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Graduation portrait of Taiji Mashihara from Harvard (ddr-ajah-6-24)
Caption below photo: Taiji Mashihara's 1920 Harvard graduation photo. After his arrival from Japan in 1907, he lived in Alameda., CA., and attended the University of California. He moved to Boston to study dentistry and dental surgery, a rare occupation for an Issei in America. Inscription on front: T. Mashihara 1920. Inscription in Japanese on side …
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Graduation portrait of Shizuto Kawamura (ddr-ajah-6-73)
Inscription on front: Sincerely, [?] Kawamura 1929. Caption below photo: Shizuto Kawamura graduates from U.C. Berkeley in May 1929. He was born in Alameda, CA circa 1908.
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Group sitting at a table at San Francisco YMCA (ddr-ajah-6-939)
Caption below photo: San Francisco YMCA, where Susumu Tomine (far left) went for English lessons, circa 1939-1940. He was a kibei, born in America but educated in Japan. Her returned when he was 18 years old to live in Alameda, CA.
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Issei Men Sell Independence Day Fireworks Alameda, Ca., circa 1918-1933 (ddr-ajah-6-570)
Caption below photo: Appears to be 726-736 Central Avenue, a bungalow court with stores built in 1918. Location information courtesy Alameda historian Woody Minor.
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Three men and woman seated at a table (ddr-ajah-6-555)
Caption below photo: Isseis enjoy themselves over tea, circa 1915-1920s, probably in Oakland, CA. Likely a self portrait by Takuritsu Morita, who is at right.
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Portrait of two men (ddr-ajah-6-566)
Caption below photo: Portrait of two young Issei men, probably from Oakland,, CA., circa late 1915-early 1920s. Photo by Takuritsu Morita
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Portrait of Mataichi Ozeki in red tone (ddr-ajah-6-823)
Caption below photo: Studio portrait of Mataichi Ozeki of Alameda, CA. He was a professional photographer. He enjoyed self portraits and red toning photos, making it possible this is another of his many self portraits. The soft pointed detachable collar became more popular around 1923.
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Four girls in kimonos outside building (ddr-ajah-6-645)
Caption below photo: Young Nisei girls pose in kimonos. At far left is Asoko Motoyoshi, who was born on July 17, 1931, making this photo circa mid to late 1930s. Alameda, CA.
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Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara sitting on stairway (ddr-ajah-6-517)
Caption below photo: Sporting pigtails is Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA, on the steps of Mary Help Hall (the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Alameda), circa 1929. Nellie is about 15 years old here.
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Man holding young boy next to car (ddr-ajah-6-190)
Caption below photo: Goro Sato with his son, Kazuyoshi, Alameda, CA., circa 1940
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Little girl in striped dress (ddr-ajah-6-872)
Caption below photo: Rayko Shiota of Alameda, CA circa 1925-1926
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Portrait of Hatsuyo Ozeki (ddr-ajah-6-826)
Caption below photo: Hatsuyo Ozeki, Nisei daughter of Mataichi and Akino Ozeki of Alameda, CA. She is recently back from Japan. Photo circa 1924-1925
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Takuritsu Morita and two students (ddr-ajah-6-600)
Caption below photo: Sensei Takuritsu Morita and two young students at the Official California Alameda Japanese Elementary School, at 2256 Pacific Avenue. Circa 1916-1918
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Woman holding child (ddr-ajah-6-871)
Caption below photo: Kame Shiota and daughter, Rayko, of Alameda, CA, circa 1925-1926
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Couple cutting wedding cake (ddr-ajah-6-81)
Caption below photo: Imiko "June" Matsumoto of Gila River, AZ., (and before that, Santa Maria, CA.) and Sergeant Shigeshi "Shug" Madokoro, of Alameda, CA., wedding in Chicago, IL. February 19, 1944.
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Group at a picnic with tent in background (ddr-ajah-6-730)
Caption below photo: Isseis gather with a tent outdoors to picnic. Location is likely somewhere in the Alameda to Niles vicinity of the San Francisco Bay Area, circa 1910-1920s.
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Man walking on railroad tracks (ddr-ajah-6-422)
Caption below photo: Yoyoji Harry Ikeda walks the railroad tracks near his business, the Alameda Nursery in Alameda, CA, circa 1930s
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Group of men with young boy sitting at a table (ddr-ajah-6-584)
Caption below photo: Tired from a day's work of picking cantaloupes by hand, Issei men relax and enjoy the fruits of their labor. The men probably come from the Oakland, CA., area and were working in the Turlock vicinity of the Central Valley of California. 1922
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Wedding portrait of Kazue Inouye and Yoshiyuki Hattori (ddr-ajah-6-485)
Caption below photo: Kazuye "Kay" Inouye marries Yoshiyuki Hattori, both of Alameda, CA.
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Large group posing for outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-226)
Caption below photo: Elevenier's club, Block 11, Jerome Arkansas. Second row from the front, 4th from left is Goro Sato of Alameda, CA. He is wearing a dark jacket. He was the block leader. April 1944
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Souvenir photo folder and photographs from The Forbidden City nightclub (ddr-ajah-6-858)
Includes story of impact of incarceration on the Bay Area Japanese community and Mitsue Ozeki's last days in Alameda before being sent to Tanforan and eventually Topaz Camp