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3279 items
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Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4369 (October 2, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-80)
Selected article titles: "California Alien Land Law to be Contested"; "WRA Student Record Transcripts to be Transferred to Washington"; "Deportation Please of Nisei May be Reviewed"; "Burbank, California Opposes Quartering of Japanese Americans"; "Rock is Tossed Into Home of Seattle Japanese"; "Japanese POWs to Work in Cal. Cotton Fields"; "Internees Jailed for Bugle Blowing are Freed …
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Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-36-49)
These Japanese are being processed in preparation for exclusion from Seattle, Washington. The processing took place at a civil control station located at 2100 2nd Avenue. Original Seattle Post Intelligencer caption: "Waiting their turn--Members of Seattle's Japanese community in the course of being processed at the civil control station at 2100 2nd Ave. in preparation for …
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Vandalized Japanese American property (ddr-densho-37-761)
Original WRA caption: Tacoma Buddhist Church, Tacoma, Washington. View showing the results of pilferage of evacuee property originally stored in the Tacoma Buddhist Church. Shows isle way full of pilfered belongings from unidentified trunks and chests. This view is strictly in back of the first view of trunks seen in S-103, and at right angles to …
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Ping-pong game at USO (ddr-densho-37-752)
Original WRA caption: Enjoying a game of ping-pong at the Washington USO for Nisei servicemen and their guests is Yvonne Noguchi, Minidoka, one of the USO hostesses who attends the dances every Saturday night. She is surrounded by a group of well-decorated veterans of the European campaigns. From left to right: Pvt. Mike Miyake, Corp. Eddie …
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Congressional record, 100th Congress, vol. 134, no. 51 (April 20, 1988) (ddr-csujad-55-208)
Congressional Record, Proceedings of the 100th Congress, First Session, Washington, Wednesday April 20, 1988, Volume 134, Number 51, statement by Bob Dole regarding bill to implement the recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, HR 442, S 1009). See this object in the California State Universities …
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Congressional record, 100th Congress, vol. 133, no. 60 (April 10, 1987) (ddr-csujad-55-206)
Congressional Record, Proceedings of the 100th Congress, First Session, Washington, Friday, April 10, 1987, Volume 133, Number 60, statement by Alan Cranston regarding bill to implement the recommendations of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, HR 442, S 1009). See this object in the California State Universities …
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Meriko and friends on a pier (ddr-densho-494-28)
Caption on webpage: "Pictures from the later life of Meriko Maida, 1973-2012 / From Richmond to Sacramento / Meriko lived for many years in Richmond, California with her younger sister Junko and brother-in-law Shoichi Kimura. She later lived in various configurations with her other sister, Asako Tokuno. On some occasions, she visited both Seattle and Washington, …
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Meriko in bed (ddr-densho-494-26)
Caption on webpage: "Pictures from the later life of Meriko Maida, 1973-2012 / From Richmond to Sacramento / Meriko lived for many years in Richmond, California with her younger sister Junko and brother-in-law Shoichi Kimura. She later lived in various configurations with her other sister, Asako Tokuno. On some occasions, she visited both Seattle and Washington, …
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Visit from Ms. Mahon (ddr-one-2-156)
Black and white photographic print of Ada Mahon (center) with former student Toshie Phyllis Yorioka (left) and her son Gerald "Jerry" Yorioka (with camera) and another unidentified woman and child standing outside on lawn. Ms. Mahon served as the principal at Donor’s school, Bailey Gatzert grade school in Seattle, Washington. After Ms. Mahon retired, she visited …
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Franklin D. Roosevelt presenting the Congressional Medal of Honor (ddr-njpa-1-1652)
Caption on reverse: "President honors U.S. naval hero through son. President Franklin D. Roosevelt awards the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumoushly to Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan of the U.S. Navy, who lost his life in the Americal naval victory over the Japanese in the Solomon Islands in November. Admiral Callaghan's son, Lieut. Daniel J. Callaghan, …
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Newspaper clipping regarding Husband E. Kimmel (ddr-njpa-1-791)
Caption on front: "New fleet chief: Rear Admiral H.E. Kimmel, top, was named today in supreme command of the United States fleet to succeed Admiral James O. Richardson (at the right below), who goes to Washington for special duty. Below, left, Rear Admiral Ernest King, who becomes commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet. In center, …
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Takashi Matsui Interview (ddr-densho-1000-45)
Kibei male. Born January 20, 1917, in Hood River, Oregon. Lived in Seattle, Washington, before being taken to Japan by mother at the age of three. Completed elementary through high school in Japan. Returned to Seattle at seventeen years of age. Continued education in United States. Drafted in 1942 and was an instructor for the Military …
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Miyoko Kaneta Interview (ddr-densho-1000-449)
Nisei female. Born December 16, 1926, in El Centro, California. Grew up in various places in California, where parents owned a barbershop. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with her family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, resettled in Hazelton, Idaho, and Oakland, California, before moving to Seattle, Washington. After the war, …
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Clara S. Hattori Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-426)
Nisei female. Born May 21, 1919, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Loomis area of California, where parents ran a farm and fruit orchard. Just prior to World War II, worked in the Japanese Pavilion at the San Francisco World's Fair of 1939-1940. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and …
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Clara S. Hattori Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-427)
Nisei female. Born May 21, 1919, in Sacramento, California. Grew up in the Loomis area of California, where parents ran a farm and fruit orchard. Just prior to World War II, worked in the Japanese Pavilion at the San Francisco World's Fair of 1939-1940. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and …
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Yaeko Yoshihara Interview (ddr-densho-1001-17)
Nisei female. Grew up on Bainbridge Island, Washington. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After the war, returned to Bainbridge with family.
(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 95 (March 15, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-177)
Selected article titles: "25 Seed Men for Work in Washington Wanted" (p. 1), "Letters to CCC Camps" (p. 1), "Shoes Are Assured to Gila Residents: Registration for Ration Book No. 1 at Rivers to Commence" (p. 1), "Relocation Hostel Information Given" (p. 1), "Mental Hygiene Eleven More Expert to Visit Leave Project" (p. 2), "School Jobs …
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Mamiya Collection (ddr-densho-13)
The Mamiya collection, c.1918-1960s, records the business and leisure activities of the Asaba and Shibata families of Seattle, Washington. Dance and graduation programs from the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, are also shown. Densho interviewed collection donor Yoshi Mamiya in 1998.
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Wing Luke Asian Museum Collection (ddr-densho-39)
The photographs in the collection of the Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1920s-1940s, focus primarily on oyster farming and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. The images from Minidoka include barracks, schools, and leisure activities such as sports and arts and crafts.
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Masaru Horiuchi Collection (ddr-densho-476)
Collection is comprised of three legal briefs filed in San Francisco and Los Angeles by the Japanese American Citizens League concerning Alien and Citizen civil rights, in particular related to property and immigration status, and one transcript of hearings held on Washington, D.C.
Narrator Marianne West
Nisei female. Born November 4, 1926, in Seattle, Washington. Family lived in Leavenworth, Washington, then moved to the West Coast. After the outbreak of World War II, family was removed from Bellingham, Washington, to Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Transferred to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before leaving to resettle in Spokane, Washington.
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Taki Family Collection (ddr-densho-164)
This collection consist of photographs and documents from a Nisei man from Tacoma, Washington. During World War II, he served in France and Italy with the 100th Battalion and later with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team when the 100th became the 442nd's 1st Battalion.
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Ouchi Family Collection (ddr-densho-182)
The Ouchi Family Collection is comprised of photographs belonging to the Ouchi and Mimbu families. Many of the photos depict Issei hiking on Mt. Rainier in Washington state prior to World War II. There are also many images of prewar family outings and community gatherings.
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Dairy farm (ddr-densho-46-2)
Kamezo and Miye Nakashima were from Saga-ken, Japan. They settled in Days, Washington in the early 1900s. Their 1,300-acre farm was largely self-sustaining and the Nakashimas purchased only dry goods. Produce such as corn, potatoes, lettuce, and fruit were grown on the farm. The property line of the farm extended far beyond the tree line shown …
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 16 No. 16 (April 22, 1943) (ddr-pc-15-16)
Selected article titles: "Nisei Soldier May Visit Evacuated Areas" (p. 1), "Army Commander's Attitude Balked Plan to Return Some Evacuees to Coast, Is Report" (p. 1), "Lt. Gen. DeWitt 'Misquoted' on Statement Opposing Evacuees, Washington Sources Declare" (p. 1), "Army Guards Withdrawn From Inner Relocation Camp Areas" (p. 1), "Loyalty of Nisei Evacuees Told By WRA …