128 items
128 items

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Arthur Ogami Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1000-154-1)
Family background: parents' immigration from Japan to Whittier, California

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Old people of Whittier, California (ddr-csujad-57-39)
Elderly founders of Whittier (Calif.) pose in three rows, seated and standing, before a structure. [Printed on paper attached to photo and matboard] The Old People of Whittier, California, December 12, 1895. [Followed by lists of names with birth dates and birthplaces, organized rear, middle, front. Transcription of names only:] REAR COLUMN Joel Hiatt ; Samuel …

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Eighteenth California yearly meeting of Friends, Whittier 1912 (ddr-csujad-57-36)
Group portrait of California Yearly Meeting of Friends, Whittier, California. ''Eighteenth California Yearly Meeting of Friends Whittier 1912. E.L. Meyer Photo, Ontario, Cal.'' Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0035

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California yearly meeting of Friends 1894, Whittier College (ddr-csujad-57-41)
Young men and women are seated on a lawn with trees behind them. They are seated in the shape of two hearts missing their points, or a large and small numeral three. [Handwritten on verso] C. E. Group taken at the first Y. M. held at Whittier 1894, W College Campus. L.F.H. See this object in …

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Minutes of the California yearly meeting of Friends Church, Whittier, California, 1945 (ddr-csujad-57-29)
Includes Report of Japanese Committee See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0029

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Minutes of the California yearly meeting of Friends Church, Whittier, California, 1944 (ddr-csujad-57-28)
Includes a letter from Samuel Ishikawa of Friends Japanese Church. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0028

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Minutes of the California yearly meeting of Friends Church, Whittier, California, 1942 (ddr-csujad-57-26)
Includes Report of Friends Mexican Missions and Report of Japanese Mission: The Norwalk Work. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0026

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Minutes of the California yearly meeting of Friends Church, Whittier, California, 1943 (ddr-csujad-57-27)
Includes part of report of Friends Mexican Missions, and Report of the Japanese Mission. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0027

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Pastors at Forward Movement Conference (ddr-csujad-57-37)
A group of pastors in formal clothing, including two women, stands before the First Friends Church, located at 13205 (310 E.) Philadelphia St., Whittier, Calif. [Handwritten on photomat] Pastors at Forward Movement Conference. Whittier, Cal. S. J. Pickering (E. Whittier) ; Cal Jones (Alamitos) ; Eli Reece (Los Angeles) ; H. C. Hollingsworth (Sunnyside) ; Geo. …

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Woman's bible class (ddr-csujad-57-31)
A group of women pose on the front steps of a Whittier house belonging to Griffith and Cora Milhous. They belong to the Woman's Bible Class of the First Friends Church of Whittier, Calif. [Handwritten on verso] Anna Tomlinson / Woman's Bible Class First Friends Church Whittier, Calif. See this object in the California State Universities …

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Woman's bible class (ddr-csujad-57-32)
A group of women pose on the front steps of a Whittier house belonging to Griffith and Cora Milhous. They belong to the Woman's Bible Class of the First Friends Church of Whittier, Calif. [Handwritten on verso] Anna Tomlinson / Woman's Bible Class First Friends Church Whittier, Calif. See this object in the California State Universities …

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Japanese Church debt 1929 (ddr-csujad-57-12)
Amounts pledged by Friends congregations of Whittier, East Whittier, Burbank, and Pasadena, to help build Friends Japanese Church, located at 12043 (6470 E.) (219) Orange Street, Norwalk, Calif. [Handwritten document] Japanese Church debt 1929 [List of names and amounts. Includes categories Burbank, E. Whittier, and Pasadena.] Title from note. See this object in the California State …

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Letter from Aquilla H. Pickering, 1898 (ddr-csujad-57-46)
Letter written by Aquilla H. Pickering, describing the founding of the City of Whittier by members of the Religious Society of Friends. "Story of locating Whittier." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0045

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Friends Headquarters (ddr-csujad-57-8)
A group of men, women and children stand on the front steps of First Friends Church, located at 13205 (310 E.) Philadelphia Street, Whittier, Calif. The group is likely composed of members of First Friends Church (Whittier, Calif.) and members of Friends Japanese Church (Norwalk, Calif.). [Handwritten on photo] July 23, 1918 [Stamped on matboard] F. …

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Yearly meeting of Friends Church, 1921 (ddr-csujad-57-6)
Yearly meeting at Whittier, 1921. Men, women and children pose for a group portrait outdoors, on a lawn in front of trees and houses. [Handwritten on photo] Yearly Meeting at Whittier 1921. [Illegible.] See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0006

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Friends congregants (ddr-csujad-57-7)
A group of men, women and children pose for a group portrait outdoors, on a lawn with trees behind them. They are likely congregation of Friends Japanese Church, located in Norwalk, California. A mission of the First Friends Church of Whittier, California. [Handwritten on photo] Photo by Ronie Meyer - Whittier - Cal. June 22 - …

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Katsumi Shigamatsu (ddr-csujad-57-17)
A man holds the hand of a little girl. Behind them is a truck and a building. [Handwritten on photo] At mission Whittier, Katsurmi Shigamatsu, 1924 [Handwritten on verso] Katsumi Shigematsu / 9 yes old girl / June 10, 1924 at Japanese Mission Whittier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
![Letter from [Ayame] May Okine to Mr and Mrs. S. Okine, April 26, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-142)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/68/60/6860cae67dda7df11d27281d3fe61838.jpg)
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Letter from [Ayame] May Okine to Mr and Mrs. S. Okine, April 26, 1946 [in Japanese] (ddr-csujad-5-142)
A letter from Ayame May Okine in Chicago, Illinois, to her father-in-law, Seiichi Okine in Whittier, California. Learning about the Okine's moving from Hawthorne to Whittier, she expresses her concerns about the neighborhood in the new location, and updates on her life in Chicago and Makoto Okine in Japan. The arrival date of the letter, April …

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Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-52)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0051

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Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-58)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0057

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Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-60)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0059

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Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-50)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0049

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Pastor of Whittier First Friends Church (ddr-csujad-57-55)
Portrait housed in envelope marked "Pastors" in Whittier First Friends Church archives. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0054

1st grade (ddr-csujad-5-309)
Photographed are 1st graders in an elementary school in Whittier, California. Includes Dorothy Ai Okine. A photograph from "Dorothy Ai Aoki photo album" (csudh_oki_0300), page 2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_08_002_002

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Twenty-first California yearly meeting of Friends, 1915 (ddr-csujad-57-38)
Group portrait of men, women, and children before a two-story house. [Handwritten note on photo] Twenty First California Yearly Meeting of Friends, Whittier, 1915. Title from note. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FFC-0037