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img Photo of man picking cantaloupes titled "Tough, Hard Work in the Days of the Issei" (ddr-ajah-6-585)

Includes history of harvest work for Turlock Fruit Company

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-585/

img Chizu Kanda standing outside house (ddr-ajah-6-72)

Inscription on front: For dear Tomo - As ever, Chizu. Caption below photo: Chizu Kanda of Alameda, CA, in Missouri. January 28, 1945

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-72/

img Group of children outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-688)

Caption below photo: Young Niseis in front of Block 23, where the Nakatas lived in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1942-1945. The Nakatas were from Alameda, CA. The Moritas were originally from Oakland, then Alameda, then moved to Mountain View, CA in 1933. The Nakatas didn't know the Marita's until they met in Heart Mountain.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-688/

img Akino Ozeki sitting by fountain (ddr-ajah-6-841)

Caption below photo: Akino Ozeki of Alameda, Ca., circa late 1940s-1950s.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-841/

img Group photo of men and women at gathering (ddr-ajah-6-149)

Caption below photo: A gathering for Niseis from the Buddhist Temple (BTOA) and Japanese Methodists (BV) in Alameda, CA, circa late 1940s or early 1950s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-149/

img Baby posed by Christmas tree in house (ddr-ajah-6-165)

Caption below photo: Hiromu "Hi" Akagi of Alameda, CA, at Christmas with 78rpm shellac record player. Hiromu was born in February 3, 1923.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-165/

img Group of children sitting in grassy yard (ddr-ajah-6-577)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei children play near McKinley park, where the Alameda, Taiiku Kai baseball team often played in Alameda, CA., before WWII. 1915-1933

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-577/

img Man and woman with young girl outside Nursery building (ddr-ajah-6-407)

Caption below photo: Photo late 1920s, at the Alameda Nursery, run by the Ikeda family at 2530 Blanding Ave.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-407/

img Document with photos related to lifelong friendship between Kenji Tomita and Dan Mashihara (ddr-ajah-6-49)

Caption: The Best of Friends

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-49/

img Bento carrier and boxes with box cover (ddr-ajah-6-402)

Caption below photo: When Uchi Date arrived in American on December 30, 1912, she brought clothing and other necessary items. But she also brought this fanciful, if somewhat cumbersome bento carrier, with 13 separate boxes to hold enough hand made Japanese food fro a picnic's worth of friends. The front cover, seen leaning against the box, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-402/

img Two copies of photo of group of men around table with lobsters and sake. (ddr-ajah-6-719)

One copy of photo includes individuals identified. Caption by annotated photo: Alameda Isseis gather to enjoy a fine meal of lobster, futemaki and beer. Could this be a meeting of the Hiroshima Kenjin-kai of Alameda, CA? Circa 1910-1920s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-719/

img Woman and girl with toy baby carriage (ddr-ajah-6-750)

Caption below photo: An Issei woman (possible Yoshiko "Ken" Sera) and her daughter in Alameda, CA., circa 1910s

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-750/

img Hajime and Chiyoko Date on sidewalk outside florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-374)

Caption below photo: Hajime Date poses with his youngest daughter, Chiyoko "Mary" in front of his business, Date Florist, at 2304-2306 Encinal in Alameda, CA. circa mid 1930's

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-374/

img Barracks in the snow at Amache (ddr-ajah-6-434)

Caption below photo: Amache, Colorado incarceration camp. 1944

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-434/

img Portrait of Harry Ushijima (ddr-ajah-6-978)

Caption below photo: Harry Ushijima. His family lived in Alameda, CA., before circa 1921, then moved south to Centerville, CA.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-978/

img Family portrait of Kono Family (ddr-ajah-6-346)

Cation below photo: When Eiko Died in 1929, Harry was left with four children to raise. Harry, 41, would then marry Chiyoko "Harriet" Mizuta, 26, on October 12, 1929 at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-346/

img Panorama photo of Funeral for Matsue Sugiyama (ddr-ajah-6-874)

Caption below photo: Matsuye Sugiyama Funeral circa 1939 Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-874/

img Piano students with their teacher (ddr-ajah-6-365)

Caption below photo: Piano students, Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Alameda, CA June 30, 1928

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-365/

img Susumu Tomine playing guitar with a band (ddr-ajah-6-955)

Caption below photo: Susumu Tomine (second from right) play guitar at a club.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-955/

img Girl sitting on swing (ddr-ajah-6-511)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, about age 10, on a swing set in Alameda, CA. She may be holding her bento (box Lunch), circa 1924

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-511/

img Portrait of Yuriko "Lily" Date (ddr-ajah-6-370)

Caption below photo: Yuriko "Lily" Date, of Alameda, CA., in a dramatically lit portrait, circa late 1930s to 1940. She was born June 24, 1922.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-370/

img Girl holding watering can outside shop (ddr-ajah-6-393)

Caption below photo: Yuriko "Lily" Date stands in front of their family's business, Date Flowers at 2304-2306 Encinal, in Alameda, CA, circa early 1940s. Inscription on photo front: Dearest Etchan, Love Yuri

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-393/