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1642 items
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Trophy given to Takuritsu Morita (ddr-ajah-6-615)
Caption below photo: Trophy received by Takuritsu Morita of Alameda, CA, for his service to the Japanese school (gakuen) in Alameda. He lived there until 1933, then moved south to Mountain View, CA, where he continued to teach at a similar school. He began teaching in Alame3da, 1916. The oddity is that by the date of …
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Elliot Yoshinobu Horikoshi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-503)
Nisei male. Born December 26, 1938, in Salem, Oregon. Family moved frequently before the war due to father's profession as a Methodist minister. During World War II, removed to Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, family moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where father could attend graduate seminary school. Eventually …
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Paul Yamazaki Interview (ddr-densho-1000-507)
Sansei male. Born April 17, 1949, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly afterward, moved with parents to Hiroshima, Japan, where father worked with the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission. Returned from Japan and grew up in Los Angeles, California, where father was a physician. Moved to San Francisco to attend San Francisco State, joined the Asian American Political Alliance, …
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Sharon Maeda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-529)
Sansei female. Born February 16, 1945, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where parents had resettled after leaving the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, during World War II. Moved at an early age to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Attended the University of Washington where she was active in student groups. Got involved in numerous political campaigns supporting Asian …
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Visit to Okimura Island (ddr-one-2-649)
Black and white photographic print of Okimura’s shore, taken from aboard a boat. Paternal relatives had a house near the shore, close to boat dock, where Shiuko Sakai stayed for a few days.
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Seed oyster boxes (ddr-densho-15-112)
These boxes once contained seed oysters from Japan. The oysters were strewn in the beds where oyster spawn or "spats" would attach themselves to the shells. The oysters were harvested the following season.
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Oyster-farm station house (ddr-densho-15-104)
The station house is where oyster farmers lived during the harvesting season. The house was erected on pilings. In the foreground is a bateau, or small barge, that was used to haul oysters.
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Clipping regarding John D. Rockefeller (ddr-njpa-1-1427)
Caption on front: "A morning walk in the garden at Ormond Beach: John D. Rockefeller, now in his 94th year, at his Florida home, where he has once again spent the winter. Engelbrecht."
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Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-225)
Original caption: Turlock, California. Baggage is inspected as families arrive at Turlock assembly center. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-220)
Original caption: Turlock, California. Baggage is inspected as families arrive at Turlock assembly center. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Three men playing cards (ddr-ajah-2-824)
Caption: A game of poker in Barrack 15 at Camp Savage, Minnesota, where Japanese Niseis were members of the Military Intelligence Service, 1945. Supplemental scan of ddr-ajah-2-535 with additional notes
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-238)
Tad visited an Italian family in Grosseto where the father is a veterinarian; Tad found classes easy but noted other students are slow. Parents' note on envelope back: 240 Saturday Sept. 1, 1945
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Flower nursery (ddr-densho-37-607)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. A sign at the flower nursery, where much experimentation is being done to develop strains of flowers which will thrive in hot dry climates.
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Assembly of baggage (ddr-densho-37-581)
Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Baggage is being assembled to be taken by truck to the Salinas Assembly center where evacuees from this area will await transfer to a War Relocation Authority center.
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Harold Takashi Kobata Interview (ddr-densho-400-12)
Harold Takashi Kobata was born on April 5, 1926, in Gardena, California. He grew up in Gardena where his uncle, mother and older brothers ran a flower nursery. The family moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, during World War II, where Kobata worked as a gardener while attending high school. After the war the family returned …
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Hotel Osaka (ddr-one-2-131)
Black and white photographic print street and Hotel Osaka (far left), where Tami Okamura and Shiuko Sakai, the donor, were billeted in 1951. Tami and Shiuko were friends while living and working in Japan.
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Unloading oysters from a bateau (ddr-densho-15-107)
These workers are unloading oysters from a bateau at the processing area. The oysters were shoveled into a hopper and onto a conveyor belt that led into the processing area, where they were opened.
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Running and racing (ddr-densho-348-75)
Eight young women appear to be in some kind of race where they are balancing something on a spoon. A young boy watches the race from the side. A house appears in the background
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Leroy Kajiwara standing in field (ddr-ajah-6-67)
Caption below photo: Leroy Kajiwara (Marge's brother), likely stands in Albany Hill, where many local picnics were held. He was born around 1917, making this photo circa late 1920's to early 1930's
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Group of girls with Alice Takakura standing center back (ddr-ajah-6-122)
Caption below photo: Alice Takakura, center back row, refers to this groups as "My class." Probably her Sunday School class at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, where she was from. Picnic, location unknown, 1933
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Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-12)
Original WRA caption: Turlock, California. Baggage is inspected as families arrive at Turlock assembly center. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-8)
Original WRA caption: Turlock, California. Baggage is inspected as families arrive at Turlock assembly center. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Carved wood heart with two carved hearts (ddr-densho-475-160)
Wood carving of a heart with two conjoined hearts set inside the larger one. Back side of heart has indent where pin used to be. Presumably made by Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in Poston
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Yutaka Inokuchi Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-320-14)
Working at the Honouliuli POW camp where father was interned
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of …
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Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-350-6)
The shadier side of Ketchikan: Creek Street
Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho …