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714 items
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Mary Ishimoto Watanabe Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-1)
Nisei female. Born September 29, 1920, in San Jose, California. Grew up in Cupertino, California. Attending San Jose State College when World War II broke out. Sent to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Left camp with the help of the National Student Relocation Council to attend graduate school. …
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Issei being awarded the Fifth Class Order of Sacred Treasure (ddr-densho-166-10)
Kunizo Mayeno accepting the award. Mr. Watanabe, a good friend, is in the back on the right.
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Mary Teruko Watanabe in front of the Commerce and Philosophy Halls (ddr-densho-367-5)
Mary Teruko Watanabe most likely at the University of Washington or business school after graduating high school.
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Student essay: "Is it fair to the fighting men?" (ddr-densho-171-109)
Excerpt: "Is it fair to the soldiers, sailors, and marines, who fight in blizzards, snow, hot deserts, and mud up to their knees; when miners, factory workers..."
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Student essay: "Mission accomplished" (ddr-densho-171-146)
Excerpt: "'Well boys we're allmost home,' say the pilot to his crew."
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Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-527)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding portrait of Ryusuke Watanabe, from Kanagawa ken, and his bride, Sen Tokuda, who was born in Tokyo. Ryusuke came to the U.S. in 1907 and Sen came in 1922 It's been said that Ryusuke was one of the four Issei men who were arrested by the FBI and sent to an …
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Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-9)
Scouts at Silver Creek in the Cascade Mountains. Left to right: Bill Yorozu, Hiroshi Watanabe, and Masayoshi Uchimura.
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Skiing trip (ddr-densho-15-35)
Left to right: Norio Mitsuoka, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroshi Kanazawa, and Todd Fujihira enjoy spring skiing on Mount Baker.
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Kyota Watanabe Collection (ddr-densho-278)
The Kyota Watanabe Collection consists of one photograph album, photographic prints, and documents related to the Watanabe family's life in Seattle, Washington and in Japan.
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Watanabe Collection (ddr-densho-62)
The Watanabe collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of Edith and Harvey Watanabe, who were each interviewed separately by Densho in 1996.
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Four men on a skiing trip (ddr-densho-15-18)
These skiers take time out for a roadside picnic. Left to right: Hiroshi Kanazawa, unidentified, Hiroshi Watanabe, and unidentified.
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Kubota Garden Foundation Annual Meeting (ddr-densho-354-1176)
Kubota Garden Foundation Annual Meeting; Joy Okazaki on left, Harvey Watanabe, first president of the Foundation, on the right
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Boy Scout camping trip (ddr-densho-15-12)
Top to bottom: Raybo Obazawa, Masayoshi "Mars" Uchimura, Hisaka "Sox" Okamoto, Hiroshi "Squeaky" Kanazawa, Hiroshi "Rosy" Watanabe, and Andy Shiga.
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Book of newspaper clipping (ddr-densho-483-138)
Book of newspaper clipping documenting newspaper coverage of American citizens of Japanese ancestry compiled by Yoriko Watanabe Sasaki from assorted West Coast newspapers. Includes one partial newsletter from Camp Harmony, July 10, 1942, and one partial issue of the Minidoka Irrigator, Volume IV, Number 12, December 23, 1944. Introduction by James Watanabe, M.D..
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Photo of two narrators being interviewed 1 (ddr-densho-506-59)
Black and white photo of two narrators being interview by a Densho staff member.
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Two Narrators and Interviewer (ddr-densho-506-11)
Interviewer listening to two narrators during oral history session.
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Photo of two narrators being interviewed 2 (ddr-densho-506-60)
Second black and white photo of interview with two narrators.
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Interviewer with narrators at table (ddr-densho-506-61)
Black and white photo of an interview with narrators at wooden table.
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.
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Watanabe & Kimura Family Collection (ddr-densho-481)
The Kimura collection includes a pamphlet for the dedication of the Watanabe-Kimura Apartment. The back of the pamplet depicts Paul Watanabe and Grace Watanabe's degrees in Bachelor of Arts from Hardin-Simmons University (formerly Simmons University). The collection also includes photographs of the Watanabe-Kimura apartments, the apartment building sign showing the name of the apartments, the apartment’s …
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Wapato Laundry (ddr-densho-62-3)
Takagi's Wapato Laundry, the business run by Edith Watanabe's parents.
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Tule Lake scrapbook painting (ddr-csujad-26-55)
Watercolor painting depicting three figures, two children and one adult, walking towards a road lined with barracks and electrical poles. The painting depicts a mountainous landscape in the background. "Watanabe" is signed in the lower right corner. Tule Lake scrapbook (ucsb_mei_0053), page 3. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
