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Washington State Capitol (ddr-densho-383-179)
Written on album page below photograph: "State Capitol Olympia".
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A Washington state liquor license (ddr-densho-353-145)
A state liquor license was necessary to run the Pacific Beer Distributors business.
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Washington State Patrol - Warning Ticket (ddr-densho-359-1303)
Masaru Philip Okano is issued a warning ticket for driving over the speed limit.
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John A. (Jack) Svahn Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-536-2)
Reasons for family members moving to Washington state
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Bernadette Suda Horiuchi Interview Segment 28 (ddr-densho-1000-239-28)
Returning to Washington state after World War II
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Eugene Tatsuru Kimura Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-231-17)
Brother's transfer to Washington State University to avoid mass removal
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Kara Kondo Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-139-5)
Impact of the Washington State alien land law on Japanese farmers
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Hideo Hoshide Interview II Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-185-29)
Returning to Washington state, making a phone call to wife and young daughter
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Governor signing the Washington State Redress Bill (ddr-densho-10-7)
Governor John Spellman of Washington State signs a state bill allocating redress payments of $5,000 each for thirty-eight Nisei state employees who lost their jobs during World War II due to their Japanese ancestry. Front row (left to right): Cherry Kinoshita, Governor John Spellman, Miye Ishihara, and Frank Kinomoto. Back: unidentified, Representative Gary Locke, Paul Ellis, …
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Signing ceremony for Washington State Japanese American State Employees Compensation Bill (ddr-densho-10-105)
Caption on reverse: "Wash. State Jpn. Amer. State Employees Comp. Bill, ESSB 3163. Signing ceremony, Gov. John Spellman, May 13, 1983."
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Copy of Mary Fukuyama's birth certificate (ddr-densho-483-126)
Copy of Mary Fukuyama's birth certificate certified by the State of Washington Department of Health
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Washington's 1889 Land Law (ddr-densho-280-25)
A piece that encourages Washington state residents to pass Senate Joint Resolution No. 21, which would repeal a portion of the state constitution that bars non-citizens from owning land.
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Washington's 1889 Land Law-- Why Repeal? (ddr-densho-280-24)
A history of the West Coast's land ownership laws from 1864 to 1962. This document argues that the contemporary land ownership laws are outdated and encourages readers to vote in the upcoming election.
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Toru Sakahara - Kiyo Sakahara Interview II Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-77-29)
Working to repeal the Washington State alien land laws
This interview was conducted over two days at the Sakaharas' home.
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Ron Magden Interview Segment 23 (ddr-densho-1000-162-23)
Being asked to write a book on the history of the Longshoreman's Union in Washington state: a skeptical reception at first
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Washington State Historical Society Collection (ddr-densho-42)
The collection of the Washington State Historical Society at Tacoma, Washington, contains a single photograph of Seattle's Nihonmachi, or Japantown, in the early 1900s.
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Ron Magden Interview Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-162-29)
Interviewing Dave Beck, an influential leader of the Teamsters Union in Washington state, for a book on the history of the teamsters