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Sign in window of Shizuko Imagire's Shop and Sewing School, in English and Japanese (ddr-ajah-6-134)
img Sign in window of Shizuko Imagire's Shop and Sewing School, in English and Japanese (ddr-ajah-6-134)
Caption below photo: Outdoor sign from Shizuko Imagire's first dress shop and sewing school in Alameda, CA. circa 1925. Translation: California Certified Imagire Women's Sewing School
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-134/
Fumiko
img Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara in kimono (ddr-ajah-6-513)
Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara, age 13, in 1927. Born in Alameda, CA., this photo commemorates her first visit to Japan.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-513/
Uchi Date's Bento Carrier and Boxes (ddr-ajah-6-398)
doc Uchi Date's Bento Carrier and Boxes (ddr-ajah-6-398)
Document with photo and story of elaborate bento box owned by Uchi Date
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-398/
Portrait of four men in traditional dress taken in Japan (ddr-ajah-6-150)
img Portrait of four men in traditional dress taken in Japan (ddr-ajah-6-150)
Yoshitoshi Aoyagi standing on right
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-150/
Tsutomu Inouye with camera (ddr-ajah-6-468)
img Tsutomu Inouye with camera (ddr-ajah-6-468)
Caption below photo: Tsutomu Inouye of Alameda, CA with what looks like a Kodak Brownie camera, circa early 1920s
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-468/
Three girls standing in yard (ddr-ajah-6-644)
img Three girls standing in yard (ddr-ajah-6-644)
Caption below photo: At center if Merika Motoyoshi, daughter of Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi of the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA. She was born on December 16, 1928, making this photo a few years after 1932 as Joshin was the minister there from 1922 to 1948.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-644/
Page printed with Yokohama Cleaners, with three photos of John Yoshino (ddr-ajah-6-277)
img Page printed with Yokohama Cleaners, with three photos of John Yoshino (ddr-ajah-6-277)
Caption includes biographical information about John Yoshino
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-277/
Woman with flower arrangements inside florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-397)
img Woman with flower arrangements inside florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-397)
Caption below photo: Posing inside Date Florist on Grand Avenue in Oakland, CA is Kiyoko Date Abe, circa 1953-1959. Her parents, Hajime and Uchi Date, had returned to California after World War II ended and wanted to start their florist business again. Their son, Akira, found a shop for sale, this time in Oakland. The shop …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-397/
Group of men posing for photo (ddr-ajah-6-223)
img Group of men posing for photo (ddr-ajah-6-223)
Caption below photo: Directors and Block Leaders, Jerome, Arkansas, circa 1943-1944. Top row, far left is Goro Sato of Alameda, CA.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-223/
Portrait of couple with two children (ddr-ajah-6-39)
img Portrait of couple with two children (ddr-ajah-6-39)
Caption on right includes biographical data for Katsushige and Haruno Tomita
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-39/
Portrait of Yosh Nakagawa (ddr-ajah-6-97)
img Portrait of Yosh Nakagawa (ddr-ajah-6-97)
Inscription on front: To a sweet girl "Tohzo" / Most Sincerely your Yosh Nakagawa. Caption below photo: Yosh Nakagawa of Alameda, CA
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-97/
Woman in colorful kimono standing next to chair (ddr-ajah-6-22)
img Woman in colorful kimono standing next to chair (ddr-ajah-6-22)
Caption on right includes biographical data for Hatsumi Iwamasa and her marriage to Taiji Mashihara
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-22/
High School graduation portrait of Miyoshi Wada (ddr-ajah-6-968)
img High School graduation portrait of Miyoshi Wada (ddr-ajah-6-968)
Caption below photo: Miyoshi Wada of Alameda, CA, high school graduation June 1936. Inscription on photo front: Most Sincerely, Miyoshi Wada June 1936
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-968/
Portrait of Shuzo
img Portrait of Shuzo "Bill" Takeda and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-540)
Caption below photo: Shuzo "Bill" Takeda and Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara. Could be their engagement portrait. They would be married on January 19, 1941 in Alameda, CA.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-540/
Takuritsu Morita sitting in bi-plane (ddr-ajah-6-631)
img Takuritsu Morita sitting in bi-plane (ddr-ajah-6-631)
Caption below photo: Takuritsu Morita and biplane, circa 1919 to the mid 1920s. Unseen in this version of the photograph are wooden hangars that resemble those at Durant Field in East Oakland, in operation for a few years beginning in 1919, its site was soon developed, replaced by factories. Morita lived in Oakland from 1915 to …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-631/
Portrait of May Kanda in graduation robe and mortar board (ddr-ajah-6-147)
img Portrait of May Kanda in graduation robe and mortar board (ddr-ajah-6-147)
Signed on front: Most sincerely, May
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-147/
Yemiko Kono standing in front of florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-273)
img Yemiko Kono standing in front of florist shop (ddr-ajah-6-273)
Caption below photo: Yemiko "Emi/Amy" Kono stands in front of her family's business, Hayashi Floral, at 2305 Santa Clara aver in Alameda, CA, circa mid 1930s
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-273/
Rolls of dress labels from S. Imagire, exclusive dressmaker, Oakland, Calif. (ddr-ajah-6-141)
img Rolls of dress labels from S. Imagire, exclusive dressmaker, Oakland, Calif. (ddr-ajah-6-141)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-141/
Three girls standing in garden (ddr-ajah-6-84)
img Three girls standing in garden (ddr-ajah-6-84)
Caption below photo: At center is Merika Motoyoshi, daughter of Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi of the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA. She was born on December 16, 1928, making this photo a few years after 1932 as Joshin was the minister there from 1932 to 1948.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-84/
Six girls posing for photo on lawn (ddr-ajah-6-91)
img Six girls posing for photo on lawn (ddr-ajah-6-91)
Caption below photo: Front row L to R Betty Nakaso, ? -? Merika Motoyoshi Back row L to R: Virginia Nakaso, ? Alameda, CA., circa 1932
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-91/
Documents related to internment of Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi as enemy alien (ddr-ajah-6-659)
doc Documents related to internment of Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi as enemy alien (ddr-ajah-6-659)
Includes letters from Rev. Motoyoshi, his wife Yukiko and community and religious leaders
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-659/
Group at picnic with barracks in background (ddr-ajah-6-217)
img Group at picnic with barracks in background (ddr-ajah-6-217)
Caption below photo: Block 11 picnic, Jerome, Arkansas, Easter Sunday, 1943. Seated in the middle row is Toshio Sato, his arm around his niece Kiyo Sato, with nephew Kazuyoshi Sato front row left (no shirt) Written on photo front: Block 11 picnic Easter Sunday 1943
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-217/
Mary Nakata at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-6-696)
img Mary Nakata at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-6-696)
Caption below photo: Mary Nakata poses in a plaid dress and top in Heart Mountain, Wyoming. 1944 Her family was originally from Alameda, CA. but moved to Mountain View, CA, in the mid 1930s
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-696/
Young girl on slide (ddr-ajah-6-35)
img Young girl on slide (ddr-ajah-6-35)
Caption below photo: Jane Nakata May 18, 1938. Alameda, CA
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-35/
Men loading logs onto to truck (ddr-ajah-6-220)
img Men loading logs onto to truck (ddr-ajah-6-220)
Caption below photo: Clearing land somewhere near the camp confines. They probably used the wood to heat their barracks. In the left foreground in Goro Sato of Alameda, CA. Jerome, November 1943. Written on front: Nov. 1943
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-220/
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