1642 items
1642 items
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Kay Matsuoka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-48)
Nisei female. Born April 17, 1917, in Moneta, California. Grew up working on family's strawberry farm. Attended Japanese language school where she learned Japanese dancing and singing. Was popular and excelled in high school, but was prevented by the Parent Teacher Association from giving the commencement address because of her ethnicity. Attended dress design school, and …
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Clipping photograph of Utashito Nakashima, his daughter and a koto player (ddr-njpa-4-1322)
Caption on front: "ENROUTE TO INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL OLYMPICS: Utashito Nakashima (center), president of the Seiha School of Japanese Music Koto of Tokyo, arrived by Pan American Airways this morning enroute to the international musical olympics to be held at Pasadena, Calif., from October 12 to 18. At left is his daughter Yasuko and at right, Sachio …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 65, No. 17 (October 27, 1967) (ddr-pc-39-44)
Selected article titles: "American florists styles wow floral designers in Japan" (p. 1), "Nisei claims dad's discharge by railroad during WW2 illegal, seeks compensation" (p. 1), "Miki tells tour leaders to speak Japanese to understand heritage" (p. 1), "JACLers Briefed by Ambassador" (p. 1), "'Rights and Responsibilities' entwined in good citizenship" (p. 2), "Horatio Alger attitude …
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Card from George Naohara to Mitzi Naohara, February 14, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-416)
A Valentine's Day card from George Nobuo Naohara to "Mitsuko" who is Mitzi Masukawa Naohara. He probably wrote from the Tule Lake camp in California where he was incarcerated to her while she was incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 37. See this object in the California …
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Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army uniform (ddr-csujad-25-71)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army uniform with Private First Class insignia on the arm and a gas mask. He poses, holding a gas mask and standing in front of the house where his parents most likely reside in Brighton, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities …
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Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-92)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, and his family. Includes Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army service uniform, his parents, Tamesaburo and Kamie Taenaka, his sisters, Haruko, Chiyoko, and Saiko, and his nephews and niece. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado, where Toshikuni Taenaka's family resides. See this object in the …
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Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army uniform (ddr-csujad-25-69)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army uniform with Private First Class insignia on the arm and a helmet. He performs military hand salute in front of the house where probably his parents reside in Brighton, Colorado. The same image is found in item: ucsb_jia_0122. See this object in the …
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Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-76)
A photograph of probably relatives of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier. Includes a Japanese American female adolescent and a Japanese American male preschooler. Possibly they are his sister's, Haruko Taenaka's children. They pose in front of the house where his parents most likely reside in Brighton, Colorado. See this object in the California State …
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U.S. government freight waybill, WRA4-144-46-BL (ddr-csujad-42-114)
A U.S. government freight waybill which documents the shipment of Fumio Fred Takano's belongings. The shipment is ordered by the War Relocation Authority and two boxes are transported by Universal Carloading Co. from the Gila River incarceration camp in Arkansas to Chicago, Illinois, where Fumio is going to reestablish his life. See this object in the …
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Trophy given to Takuritsu Morita (ddr-ajah-6-614)
Caption below photo: Trophy received by Takuritsu Morita of Alameda, CA, for his service to the Wanto Japanese school (gakuen). He lived in Alameda until 1933, then moved south to Mountain View, CA, where is continued to teach at a similar school. While he taught at the Alameda school from 1916, it was never called the …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 23, No. 3, March 1986 (ddr-sjacl-1-350)
Newsletter covering the following topics: 1986 President, Bob Sato; Washington State Redress Bill passes 82-15 in House and 45-1 in the Senate. Allows Seattle School Board to disburse $5,000 to each of the 27 school clerks who resigned. Rep Gary Locke given credit along with Jim McDermott, Phil Talmadge, and George Fleming and JACLers Cherry Kinoshita, …
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Meriko in front of a Japanese American memorial (ddr-densho-494-29)
Caption on webpage: "Pictures from the later life of Meriko Maida, 1973-2012 / From Richmond to Sacramento / Meriko lived for many years in Richmond, California with her younger sister Junko and brother-in-law Shoichi Kimura. She later lived in various configurations with her other sister, Asako Tokuno. On some occasions, she visited both Seattle and Washington, …
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Mas Okabe Interview (ddr-manz-1-131)
Nisei male. Born 1929 in Sacramento, California. Grew up in Sacramento, where parents operated a restaurant. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, in 1945, then went to Japan with family. Lived in Japan for a time …
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Susumu Mukushima Interview (ddr-chi-1-4)
Nisei male. Born October 8, 1942, in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, mother and father received special dispensation to delay going to the Santa Anita Assembly Center to give birth. After Susumu was born, the family was sent to Santa Anita and then the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, and later transferred to Tule …
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Joe Takehara Interview (ddr-chi-1-15)
Nisei male. Born April 2, 1932, in San Diego, California. Prior to World War II, father worked as a fisherman and mother worked in a fish cannery. Father passed away at an early age, leaving mother to raise eight children. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, temporarily moved to Sunnydale, California, before being sent to the …
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Stanley N. Shikuma Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-517)
Sansei male. Born December 2, 1953, in Brogan, Oregon. Grew up primarily in the Watsonville, California, area, where parents ran a farm. Exposed at an early age to activism and organized labor. Attended Stanford University and then moved to Seattle, Washington, and earned a nursing credential. Has joined and led several prominent Seattle-area taiko (Japanese drum) …
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Yoshiye Handa Yasuda Interview (ddr-densho-1000-485)
Nisei female. Born August 26, 1934, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood, where father ran a carpentry business. During World War II, removed to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California, and the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. After leaving camp, returned to San Francisco with parents and finished high school. While still in …
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Florence Ohmura Dobashi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-434)
Nisei female. Born October 1927 in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in several cities in California where father was a minister, but was living in Riverside, California, when World War II broke out. During the war, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to finish high school in Ohio, then attended UC Berkeley and …
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Sam Mihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-516)
Nisei male. Born February 1, 1933, in San Francisco, California. Grew up in San Francisco's Japantown, where father edited a bilingual newspaper. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Pomona Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Salt Lake City, Utah, before returning …
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Frank T. Sata Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-512)
Nisei male. Born March 20, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, where father worked as a photographer. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, transferring to Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Moved to Guadalupe, California, living in a Buddhist church …
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Hal Keimi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-458)
Nisei male. Born October 23, 1931, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, where parents ran a dry cleaning business. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a time in a trailer park …
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Frank T. Sata Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-499)
Nisei male. Born March 20, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, where father worked as a photographer. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, transferring to Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Moved to Guadalupe, California, living in a Buddhist church …
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Jimmy Naganuma Interview (ddr-densho-1000-480)
Born May 23, 1936, in Callao, Peru. Spent early childhood in Peru, where parents ran a laundry business, and father was a prominent community leader. During World War II, the FBI arrested Jimmy's father and the entire family was placed on a ship and sent to the Department of Justice camp at Crystal City, Texas. After …
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Jane Kurahara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-514)
Sansei female. Born February 16, 1941, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grew up in Honolulu where father worked as an insurance agent and mother was a teacher. Attended Punahou school. After World War II, attended Smith College and Columbia University before marrying and returning to Hawaii. Began career as a teacher and then switched to librarianship. Became involved …
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Shyoko Hiraga Interview (ddr-densho-1000-413)
Nisei female. Born 1927 in Denver, Colorado. Grew up in Denver, where father was a tailor, then established a newspaper, the Rocky Nippon. During World War II, father was removed as editor of the newspaper, arrested by the FBI, and interned in a Department of Justice camp. James Omura took over as head of the …