1642 items
1642 items
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Lynne Horiuchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-501)
Sansei female. Born June 10, 1945, in Denver, Colorado, where parents moved after leaving camp during World War II. Grew i[ om Denver, where father had an insurance company. Attended the University of Colorado and then Colorado College. Studied abroad in Italy before moving to California. Eventually earned a PhD and became an architectural historian.
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Letter from Tatsuo Inouye to Lili Inouye (ddr-densho-394-18)
Tatsuo Inouye werites to his wife, Lili, from the Tule Lake Stockade where he was incarcerated for being a "No-No" Boy.
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Scrapbook (ddr-densho-367-147)
Scrapbook with playbills, programs and clippings related to various night clubs productions where Mary Mon Toy appeared in Canada and the U.S.
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Letter to Tomoye from unknown man (ddr-densho-410-132)
Written from Japan where writer is working with the CI&E (Civil Information and Education), visiting relatives, seeing the destruction at Hiroshima
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Ben Chikaraishi Interview (ddr-chi-1-11)
Nisei male. Born September 10, 1921, in Colusa, California. As a child, family moved to Stockton, California, where parents owned a hotel. Was attending the University of California at Berkeley when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and the family was sent to the Rohwer concentration camp, Arkansas. Left camp to live in Chicago, Illinois, where he became …
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Student essay: "War" (ddr-densho-171-162)
Excerpt: "The battle fields of every war are just a human slaughter house, where a person if he's lucky will come out alive..."
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Manzanar concentration camp, California (ddr-densho-151-64)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. View of the Manzanar Relocation Center showing the buildings (right) where camouflage nets are made.
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Poston hospital (ddr-densho-475-16)
Black and white photograph of the Poston General Hospital with an ambulance parked in front, where a man in a white uniform stands.
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Tom Ikeda speaking at Humanities Washington Ceremony (ddr-densho-506-27)
Photo of Tom Ikeda speaking on the podium during the event at the Seattle Sheraton hotel where he received his Humanities Washington award.
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Guesthouse in Maizuru (ddr-one-2-87)
Black and white photographic print of a road with a guesthouse, where the Donor stayed while in Maizuru. Inscribed on back: "OCT 49/MAIZURU."
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Outside the Imperial Palace (ddr-one-2-125)
Black and white photographic print of Shiuko Sakai standing before a moat that surrounds the Imperial Palace, near the NYK building where she worked.
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Walter Matsuoka poses by a sign at the 38th parallel north (ddr-densho-390-92)
Walter, in military uniform, poses by a sign reading: THIS IS WHERE IT IS 38'00'00" NORTH LATITUDE SURVEY CONTROL BY 1ST F.A. OBSN BN.
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Joseph Norio Uemura Interview (ddr-densho-1014-3)
Nisei male. Born July 3, 1926, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland before moving to Denver, Colorado, where his father, a Baptist minister, was transferred. Lived in Denver during World War II, where family helped Japanese Americans leaving camps to find housing and work. Paul Robert and Jean Schuman Hanna Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, since …
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Chiyoko Chiyo Omachi Interview (ddr-chi-1-17)
Nisei female. Born July 12, 1926, in Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island where father worked as a ship builder. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp and lived in Pennsylvania with relatives before attending college in New York. Family resettled in Chicago, Illinois, after the war, where …
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Letter from Alvin Uchiyama to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama (ddr-densho-406-156)
Saw his brother, Archie, heard that the family has moved to Mt. View California, ask where she is thinking of going when the camps close
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Tomoe Otsu in costume for Chigo procession (ddr-ajah-6-923)
Caption below photo: Tomoe Otsu, circa mid 1920s, dressed for an event, likely held at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., where she was born.
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Letter from Mits Kojimoto to Bill Iino (ddr-densho-368-621)
Mits writes to Bill to help him find John H. Yamamoto. Mits includes a photograph from a mess hall where Bill sits next to John.
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Postcard to Yuri Tsukada from Wak Domoto (ddr-densho-356-590)
Postcard to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from her sister Wakako Domoto. Wak writes a short note to let Yuri know where is staying on her vacation.
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Letter from Clifford Grover to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-902)
Pen pal letter from Clifford Grover, a sixth-grader at the Sandford School in Paris, Illinois, introducing himself and describing the town where he lives.
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Letter from Henry Tanner to Kaneji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-901)
Pen pal letter from Henry Tanner, a sixth-grader at the Sandford School in Paris, Illinois, introducing himself and describing the town where he lives.
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Visit to Okimura Island (ddr-one-2-656)
Black and white photographic print of a warehouse where soy sauce is made with daughter-in-law of Shiuko Sakai’s aunt standing in center of frame.
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Letter from Issei man to wife (September 12, 1942) (ddr-densho-140-132)
Excerpt: "We saw the golden clouds that looked like a flame in the eastern sky. We Japanese who love nature could enjoy life where we go."
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Denson Tribune Vol. II No. 31 (April 18, 1944) (ddr-densho-144-161)
Selected article titles: "Qualified Nisei Wanted" (p. 1), "Rid Flies and Mosquitoes" (p. 1), "Segregation Procedure" (p. 1), "Go East -- Where New Life Dawns" (p. 2).
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Harvesting beets (ddr-densho-298-40)
Caption in album: "Tiring of camp life, Stan succumbed to the seasonal leaves, left Tule for beet-topping in Idaho, 'where yawning canyons greet the sun.'"
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Harvesting beets (ddr-densho-298-39)
Caption in album: "Tiring of camp life, Stan succumbed to the seasonal leaves, left Tule for beet-topping in Idaho, 'where yawning canyons greet the sun.'"