1642 items
1642 items
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Sumiko Sakai Kozawa Interview (ddr-manz-1-121)
Nisei female. Born January 10, 1916, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Feliz, California, where family ran a flower growing business. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, and worked in the camp's medical laboratory. After leaving camp, returned to Los Feliz and reestablished the flower shop.
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John Young Interview (ddr-manz-1-171)
Chinese American male. Born May 22, 1923, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Los Angeles where father was an herbalist. In 1942, married a Japanese American woman and voluntarily joined her and her family in the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, drafted into the military and served in Europe.
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Akiko Okuno Interview (ddr-manz-1-133)
Nisei female. Born 1926 in Gilroy, California. Grew up in the Gilroy area, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to attend university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, eventually becoming a medical technician. After the war, returned to California.
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Rokuro Kurihara Interview (ddr-manz-1-69)
Nisei male. Born July 11, 1927, in Glendale, California. Grew up in Glendale where parents had a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, worked briefly with family at Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, then attended college in Cleveland, Ohio. Eventually returned to California.
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June T. Watanabe Interview (ddr-manz-1-160)
Nisei female. Born 1924 in Venice, California. Grew up in Lawndale, California, where parents farmed. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. After leaving camp, married and moved to Bloomington, Minnesota, while husband served in the military. Eventually returned to California.
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Keith One Interview (ddr-chi-1-10)
Sansei male. Born 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Parents' families lived in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, they were sent to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Both parents resettled in Chicago after the war, where they met and Keith was born.
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Marian A. Ohashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-351)
Nisei female. Born July 16, 1929, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, where parents ran a dry cleaning business. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, returned to Seattle while still a high school student.
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Letter from Tadashi Ishida to Mr. & Mrs. Y Ishida (ddr-densho-535-75)
That day was the company's second and final day on the mortar range. After that, the camp had a review where the general inspected around 1000 men. Includes a drawing of the medal Tad bought - it's the same as the one he lost. Parents' note on envelope back: 78 Saturday Nov. 25, 1944
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Reed College (ddr-one-1-362)
Black and white photographic print of Carlos Ogimi and other students sitting at drawing table working on an unknown project. Carlos is the first seated student on the right, everyone else is unidentified. This photographic negative was taken at Reed College where Carlos was a student. Negative ONLC 3182 (ddr-one-1-364).
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Reed College (ddr-one-1-361)
Black and white photographic print of Carlos Ogimi and other students sitting at drawing table working on an unknown project. Carlos is the first seated student on the right, everyone else is unidentified. This photographic negative was taken at Reed College where Carlos was a student. Negative ONLC 3181 (ddr-one-1-363).
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Racial epithet (ddr-densho-37-658)
Original WRA caption: Close-up of door of barber shop owned by Andy Hale, in a little desert town of Parker, 15 miles from where is located the Colorado River Relocation Center. Evacuees from the center, who cannot leave its confines without a pass, are discouraged from shopping in Parker, by WRA officials.
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Kimitomo Mushakoji and his wife with German officials (ddr-njpa-4-1117)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "The new ambassador to Germany, Mushakoji, left for his new post. (Berlin). The new ambassador to Germany, Mushakoji, was welcomed by a German admiral (in the center, behind Mrs. Mushakoji) as he arrived with his family at the parking lot on Tiergartenstrausse[?] in Berlin, where his new post is located."
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Kimitomo Mushakoji speaking at a ceremony in Berlin (ddr-njpa-4-1124)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Domei photo, International News. March 16, 1937. Presenting the Rising Sun flag to the city of Berlin. (Berlin). The picture shows Ambassador Mushakoji speaking at the ceremony where he presented the Rising Sun flag to Berlin mayor Lippert, sponsored by the Japan-Germany Association and held on the past February 23rd."
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Toshichika Maeda with his daughter (ddr-njpa-4-979)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "10 years ago he gave up the honorable title of viscount to live with a Mexican woman. Toshichika Maeda finished a visit to his mother, who was sick, and left with his first daughter, 9, for Mexico, where his loving wife, 25, and his second daughter are waiting for him."
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 39 No. 10 (September 3, 1954) (ddr-pc-26-36)
Selected article titles: "New Horizon convention to attract 1,500. May be last of extravagant Nat'l confabs" (p. 1), "Masaoka, Ennis open testimony at claims law hearings in S.F." (p. 1), "What makes JACL tick" (p. 1), "President signs law preventing deportation of Peruvian Japanese" (p. 3), "Where Does JACL Go from Here?" (p. 7).
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Nisei soldiers marching (ddr-densho-114-182)
Original caption: Vada Area, Italy. Men of Company H, 100th Inf. Bn., 442nd Regiment, U.S. Fifth Army, march through Vada to the area where Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark will present the Presidential Citation for outstanding action in combat to the 100th Inf. Bn., composed of American troops of Japanese descent. 27 July 1944.
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Vyacheslav Molotov walking with Wilhelm Keitel and Joachim von Ribbentrop (ddr-njpa-1-871)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Foreign Minister Molotov Arrives in Berlin (German-Soviet Talks). (Berlin) Domei. The party of Foreign Minister Molotov arrived at Berlin's Anhalter Terminal on November 2, where he was met by Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop. From left: Field Marshall Keitel, German Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop, Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. [Stamped] December 1940."
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Paul Uyehara Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-24)
Sansei male. Son of Grayce Uyehara and Hiroshi Uyehara. Grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where parents were active in numerous Japanese American community activities. Graduated from Oberlin College and became involved in activist and political causes. Studied law and eventually became Senior Attorney with the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Family sitting in Model T (ddr-ajah-6-62)
Caption below photo: Katsutaro Iwaihara at the wheel with son, Masanobu. Wife Yaye with baby Katsue. Far right is daughter Shigeko, born in 1911 and was quite young looking for her age. The family Fort model T is parked where Eucalyptus trees still stood at the time near the Fernside district in Alameda, CA.
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Group in field with horse drawn farming equipment (ddr-ajah-6-791)
Caption below photo: Mataichi Ozeki with daughter, Hatsuyo, standing in a field likely owned by William and Alfreda Mohr in the Mt. Eden-Hayward area of California, where they lived and worked. Hatsuyo was born in 1907, thus dating this image to around 1908-1909. The man driving the rig is Alfreda's husband William.
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Grace K. Seto Interview (ddr-manz-1-140)
Nisei female. Born September 23, 1925, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in California, where father worked as a bookkeeper. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, moved with the family to a rural community in Maryland, then to Seabrook Farms, New Jersey, before eventually returning to California.
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John Nakada Interview (ddr-manz-1-102)
Nisei male. Born January 14, 1931, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Azusa, California, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. Returned to Azusa after leaving camp worked for the Forest Service.
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George Maeda Interview (ddr-manz-1-159)
Nisei male. Born 1932 in Chatsworth, California. Grew up in the San Fernando Valley, California, where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, returned to the San Fernando Valley, was drafted into the military during the Korean War, and eventually became an engineer.
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Sadako Nimura Kashiwagi Interview (ddr-manz-1-172)
Nisei female. Born in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Newcastle, California, where parents were tenant farmers. During World War II, removed to the Marysville Assembly Center, California, and then to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Remained in Tule Lake when it was converted to a segregation center. After leaving camp, returned to California.
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Fumie I. Shimada Interview (ddr-manz-1-44)
Nisei female. Born July 7, 1939, in Sparks, Nevada. Grew up in Sparks, where father worked as a machinist for the Southern Pacific Railroad for twenty-two years. In February 1942, father was fired from his job. Over forty years later, Ms. Shimada fought successfully for redress for the fired railroad workers and their families.