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Satoru Ichikawa Interview (ddr-densho-1000-236)
Nisei male. Born November 2, 1929, in Fresno, California. Moved with family at a young age to Seattle, Washington, where father was the minister of the Seattle Buddhist Temple. Father was arrested by the FBI following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and removed to various Department of Justice internment camps. The rest of the family was …
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David Sakura Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-498)
Sansei male. Born March 28, 1936, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Eatonville, Washington, where father worked for a lumber company. During World War II, removed with family to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Father served in the U.S. Army during the war. After leaving camp, lived in public housing …
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Lister bag (ddr-densho-22-30)
Caption in album: "Here is a lister bag where all water is treated before you drink. Halazone tablets we used during the war. In more permanent positions these bags are set up. You absolutely do not drink untreated water."
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Issei man and son in front of home (ddr-densho-113-28)
Masajiro immigrated from Japan to Vancouver, BC in 1900 and eventually made his way to Rock Springs, Wyoming where he worked as a coal miner. His son Masato joined him in 1912. (L to R): Masajiro Uyeda, Masato Uyeda.
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Tsumanuma sisters (ddr-densho-335-117)
The caption written on the back of the photograph reads "Three sisters and their children Mar. 7 1920". Thomas Rockrise's sisters with their children. Rockrise traveled to Japan in 1920 where he reconnected with his family and designed buildings.
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Washington Junior High 1934 graduation photo (ddr-densho-477-59)
Photograph of a class of children, with some adults in the back. A paper tab notes where Mitsuko is in the group. The caption below the photo is "Washington Junior High 1934 / Mitsuko (2nd Row)" written in black ink.
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Closing barn on day of mass removal (ddr-densho-151-194)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Nailing the hayloft door on the morning of evacuation. Farmers and other evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Elaine Clary Stanley Interview (ddr-manz-1-110)
White female. Born April 5, 1920, in Union town, Kansas. Grew up in California, where parents moved when she was young. During World War II, took a job as a physical education teacher at the Manzanar concentration camp, California.
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Margie Nahmias Angel Interview (ddr-densho-1000-349)
White female. Born June 1, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Central District of Seattle where mother ran a boarding house. Discusses her reaction when her Japanese American peers had to leave Seattle during World War II.
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Nursery (ddr-densho-556-21)
Eleanor (Spainer) Fitzgerald holding a baby at the Rohwar Nursery where she worked as an obstetrics nurse. Handwritten on front in green ink: "-Nursery- Relocation Hospital, McGee, Arkansas. Oct. 1944.", Handwritten on the front in blue ink: "Oct - 1945"
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Nisei soldiers in France (ddr-densho-164-21)
Nisei soldier's caption: Our entry into France. Miyano, Hamamura, Iwamoto, Kimura. Marseille, after a rough 2 day trip where nearly everyone got seasick. Pretty tough trying to get the gals to understand. Cigarettes sold for $20 to $25 a carton.
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Home used by the 442nd radio section (ddr-densho-22-43)
Caption in album: "This house we had the radion section in the second floor. A farm town where we had a position. The home we used as it is the most unlikely target the retreating German Army artillery will fire upon."
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Japanese fisherman resting at Kuakini Hospital (ddr-njpa-4-397)
Caption on front: "SWORDFISH VICTIM IN HOSPITAL: Sakae Kira, a Japan fisherman who was attacked by a swordfish over 1,000 miles from Oahu last Sun., is now resting at Kuakini Hospital, where he was brought over yesterday afternoon.--(Hawaii Times photo)."
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 57, No. 7 (August 16, 1963) (ddr-pc-35-33)
Selected article titles: "Jr. JACLers Hope for Another Session of 'Where Should Nisei Be in Rights Battle!'" (p. 1), "Puerto Rican Challenges N.Y. State Law Requiring English Literacy Test for Voting" (p. 1), and "Washington Newsletter: Civil Rights Poll" (p. 2).
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Denson Tribune Vol. I No. 14 (April 16, 1943) (ddr-densho-144-55)
Selected article titles: "Army Language School to Select 250 Nisei. Excellent Performance of Enlistees Justifies Plan" (p. 1), "Movement to Denver Discouraged" (p. 1), "Living Cost in Middle West Lower than in S.F. " (p. 1), "Where Administrators Will Live" (p. 3).
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Billet room (ddr-densho-397-287)
The caption in the photo album reads "Where correspondence is carried on, black case to left: GI phonograph". Takashi Matsui was stationed in Japan with the U.S. military during the Allied occupation of Japan after the end of World War II.
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Woman holding child on porch of house (ddr-ajah-6-92)
Caption below photo: Minister's residence next tot Buddhist Temple of Alameda. Yukiko Motoyoshi and son Sachimaro, who was born April 26, 1933. The Motoyoshis left Alameda for the Fresno temple where Re. Joshin Motoyoshi became the Rinban there in 1948.
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Woman holding child on porch of house (ddr-ajah-6-653)
Caption below photo: Minister's residence next to Buddhist Temple of Alameda. Yukiko Motoyoshi and son Sachimaro, who was born April 26, 1933. The Motoyoshis left Alameda for the Fresno temple where Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi became the Rinban there in 1948
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Takeo and Mitzi Isoshima with Hawaiian shirts (ddr-densho-477-589)
Photograph of Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima (left) holding up her new Hawaiian shirt and Takeo Isoshima (middle) unfolding his. Sitting to the side is Naomi (Isoshima) Nishimura (right). The caption below the photo reads "Guess where you are going?" in black ink.
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Baggage of Japanese Americans next to bus (ddr-densho-151-165)
Original caption: Hayward, California. Baggage of evacuees of Japanese ancestry stacked at public park as evacuation bus prepares to leave for Tanforan assembly center. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Japanese Americans waiting for buses (ddr-densho-151-181)
Original caption: Centerville, California. Early comers arrive at evacuation meeting place in this Alameda County farming community. Farmers and other evacuees will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Government worker interviewing father and son (ddr-densho-151-217)
Original caption: Lodi, California. Father and son give pre-evacuation data at Wartime Civil Control Administration station. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
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Two friends at lunchtime (ddr-densho-151-96)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. Lunch hour at the Raphael Weill Public School, Geary and Buchanan Streets. Children of Japanese ancestry were evacuated with their parents to spend the duration in War Relocation Authority centers where educational facilities will be established.
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Issei farmer in working in field (ddr-densho-151-211)
Original caption: Mountain View, California. Weeding garlic field in Santa Clara County prior to evacuation. Farmers and other evacuees of Japanese descent will be given opportunities to follow their callings in War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.