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Edith Watanabe Interview (ddr-densho-1000-101)
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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Former camp inmate next to a barbed wire fence (ddr-densho-62-2)
Edith Watanabe at site of the former Tule Lake concentration camp, California.

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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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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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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.

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Family portrait (ddr-densho-62-5)
Family in the Earle Apartments in Seattle. Edith Watanabe's father Kichiro, mother Kita Takagi, holding Edith; L to R: brother Harry, sister Michiko, sister Miyoko.

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Edith Watanabe Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-101-13)
Tule Lake concentration camp: "Nothing beautiful at all"

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Edith Watanabe Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-101-24)
Reflecting on the incarceration experience: a new appreciation



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Edith Watanabe Segment 29 (ddr-densho-1000-101-29)
Reflections: don't take your citizenship lightly


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Edith Watanabe Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1000-101-9)
Refused service on bus following Pearl Harbor attack

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Edith Watanabe Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-101-12)
Train ride to Tule Lake concentration camp: "that was horrible"

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Edith Watanabe Segment 25 (ddr-densho-1000-101-25)
Living in Minneapolis while husband was in the service

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Edith Watanabe Segment 21 (ddr-densho-1000-101-21)
Life in the Midwest during wartime, a GI's wife


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Edith Watanabe Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-101-11)
Preparing for mass removal, saying goodbye to friends
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