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344 items
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Goto wedding (ddr-densho-357-715)
Yukie Yoshioka and Harry Goto are married at Watsonville Buddhist Church.
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Goto wedding (ddr-densho-357-717)
Yukie Yoshioka and Harry Goto are married at Watsonville Buddhist Church. Left to right: Giichi Yoshioka, Sam Goto, Ted Yamamoto, Harry Goto, Yukie Yoshioka, Sally Fujii, June Yoshioka, Barbara Kurimoto. Hiroko Terakawa is the flower girl in the front row.
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Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-76)
Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki sitting on the doorstep of her family home on Riverside Drive
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Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-72)
Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in black standing in front of her family home on Riverside Drive
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Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-75)
Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki sitting on the doorstep of her family home on Riverside Drive
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Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-74)
Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in black in front of her family home on Riverside Drive with a standing camera
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Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-77)
Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in front of Watsonville sign
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Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-73)
Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in black in front of her family home on Riverside Drive with a standing camera
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Kiyoko Morey Kaneko Interview (ddr-densho-1000-225)
Nisei female. Born September 3, 1911, in Pasadena, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father operated a successful import/export business with retail stores. Graduated from UCLA, then lived and worked in Japan for a few years. Was married and living in Hawaii in 1941. Witnessed Japanese bomber planes overhead from home in Pearl City on …
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Watsonville Issei Singers B-roll; piano and vocal performances (ddr-densho-1007-1659)
Includes footage of two solo songs by Issei women. Original title: 144, II MON #11, 9-9-85, #11, Watsonville Issei
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Watsonville Issei Singers performing (ddr-densho-1007-1658)
Recording of a performance by the Watsonville Issei Singers. Video starts at 0:27. Original title: 143, II MON #10, 9-9-85, Watsonville Issei chorus, group songs, My Country, God Bless, etc.
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Interview with a woman of the Watsonville Issei Singers, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1660)
An Issei woman (not named) discusses incarceration, the future she imagined for her children, her feelings on her sons joining the military, and her feelings towards the US after the war. An interpreter translates her answers into English. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: II MON #12, 9-9-85, #12 Issei …
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Watsonville Issei Singers conversing (ddr-densho-1007-1657)
Various shots of elderly Issei speaking with one another. Video starts at 0:25. Original title: 142, II MON #9, 9-9-85, Watsonville Issei Singers, Steal Shots 1st Song
Narrator Fred Oda
Nisei male. Born September 2, 1923, in Watsonville, California. Grew up in Watsonville, where parents operated a joint barbershop and bathhouse business. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, worked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to Watsonville. Attended barber school in San Francisco, …
Narrator Eiko Nishihara
Nisei female. Born June 4, 1926, in Watsonville, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome and Rohwer concentration camps, Arkansas. Following World War II, returned to Watsonville.
Narrator Yoshiko Nishihara
Nisei female. Born August 17, 1927, in Watsonville, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, and the Jerome and Rohwer concentration camps, Arkansas. Following World War II, returned to Watsonville.
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Walter Tanaka Interview (ddr-densho-1004-6)
Nisei male. Born February 19, 1918, in Watsonville, California. Drafted into the military before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Volunteered for the Military Intelligence Service and interrogated Japanese POWs in Australia during the war. After the war, served as a linguist and interpreter in Japan during the U.S. occupation.
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Noboru Richard Horikawa Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-3)
Nisei male. Born August 18, 1926, in San Francisco, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved with family to stay with relatives in Watsonville, California. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, then to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp early to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drafted into the …
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George Kazuo Ikeda Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-4)
Nisei male. Born August 18, 1926, in San Francisco, California. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, moved with family to stay with relatives in Watsonville, California. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, then to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp early to attend school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Drafted into the …
Narrator Shoichi Kobara
Nisei male. Born April 23, 1922, in Watsonville, California. Grew up in Watsonville until age six, then family moved to Salinas. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, lived and worked in Utah for a time before serving in Japan in the …
Narrator Chiyoko Yagi
Nisei female. Born July 25, 1920, in San Juan Bautista, California. Raised in Watsonville, California, and married prior to World War II. During the war, was removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to Watsonville.
Narrator Emi Yamamoto
Nisei female. Born October 3, 1919, in Fresno, California. Grew up in Watsonville, California, helping on family's strawberry farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Salinas Assembly Center and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After World War II, returned to Watsonville.
Narrator Jiro Sugidono
Nisei male. Born October 25, 1923, in Watsonville, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Volunteered for the military out of Poston, and joined the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in Europe as a replacement troop. Following military service, returned to Watsonville.
Narrator Hubert Yoshida
Sansei male. Born April 20, 1939, in Salinas, California. Grew up in Watsonville, California, where father's parents farmed. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Colorado. Lived for a time in Colorado before the family returned to farm in Watsonville. Attended school in …
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Meeting of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League, July 30, 1936 (ddr-csujad-44-73)
Meeting minutes of the Monterey Peninsula Japanese American Citizens League. Topics include committee reports on participation in local parades, the Salinas chapter's request that the Monterey chapter assist the Watsonville JACL with travel expenses, and committee appointments. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: csumb_ms15_0072_01