immigrated from Japan and lived in San Francisco, CA. He married Shigeko Iwaihara, of Alameda, CA., in 1939. He worked as a Benshi, a man who showed silent movies. Benshi in Japan were as much of an attraction as the stars of the film, …
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Wooden sign for Alameda Nursery Co. (ddr-ajah-6-448)
Caption below photo: Measuring 5' 22" across is the wooden sign from Yoyoji "Harry" Ikeda's Alameda Nursery, circa 1950s. It is not the original version of the sign. The nursery closed not long after Harry died on March 19, 1980.
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Two women and child at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-ajah-6-536)
Caption below photo: Toshiko "May" Yeda (left), her mother, Harumi, and friend Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara stroll around the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, San Francisco's third and last World's Fair. It was also the year that Nazi Germany invaded Europe. Among the items they may have noticed at the World's Fair was the German swastika …
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Tsutomu Inouye with golf club (ddr-ajah-6-466)
Photo is from an album page with caption on page: 300 yd drive. Caption below photo: Tsutomu Inouye in Alameda, CA., and golf club, circa late 1920s-early1930s.
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Wedding portrait of Buichi Nakata and Chizuye Katow (ddr-ajah-6-666)
Caption below photo: Buichi Nakata, born in Okayama, Japan on March 13, 1899, marries Chizuye Katow, when she was 18 years old. Chizuye was born November 2, 1909 in Alameda, CA. Buichi died in Menlo Park, CA on September 18, 1987. Chizuye died in Palo Alto on December 18, 1987. They are Florence Nakata Omori's parents.
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Group of students in classroom (ddr-ajah-6-34)
Caption below photo: Japanese Nisei youth at Porter School in Alameda, CA., circa 1950s. Two students identified: Yasuko Naito and Kiyoshi Naito
