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Migrant farmworker (ddr-densho-15-28)
Norio Mitsuoka, age eighteen, was from Seattle. He is shown here picking onions. Mitsuoka made $1 a day and worked from sunrise to sunset.
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Mother and daughters in garden (ddr-densho-153-6)
Kyoko Amitani Matsushita and daughters Marjorie and Kara.
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Family farm (ddr-densho-153-12)
Matsushita family with their farmhands. Front (L to R): Yasutaro, Kara, unknown. Back: Kyoko Matsushita, unknown, Amy, Marjorie, unknown.
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Wapato Buddhist Church (ddr-densho-25-98)
Northwest Young People's Buddhist Federation Conference. (Identification on the photograph.)
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Japanese Cannot Lease Yakima Land (March 4, 1922) (ddr-densho-56-369)
The Seattle Daily Times, March 4, 1922, p. 2
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Alien Menace Seen at Wapato (May 21, 1936) (ddr-densho-56-462)
The Seattle Daily Times, May 21, 1936, p. 28
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Exclusion of Aliens Urged (July 25, 1945) (ddr-densho-56-1130)
The Seattle Daily Times, July 25, 1945, p. 15
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Mother and son in front of trucks (ddr-densho-60-2)
Rick Sato's mother and son. On the left is a packing shed.
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Wapato Laundry (ddr-densho-62-3)
Takagi's Wapato Laundry, the business run by Edith Watanabe's parents.
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9th Annual NWYBL convention (ddr-sbbt-3-7)
Group photograph of the Ninth Annual Northwest Young Buddhist League convention attendees.
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Nisei baseball players (ddr-densho-259-539)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui] in baseball shin guards, with other presumed baseball players. This may well have been part of the Nisei Athletic Club baseball team."
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School children outside of the Yakima Buddhist School (ddr-densho-293-27)
Possibly Hisako Migita in portrait window.
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Funeral inside the Yakima Buddhist Church (ddr-densho-293-24)
Reverend Tesho Matsumoto presiding over Tora Migita's funeral. Reverend Matsumoto, leader of the Wapato Buddhist Church, spoke in defense of his community's loyalty to the United States and removed the swastika image that had formerly adorned the church facade. Prior to its appropriation by Adolph Hitler (1889-1945), the swastika was used by a wide variety of …
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Funeral inside the Yakima Buddhist Church (ddr-densho-293-22)
Reverend Tesho Matsumoto presiding over the funeral. Reverend Matsumoto, leader of the Wapato Buddhist Church, spoke in defense of his community's loyalty to the United States and removed the swastika image that had formerly adorned the church facade. Prior to its appropriation by Adolph Hitler (1889-1945), the swastika was used by a wide variety of groups …
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Funeral inside the Yakima Buddhist Church (ddr-densho-293-23)
Reverend Tesho Matsumoto presiding over the funeral. Reverend Matsumoto, leader of the Wapato Buddhist Church, spoke in defense of his community's loyalty to the United States and removed the swastika image that had formerly adorned the church facade. Prior to its appropriation by Adolph Hitler (1889-1945), the swastika was used by a wide variety of groups …
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Funeral attendees in front of the Yakima Buddhist Church (ddr-densho-293-26)
Reverend Tesho Matsumoto presiding over the funeral. Reverend Matsumoto, leader of the Wapato Buddhist Church, spoke in defense of his community's loyalty to the United States and removed the swastika image that had formerly adorned the church facade. Prior to its appropriation by Adolph Hitler (1889-1945), the swastika was used by a wide variety of groups …
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Portrait of Sue Yamamoto (ddr-densho-326-471)
Written on photo: To Matsuo, A friend, Sue. Caption: Sue Yamamoto / Wapato