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img Green Lake Japanese American community (ddr-densho-133-1)

Japanese Americans of the Green Lake neighborhood gather for a community picnic. Photo taken near North 105th & Meridian Avenue in Seattle, Washington.

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img May Kumasaka looking through a microscope (ddr-fom-1-854)

WRA caption on reverse: "Hospital series / Laboratory." May Kumasaka was a laboratory technician at the Minidoka hospital. She was from Seattle, Washington.

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img Dedication ceremony presentation (ddr-densho-26-30)

Norio Wakamatsu presenting a plaque at the James Y. Sakamoto Memorial pre-dedication ceremony held at Keiro Nursing Home in Seattle, Washington.

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img Gordon Hirabayashi with family members (ddr-densho-26-22)

"The Nikkei Experience in the Pacific Northwest" conference at the University of Washington. (L to R): Richard Hirabayshi, Gordon Hirabayashi, unidentified, unidentified.

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img View of Moses Lake (ddr-densho-300-46)

Caption in album: "View from housing project. Moses Lake and McDonald Hill. Taken on Christmas Day 1944. Housing project, Moses Lake, Washington."

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doc Scrapbook page (ddr-densho-35-376)

This page includes articles about the Hood River post of the American Legion. Newspapers include the Oregonian, Washington Post, and Oregon Journal.

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img Nisei students meeting with principal (ddr-densho-34-57)

Three Nisei students meet with the high school principal prior to the exclusion of the Japanese American community from Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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img House (ddr-densho-359-286)

Caption below the photograph in the album "Wing Point". Photograph taken during a summer spent at Wing Point on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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doc Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye (Nozawa) Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-417)

News of her trip to Chicago and Washington, D.C. with their father, still plans to stay in Minneapolis for the time being

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vh Toru Sakahara - Kiyo Sakahara Interview I Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-76-23)

Attending the University of Washington

This interview was conducted over two days at the Sakaharas' home.

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vh Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-129-5)

Attending the University of Washington while working part-time for Jimmie Sakamoto and the Japanese American Courier

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vh Charles Z. Smith Interview Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-169-18)

Serving as Special Assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy in Washington, D.C.; working to prosecute James Hoffa

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vh Minoru "Min" Tsubota Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-149-5)

Parents' early businesses, running a small grocery store in Seattle and then a sawmill in Kent, Washington

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vh Grant Ujifusa Interview II Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-133-18)

Thoughts on the Japanese American community in Seattle, Washington, and the Seattle Chapter Japanese American Citizens League

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vh George Yoshida Interview Segment 38 (ddr-densho-1000-132-38)

Teaching at the Washington School in Berkeley; one of the first Japanese American instructors to teach there

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vh Seiko Edamatsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-195)

Nisei female. Born July 18, 1919, in Seattle, Washington. Spent childhood in Seattle's Nihonmachi (Japantown) where parents ran the U.S. Hotel. Attended Bailey Gatzert Grade School and Washington Junior High School before moving to North Seattle with older siblings to operate a produce stand. Graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1937 and worked as a waitress …

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vh Yae Aihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-221)

Nisei female. Born August 18, 1925 in Tacoma, Washington. Raised in Seattle, Washington, where family operated a grocery store. Attended Washington Grammar School and Garfield High School in Seattle. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, father was arrested by the FBI and sent to Missoula internment camp, Montana. Family was removed to Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, …

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vh Robert Mizukami Interview (ddr-densho-1000-114)

Nisei male. Born December 20, 1922, in Star Lake, Washington. Grew up in the Renton area and later in Fife, Washington. Immigrant father began three-generation greenhouse business in Fife. Following Executive Order 9066, the Mizukami family was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington (nicknamed "Camp Harmony"). Later, transported to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Served in …

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img Japanese men (ddr-csujad-25-6)

A page from an album containing family photographs. Five photographs are pasted on the page. The photographs appear to be taken in Washington in the early 1900s. Include a photograph of Japanese men riding on a bicycle and another photograph of Japanese men hunting. Two photographs appear to be taken in a park, possibly at the …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 6, June 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-323)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Uhachi Tamesa speaks at Scholarship Award Banquet, already donated $14,500 for scholarships, donated an additional $2,500.00. Andrews funded by Seattle JACL and Japanese Baptist Church; Puyallup Fair Monument sponsored by Seattle JACL, Puyallup Valley JACL, and Western Washington Fair Association, each pledging $5,000. Washington State appropriated $26,700, including $13,700 from Gov …

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XX, No. 6, June 1983 (ddr-sjacl-1-322)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Uhachi Tamesa speaks at Scholarship Award Banquet, already donated $14,500 for scholarships, donated an additional $2,500.00. Andrews funded by Seattle JACL and Japanese Baptist Church; Puyallup Fair Monument sponsored by Seattle JACL, Puyallup Valley JACL, and Western Washington Fair Association, each pledging $5,000. Washington State appropriated $26,700, including $13,700 from Gov …

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vh Gene Akutsu Interview (ddr-densho-1016-4)

Nisei male. Born 1925 in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar childhood in Seattle's Nihonmachi. Incarcerated at Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Refused to participate in draft, imprisoned at McNeil Island Penitentiary, Washington, for resisting the draft. Resettled in Seattle.

(This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of …

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vh David Sakura Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-513)

Sansei male. Born March 28, 1936, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Eatonville, Washington, where father worked for a lumber company. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Father served in the U.S. Army during the war. After leaving camp, lived in public housing …

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vh Mara Mihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-194)

Nisei female. Born September 20, 1925, in Spokane, Washington. Father worked as a redcap for the Great Northern Railroad, and parents also ran a hotel. Grew up and attended school in Spokane. Graduated from business college during World War II and did bookkeeping and secretarial work for various companies postwar. Married and had a son. Currently …

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vh Shosuke Sasaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-78)

Issei male. Born March 26, 1912, in Yamaguchi ken, Japan. Immigrated to United States in 1919. Lived in Pomeroy, Washington, and Seattle, Washington, before World War II. Incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Resettled in New York. As a member of the Newspaper Guild, led effort to eliminate pejorative …

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