1642 items
1642 items
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Hatsuyo Ozeki at Mataichi Ozeki's funeral (ddr-ajah-6-835)
Caption below photo: Hatsuyo Ozeki poses inside the Smile & Gallagher funeral home on Oak Street, Alameda, CA., where her father, Mataichi Ozeki's service was held on July 25, 1939.
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Young boy holding baseball bat (ddr-ajah-5-68)
Caption below photo: A young Nisei boy strikes a batter's pose at the ballfield where the Alameda Taiiku-Kai (ATK) baseball team played their games. Alameda, CA. circa 1919
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Group of children outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-913)
Caption below photo: Young Nisei sisters and brothers in front of Block 23, Barracks 15, where the Nakatas, and Hiroses all lived in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1943-1944
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Reed College (ddr-one-1-353)
Black and white photographic negative of Ayame Ogimi leaning against a railing posing for the camera. This photographic negative was taken at Reed College where Ayame was a student.
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Evelyn Dell Collection (ddr-densho-152)
The Evelyn Dell Collection features photographs of Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, where Ms. Dell worked as a fourth grade teacher. The collection focuses on education in camp and includes photographs of students, teachers and administrators, camp facilities, and school celebrations.
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Issei man preparing for journey to Japan (ddr-densho-259-458)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Can [Renichi Fujimoto] and Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui] at the Hood River railroad station, where Chan left for Japan in late 1929 to get his wife, Matsuyo."
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The remains of Hiroshima (ddr-densho-299-130)
Caption: "Hiroshima. One bomb. Unbelievable destruction. You could go into a building and by looking at the scorch marks on the walls, could tell exactly where the bomb went off."
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Letter from Guyo Tajiri to Clifford Uyeda (ddr-densho-338-178)
A letter where Guyo Tajiri tells Clifford Uyeda about the effort Larry and Ruth Hall made to have a memorial placed in Bruyeres to commemorate the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
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Akino Ozeki at Mataichi Ozeki's funeral (ddr-ajah-6-834)
Caption below photo: Widow Akino Ozeki sits inside the Smiley & Gallagher funeral home on Oak Street, Alameda, CA., where her husband, Mataichi Ozeki's service was held on July 25, 1939.
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Akino Ozeki at Mataichi Ozeki's funeral (ddr-ajah-6-833)
Caption below photo: Widow Akino Ozeki sits inside the Smiley & Gallagher funeral home on Oak Street, Alameda, CA., where her husband, Mataichi Ozeki's service was held on July 25, 1939.
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Lucas Rotman Interview (ddr-phljacl-1-22)
Yonsei male. Grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where several generations of family members were very involved in Japanese American community activism and the establishment of the Shofuso Japanese Cultural Center.
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Western Union telegraph from Masao Okine to S. Okine. September 26, 1946 (ddr-csujad-5-162)
A Western Union telegram from Masao Okine to his father Seiichi Okine in Whittier, California. It notifies of Masao's arrival at San Francisco from Japan where he has been stationed as a Nisei soldier and his next destination, Chicago, where his wife, Ayame, resides. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
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Henry Nishi Interview II (ddr-manz-1-64)
Nisei male. Born March 20, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in several cities in California, where father owned and operated several nurseries and a landscaping business. Attended University of California at Davis prior to World War II. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, where, along with a group of friends, …
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Henry Nishi Interview I (ddr-manz-1-60)
Nisei male. Born March 20, 1919, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in several cities in California, where father owned and operated several nurseries and a landscaping business. Attended University of California at Davis prior to World War II. During the war, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, California, where, along with a group of friends, …
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Ron Osajima Interview (ddr-densho-1000-486)
Nisei-Sansei male. Born July 8, 1935, in Gardena, California. Spent childhood in Gardena, where father had a wholesale produce business. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Returned to Southern California after leaving camp, living briefly in a hostel set up at the Evergreen Baptist Church of Los Angeles. Moved …
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Shizuto Kawamura family outside house (ddr-ajah-6-11)
Caption below photo: Shizuto and Spring Kawamura family in the backyard of their western style two story house, owned by the steel mill company where Shizuto worked. Both Spring and Shiz were from Alameda, CA., USA. Right after World War II ended the Kawamuras lived in Yokohama (1945-54), where this home is located. They would live …
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Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-423-2)
Written from Washington University in St. Louis where Martha was a student. Describes organizing a campus Nisei group to share outside information with camps and act as "ambassadors" for the community.
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Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-221)
Original caption: Turlock, California. Heads of families of Japanese ancestry are gathered about the table where their hand- baggage is being inspected for contraband before being admitted into the Assembly center.
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Letter from Martha Nozawa to Tomoye Takahashi (ddr-densho-410-75)
Written from Washington University in St. Louis where Martha was a student. Describes organizing a campus Nisei group to share outside information with camps and act as "ambassadors" for the community.
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Hatsuyo Ozeki in carriage with unidentified girl (ddr-ajah-6-793)
Caption below photo: Hatsuyo Ozeki, of Alameda, CA., and a Caucasian friend, possible related to William and Alfreda Mohr, of Mt Eden-Hayward, where this photo was likely taken, circa 1908.
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Letter from Hank to Kiezie Fujii (ddr-densho-433-17)
Hank writes to Kiezie (Kimiko) Fujii thanking her for the shoes and cloth and gives her updates on where all their friends are moving to as they leave the concentration camp.
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Japanese American inside barracks (ddr-densho-37-485)
Original WRA caption: Salinas Assembly Center, Salinas, California. Barracks interior at assembly center where persons of Japanese ancestry lived temporarily after evacuation from the west coast in the spring of 1942.
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Roy Nakagawa Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-358-10)
Moving to Seattle where father started a tofu business
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the …
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Jack Dairiki Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-325-3)
Born in Sacramento where parents ran a hotel
This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.
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Robert T. Ohashi Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-350-3)
Growing up in Ketchikan
Nisei male. Born July 24, 1925, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Grew up in Ketchikan, where parents ran a store. During World War II, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka incarceration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, went with family to work for a time in Idaho before eventually returning …