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Edith Watanabe Segment 27 (ddr-densho-1000-101-27)
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Working for the Seattle School District
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-101-27/
Edith Watanabe Segment 26 (ddr-densho-1000-101-26)
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Deciding to return to Seattle, raising children
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Edith Watanabe Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-101-10)
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Response of Burlington community to Pearl Harbor: finding out who your friends truly are
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Edith Watanabe Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-101-5)
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Description of siblings
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Edith Watanabe Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-101-14)
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Life in Tule Lake: barracks, shots, food
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-101-14/
Edith Watanabe Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-101-4)
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Picking berries during the school year to raise money to buy clothing
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-101-4/
Edith Watanabe Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-101-22)
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Starting over after the war
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-101-22/
Edith Watanabe Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-101-1)
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Growing up in Burlington, Washington, helping out in the family laundry business
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-101-1/
Edith Watanabe Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1000-101-15)
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Making life bearable in Tule Lake concentration camp, California: ordering goods from "Monkey Wards"
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-101-15/
Edith Watanabe Segment 16 (ddr-densho-1000-101-16)
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Issei versus Nisei attitudes toward incarceration
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-101-16/
Edith Watanabe Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-101-30)
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Current activities with church
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Edith Watanabe Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-101-17)
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Reflecting on the incarceration experience: telling the grandchildren
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-101-17/
Edith Watanabe Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-101-6)
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Getting into mischief as a child
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-101-6/
Edith Watanabe Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1000-101-19)
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Getting married in the Midwest
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-101-19/
Edith Watanabe Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-101-20)
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Making ends meet after leaving camp: hamburgers for Christmas dinner
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Edith Watanabe Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-101-7)
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Family relationships: closeness with parents
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-101-7/

Narrator Edith Watanabe

Nisei female. Born August 29, 1921, in Seattle, Washington. Spent prewar years in Burlington, Washington. Was just starting college when incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp early because of illness and married a Nisei GI, Harvey Watanabe. Lived in Midwest for duration of war and resettled in Seattle, Washington following the war.
https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/102/
Japanese American girls at a picnic (ddr-densho-62-7)
img Japanese American girls at a picnic (ddr-densho-62-7)
Edith Watanabe is in the second row, second from the left. Front row, L to R: Mary Hayano, Hana Hayano, Mary Morimoto, Kazuko Hayano, Nancy Akita, (first name unknown) Ogaki. Back row, L to R: (first name unknown) Ozaki, Aiko Takagi, Kimi Nakashima, Miyoko Takagi, Teru Nakashima, Emma M., Michiko Takagi, Mary Shimada, Jean M., cut …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-62-7/
Roosevelt Grade School third grade rhythm band (ddr-densho-62-6)
img Roosevelt Grade School third grade rhythm band (ddr-densho-62-6)
Edith Watanabe is the triangle player in the bottom left corner. She doesn't remember anything about being in that band. Top row, L to R: Herbert Miller, Norman Grimbly, Claude Young, Helen Reed, Willie Sue Young, Billie Stinchey, June Elstead, Elsie Ovenall, Jack Stinchey, Louise Neff, Milton Reed. Middle row, L to R: Helen Lay, Evelyn …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-62-6/
White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League vice presidents (ddr-densho-277-73)
doc White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League vice presidents (ddr-densho-277-73)
A list of the JACL White River Valley Chapter members who acted vice presidents from 1990 to 2009.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-277-73/
White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League corresponding secretaries (ddr-densho-277-76)
doc White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League corresponding secretaries (ddr-densho-277-76)
A list of the JACL White River Valley Chapter members who acted as corresponding secretaries from 1930 to 2009.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-277-76/
White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League membership leaders (ddr-densho-277-80)
doc White River Valley Chapter, Valley Civic League membership leaders (ddr-densho-277-80)
A list of the JACL White River Valley Chapter members who acted as the membership leaders from 1961 to 2009.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-277-80/
Program for Nisei Honorary Degree Ceremony (ddr-densho-446-362)
doc Program for Nisei Honorary Degree Ceremony (ddr-densho-446-362)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-362/
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