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img Group of students on lawn at University of Washington (ddr-densho-383-214)

Members of the Japanese Students Club and Fuyo Kai. Written on album page below photograph: "C[larence] Uyematsu, Terada, Okubo, Nobu Yanagimachi, Billie Tashiro, Yurino Takayoshi, Yuki Watanabe." The man identified as Okubo (back row, right) may be George Otsubo.

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img Two women holding infants (ddr-densho-468-521)

Black and white photo of Fujiko "Fuzzy" (Watanabe) Ishikawa holding Richard Ishikawa and Chiyo (Ishikawa) Nakahama holding Frank Isamu Nakahama. Two captions on album page written in white pencil. Caption above photo: "proud mammies" Caption below photo: "Fuzzy, Chiyo, Dick, Frank"

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img Portrait of group of men in uniform outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-743)

Caption below photo: Yas Koike / Johnny Kitagawa / Yoshimura Noburu / Darryl Taniguchi / Karl Branstad / Bill Fuji / Harvey Watanabe / Grant Hirabayashi / Iwao Shimamoto / Bill Nuno / Harry Sekiya / Tak Hirabayashi / George Hatakeda / Lincoln Taira / Yukio Kawamoto / Frank Hachiya / Moffitt Ishikawa / Members of …

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doc Watanabe, Ace Husky Netman, Will Miss Trip (April 24, 1942) (ddr-densho-56-770)

The Seattle Daily Times, April 24, 1942, p. 30

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img Street scene showing Main Jewelry Co. and H.S. Watanabe Co. (ddr-densho-278-23)

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doc Letter from Cho Nakano to Teruko Watanabe (Mary Mon Toy) (ddr-densho-488-44)

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doc Japanese-American Girl Joins Wacs (November 23, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-988)

The Seattle Daily Times, November 23, 1943, p. 24

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img Sumo wrestlers and awards (ddr-njpa-5-438)

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img Portrait of Helen Kojo (ddr-densho-493-142)

Inscription on photo mat: To Frances From Helen Kojo

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doc Letter from Mary Okada (Mary Mon Toy) to Mrs. H. Noguchi (ddr-densho-488-47)

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doc Sympathy card from Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Koizumi (ddr-densho-488-77)

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img Canteen Staff, Amache Consumer Enterprises (ddr-densho-163-21)

Back row (L to R): S. Nabeshima, S. Nabeshima, T. Shiino, H. Dairiki, J. Arishita. Second row (L to R): M. Kawamura, M. Asakawa, M. Yonehiro, K. Watanabe, H. Uyeda, N. Kawashima, M. Joe. Front (L to R): H. Hamasaki, K. Shinozaki, M. Sugihara.

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img Kay Watanabe and T. Shiino in the canteen, Amache Co-op (ddr-csujad-55-1554)

Black and white photograph of Kay Watanabe, T. Shiino, and two incarcerees at the Amache Consumer Enterprises canteen at Amache incarceration camp. From the Amache Co-op Souvenir Album, page 22. See also sac_jaac_1530 through sac_jaac_1589. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1556

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img Portrait of Mary Teruko Watanabe (Mary Mon Toy) as a child (ddr-densho-367-1)

Caption on front: "Toyo Studio / Seattle Wash."

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doc Holiday card and note from Lillie Phillips to Mona (Mon Watanabe) (ddr-densho-488-74)

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doc Sympathy card from Mrs. T. Ohmae to Mrs. Mary T. Okada (ddr-densho-488-16)

Letter and envelope. Message inside written in Japanese.

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doc Sympathy card from Mary Higuchi and Fuku Okabe to Mary (Mon Toy) and Frank (Watanabe) (ddr-densho-488-57)

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vh Masao Watanabe Segment 18 (ddr-densho-1000-103-18)

Deciding to volunteer for the army: "I don't know which was worse: being locked up in camp or going off to war"

At the time this interview was taped, Mr. Watanabe was recovering from a recent series of cancer treatments.

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img Bukkyo Fujinkai members eating (ddr-densho-38-12)

Issei members of the Bukkyo Fujinkai (Buddhist Women's Association) eating a meal in the Seattle Buddhist Temple kitchen. Seated (left to right): Cho Goto, Hanako Sao, Kikue Takahashi (behind Sao), unidentified, Taka Toshi, unidentified, Sasae Watanabe, unidentified, Kikue Hirata, Rieko Shimizu, and Fuiko Nakano. Standing: unidentified (back to camera), Kikuyo Tsuye, and unidentified.

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img Funeral gathering of family (ddr-densho-477-727)

Photograph of family members gathered for a memorial service for Takeo Isoshima. From left to right: George Watanabe, Linnell (Kanzaki) Isoshima, Wistaria (Nakamoto) Nakahara, Yasuko (Fujii) Nakahara, Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima, Donald Shimono, Helen Shimizu, Wayne, Kellie Isoshima. The caption reads "George, Linnell, Wis, Yasuko, Mitsuko, Don, Helen, Wayne, Kellie" in black ink.

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doc Letter from Ruth Yamada to Matsuye Koike, c. 1942 (ddr-densho-432-3)

This letter discusses life at Santa Anita Assembly Center, including Ruth Yamada's thoughts on school, church, and food. Matsuye Koike received the letter while imprisoned at Fort Lincoln, Bismark, ND. The letter was "detained alien enemy mail examined."

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img Lath house (ddr-densho-151-384)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Exterior view of the lath house of guyaule rubber experiment project in which seedlings are grown under controlled conditions with a staff of 22 workers, under the direction of Walter T. Watanabe. The initial shipment of 100,000 seedlings came from the Salinas Experiment Station. Note decorative desert garden.

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. XIV, No. 6, June 1977 (ddr-sjacl-1-202)

Newsletter covering the following topics: Ad hoc committee to look into murder of Jon Hayashi, lack of action and lac of facts, plus media hype?similar to case with Kurose brothers whose case was subsequently acquitted; UW appoints first Asian American, Taul Watanabe, to Board; Mako Nakagawa received WEA Human Relations Award in Curriculum

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