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doc To My Iwahiko (ddr-densho-335-12)

A poem written by Agnes Rockrise on her way to Odensburg, New York where Thomas (Iwahiko) Rockrise was hospitalized due to his tuberculosis and mental illness.

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doc Letter from Alvin Uchiyama to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama (ddr-densho-406-137)

Sorry to have missed Yuri (Aileen)'s birthday party, still waiting to be transferred, thoughts about where Kathleen and Yuri (Aileen) should go to live next.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-406-137/

doc Postcard from Hiroshi Suzuki to Masako Sumida (ddr-densho-379-212)

Postcard from Hiroshi Suzuki to Masako Sumida from Camp Livingston, LA letting her know that he was awaiting repatriation but he didn't know where or when

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doc Letter from Betty Goodman to Tomoyuki Nozawa (ddr-densho-423-364)

Thanking him for the gift for the baby, they are moving to Glendora to be closer to the camp where her husband Joe will be working

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img Berry Association Committee building (ddr-densho-34-64)

Mr. Geo T. Masukawa and his dog in front of the building where the Berry Association Committee met. The berry cannery would later occupy this site.

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img Group of children sitting in grassy yard (ddr-ajah-6-577)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei children play near McKinley park, where the Alameda, Taiiku Kai baseball team often played in Alameda, CA., before WWII. 1915-1933

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Collection Tokunaga Collection (ddr-densho-178)

This collection features photographs belonging to Densho narrator Tosh Tokunaga, who was interviewed in 2009. The photos depict the lumber mill at Selleck, Washington, where many Japanese Americans were employed prior to World War II.

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vh Misa (Oiye) Mihara Interview (ddr-densho-1000-547)

Sansei female. Born November 20, 1941, in Tacoma, Washington, where parents ran a restaurant. Spent early years at the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, where family was held. After leaving camp, moved to Seattle, Washington. Became an accomplished violinist, performing at an early age. Studied music at the University of Washington, then went on to become …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 100 No. 15 (April 19, 1985) (ddr-pc-57-15)

Selected article titles: "Lawyers Ready 'Case of Century'" (1); "Yasui, Korematsu, 'Unfinished Business' Attract Large Crowd at NYU Legal Gathering" (2); "Where Should National Headquarters Be?" (4)

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img Teachers at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-77)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Mom [Shidzuyo Yasui] - Last Row 2nd from Left. Sumoto, Awaji where she taught 1912." Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo] taught home economics there."

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img Rubble left from fire bomb attacks (ddr-densho-299-123)

Caption: "The effectiveness of our fire bombs is evident everywhere, especially in the / industrial areas where a forest of smokestacks and concrete walls are all that stand."

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doc Letter from Alvin Uchiyama to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama (ddr-densho-406-148)

A lot of rumors about where he might be sent next, still doesn't like the men in the company, has to go to town to take showers.

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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. III No. 11 (December 9, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-224)

Selected article titles: "Want Japanese Out of Oregon" (p. 1), "Home is Where the Heart is" (p. 2), "Bedbug Control is a Centerwide Job -- Udell" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-224/

img Guayule plants (ddr-densho-151-383)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. View of one of the lath house where seedlings are grown under controlled conditions, for the guyaule rubber experiment project.

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doc Scrapbook (ddr-densho-367-146)

Pages from scrapbook and loose material including playbills, programs and clippings related to various night club productions where Mary Mon Toy appeared in Canada and the U.S.

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img Mass removal (ddr-densho-34-193)

Army trucks were used to transport the Japanese American community on Bainbridge Island to the Eagledale ferry dock where they were taken to the mainland for exclusion.

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img Agricultural work leave camp (ddr-densho-37-45)

Original WRA caption: War food camp at Hazelton, Idaho where approximately 100 evacuee men and women, mostly boys and girls, were housed during the 1943 harvest season.

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img Looking West from near Renton Avenue fence, present Stroll Garden area (?) or Poplars where the present day Parking Lot is (?) (ddr-densho-354-2626)

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img Men stand around the smoking remnants of a house (ddr-densho-381-65)

Caption: 10. The pathetic scene where 6 in a household perished by fire. Apr. 18, 1942 (Aware ikka rokumei shoshi genjo. Showa jushichi nen shigatsu ju hachi nichi)

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img Sato family around Christmas tree (ddr-ajah-6-200)

Caption below photo: Toshio Sato (far right), formerly of Alameda, CA. spends Christmas in Dayton, Ohio, where his family moved after World War II ended. December 25, 1951

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img Three boys playing baseball (ddr-ajah-6-474)

Caption below photo: Brothers Fujio (left), Yoshiharu, and Tsutomu play baseball on a tennis court near McKinley Park, in Alameda, CA., where they were born. Photo circa 1920s

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img Japanese Americans standing in shade (ddr-densho-151-281)

Original caption: Sacramento, California. Young University of California students now at this Assembly Center awaiting transfer to a War Relocation Authority Center where they will spend the duration.

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img Children wearing "evacuation tags" (ddr-densho-151-54)

Original WRA caption: Hayward, California. Two children of the Mochida family who, with their parents, are awaiting evacuation bus. The youngster on the right holds a sandwich given her by one of a group of women who where present from a local Church. The family unit is kept intact during evacuation and at War Relocation Authority …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 86, No. 2 (January 20, 1978) (ddr-pc-50-2)

Selected article titles: "Wash. State Denies Anti-Asian Bias Charge" (p.1); "Sansei in Canada Ponder 'Where Do We Go From Here?'" (p.5); "Manzanar Frightened Neighbors" (p.10).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-50-2/

doc Letter from Issei man to wife (June 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-140-111)

Excerpt: "Am very well but sorry this is last letter from Missoula where we lived six full months and just we have only lately become familiar with this locality."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-140-111/

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