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img Group at campsite (ddr-ajah-6-623)

Caption below photo: Issei men with tent and ax, possible the Oakland hills. Far right is Takuritsu Morita, of Alameda, CA. Circa 1915-1933, but more likely 1915 to the mid 1920s

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img Toshio Kono sitting on steps (ddr-ajah-6-337)

Caption below photo: Toshio "Osky/Ken" Kono of Alameda, CA, likely the mid to late 1930's

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img Wedding photo and copy of wedding announcement (ddr-ajah-6-9)

Caption below photo: Shizuto Kawamura married Haruko "Spring" Kido in 1936 at the home of the Kawamuras on Walnut Street in Alameda, CA. Caption includes additional notes on the couple's move to Japan. Reprint of article in Shin Sekai Asahi Shinbun, April 26, 1936.

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img Large group photo (ddr-ajah-6-598)

Caption below photo: 2031 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA. Far left, 2nd row is Takuritsu Morita, an instructor in the Japanese language living in Alameda or Oakland when this photo was shot, 1915-1933

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img Four girls on balcony of church (ddr-ajah-6-387)

Caption below photo: Etsuko Yoshida, far left, poses with friends atop the second floor of Mary Helm Hall, at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA., 1936

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img Two girls posing in kimonos (ddr-ajah-6-933)

Caption below photo: Chizu Kanda (left) and Tomoe Otsu of Alameda, CA., June 2, 1931

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img Group of men in costume on baseball field (ddr-ajah-6-575)

Caption below photo: Japanese dress in costumes at an event held where the Alameda Taiiku Kai baseball team played. ATK field was on a lot adjacent to the northeast corner of McKinley Park at the end of Walnut St and Clement Ave in Alameda, CA. 1915-1933

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img Document with photo and biographical information titled "Role Reversal" (ddr-ajah-6-495)

Caption below photo: Yoshio Itahara and his wife, Hama Komatsu, shortly after arriving in Alameda, CA., from Hiroshima, Japan, in 1902. Photo by Mataichi Ozeki, the best of the Issei photographers in Alameda at the time.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-495/

img Photo and text titled: No Time for World War II Wedding Bells (ddr-ajah-6-962)

Includes story of Anna Matsuyama and John Seiji Towata marriage and Towata's work with the JACL at the time of evacuation

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img Tsutomu Inouye standing by car (ddr-ajah-6-476)

Caption below photo: Tsutomu Inouye and family car Alameda, CA., circa mid 1930s

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img Document with photo of man by crates of produce with history of agriculture in Mt. Eden titled "Japanese Farmer of Mt. Eden." (ddr-ajah-6-711)

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Document with photo and clippings related to the history of the building at 1218 Oak Street, the future home of the Alameda Buddhist Temple (ddr-ajah-6-125)

img Document with photo and clippings related to the history of the building at 1218 Oak Street, the future home of the Alameda Buddhist Temple (ddr-ajah-6-125)

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img Kiyoshi Naito standing yard (ddr-ajah-6-33)

Caption below photo: Kiyoshi Naito at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., circa 1950s

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img Two women and two girls outside Date Shoe Repair shop (ddr-ajah-6-360)

Caption below photo: Standing in front of the Date Shoe Repair shop at 2304-2306 Encinal in Alameda, CA. Kiyoko was born in November 18, 1919, Yuriko on June 24, 1922, making this photo circa mid 1920s.

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img Susumu Tomine with guitar (ddr-ajah-6-944)

Caption below photo: Susumu Tomine learned to play the guitar while in a sanitarium for tuberculosis before WWII. He played mostly Japanese songs. He was from Alameda, CA. July 24, 1942

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img Man sitting on large stack of lumber (ddr-ajah-6-416)

Caption below photo: Yoyoji Harry Ikeda, at the Loop lumber yard, which was next door to his business. The Alameda Nursery in Alameda, CA, circa 1930s. Harry was friends with the lumber yard owner.

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img Portrait of Shigeshi Madokoro (ddr-ajah-6-349)

Caption below photo: Shigeshi "Shug" Madokoro penned this June 1932 photo to his pal, Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara. Both were from Alameda, CA. Inscription on photo front: Dear Nelly Sincerely yours Shug June '32

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img Toshiharu Inouye in baseball uniform (ddr-ajah-6-471)

Caption below photo: Yoshiharu Inouye of Alameda, CA wearing a Alameda Taiku Kai youth baseball uniform circa 1920s

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img Portrait of couple, man in uniform (ddr-ajah-6-31)

Inscribed on front of photo: Always Shige and Mary Adachi. Caption below photo: Shige and Mary Matsuura Adachi, Topaz, Utah 1944 / Shige was from San Mateo, CA, Mary from Alameda, CA.

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img Portrait of Machi Sugimoto Takagi (ddr-ajah-6-895)

Caption below photo: Machi Sugimoto Takagi, wife of Kumagoro Takagi, of Alameda, CA

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img Shinobu Rokutani with football (ddr-ajah-6-864)

Caption below photo: Shinobu "Sam" Rokutani, Alameda, CA. He was born on November 20, 1917, making this photo circa mid 1930s. At this time, his family was living at 2301 Eagle Ave. He would later work at the family gas station at 1800 Park St.

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img Man and child in garden (ddr-ajah-6-133)

Caption below photo: Sunao Imagire with son, Takeshi "Robert" in Alameda, CA circa 1924-25

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img Man standing outside building (ddr-ajah-6-88)

Caption below photo: Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi. He served the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA from 1932 to 1948. Given his youthful appearance, this photo was shot early in his career at BTOA.

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doc Diploma from Imagire School of Sewing for Fumiko Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-533)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara's graduation from the Imagire Sewing School on June 26, 1938. Nellie graduation was from the Oakland facility of the school, which originated in Alameda, CA.

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img Photos and story of Mataichi Ozeki and fishing (ddr-ajah-6-857)

Document titled: Catch of a Lifetime. Includes account of Mataichi Ozeki's love of fishing and the day he died

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-857/

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