72 items
72 items
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Portrait of women in photo folder (ddr-ajah-2-817)
Inscription on folder: To Mrs. Tsuchiya and Mary / Always Taniyo Alice / 12/15/1943. Caption: Alice Taniyo Iwataki, of Alameda, CA., was born in 1913 and died in 2016. She married Masaru "Roy" Iwata. She is Joe Iwataki's sister. Photo: December 15, 1943 in st. Paul Minnesota.
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Pacific Citizen, Whole No. 2,260, Vol. 97, No. 16 (October 14, 1983) (ddr-pc-55-40)
Selected article titles: "Government capitulates, clears Korematsu" (p. 1), "Wright introduces House redress bill" (p. 1), "Alameda County passes Nisei employee reparation" (p. 2), "Impact of internment on health to be discussed" (p. 4).
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-882)
Letter from Taliesin. Kan is making progress and gaining skills at Taniesin, especially in carpentry, as he is learning skills from a carpenter's son (Marcus Weston, also mentioned in letter ddr-densho-329-881). He is also enjoying listening to records with the other fellows and dusting off his piano skills. Mr. Wright encourages him to join the chorus. …
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Snow in Tokyo (ddr-one-2-218)
Black and white photographic print of Shiuko Sakai wearing a black coat, white headscarf and holding a snowball outside in the snow in front of low fence with a building (possibly Frank Lloyd Wright Hotel) and tree in background.
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American Wife Divorces Ito -- He is 'Too Oriental' (April 3, 1936) (ddr-densho-56-460)
The Seattle Daily Times, April 3, 1936, p. 13
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Adobe Trails vol. 13, no. 1 (ddr-densho-433-261)
Hayward Area Historical Society's newsletter with an invitation to the annual meeting and laying of a time capsule.
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-861)
Letter from New York. Kan has heard that Wakako has appendicitis and will have her appendix removes, and jokes with her about it. He is continuing to read Frank Lloyd Wright's autobiography and learning German.
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-872)
Letter from Taliesin. Kan has begun to apprentice at Taliesin, though his work is menial so far" working in the kitchen and sandpapering the floor of the new drafting room. He describes the weekend tradition in the fellowship of Saturday evening picnics and entertainment (shown in photos ddr-densho-329-721 through -726 and ddr-densho-329-835). He hasn't yet had …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-870)
Letter from New York. Kan shares an anecdote about a couple getting stuck suspended in the parachute jump concession at the World's Fair. On arguing to get paid fairly for his work after completion of a rock garden project. Taking care of last things in New York before leaving on his trip to interview with Frank …
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Living room interior (ddr-densho-377-1600)
Living room of a home likely designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Likely taken during Kan's fellowship at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin East in 1939. The six photographic negatives in objects ddr-densho-377-1599 through -1604 were originally grouped together on one sheet of photo paper and are cropped from one scan.
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-867)
Letter from New York. Kan is now working for landscape architect Shogo Myaida's business, "the Garden Clinic." Working on a project for Japan Day, and sold a bonsai project idea to the designer, Kudzumi. Discusses the confidence required to go out seeking jobs and selling project ideas, which he observes that he seems better at than …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-868)
Letter from New York. Kan has received word that Frank Lloyd Wright has an apprenticeship opening and would like to interview him, so he is planning to travel to Wisconsin for the interview. He has some guilt about leaving Myaida's Garden Clinic so soon when they are clearly benefiting from his business savvy. Also shares anecdotes …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-871)
Letter from Chicago. Kan is on his way to interview with Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin. He talks about driving his Ford, and the places he is passing through: visiting the zoo with Mary Fujii in Chicago, Niagara Falls, impressions of the landscapes as he drives through Ohio and Indiana on his way to Wisconsin. On …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-866)
Letter from New York. Since finishing the New York World's Fair job Kan has moved out to Albertson, N. Y. He is working for his recent boss at the fair, landscape architect Shogo Myaida. Season changing to spring. He has visited Frank Lloyd Wright's 1937 Rebhuhn House in Long Island and includes detailed impressions.
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-874)
Letter from Taliesin. Kan is working in the Taliesin kitchen, working on designing and fixing up his room as his main solo creative project, and working with other fellows on landscaping a hillside for which they are sourcing local plants from the area His old boss, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, has invited him back to work …
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-873)
Letter from Taliesin. Kan's sister, Tok, and brother-in-law, Norman, have just had a daughter. He is doing a lot of farming at Taliesin and designing a house "just for fun." He feels less artistically inclined than many of the other fellows. Growing to like Taliesin better but doesn't want to stay there forever. Still curious about …
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Conversation between Eric Saul and John Burden; Shig Kihara on Caucasian officers and Nisei soldiers (ddr-densho-1007-1787)
Saul and Burden discuss Burden's knowledge of Japanese and Burden's relationship with Japanese people in Japan and on Maui. Kihara discusses why the Pentagon wanted Caucasian officers leading Nisei in Japan, the relationships between Caucasian officers and Nisei soldiers (with examples), and a few stories about Judge Eugene Wright. Original title: II B/K #5, Burden/Kihara tape …
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Interior living space (ddr-densho-377-1603)
View of a large interior room of a home, likely a home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright?this photo was likely taken during Kan's fellowship at Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin East in 1939. The six photographic negatives in objects ddr-densho-377-1599 through -1604 were originally grouped together on one sheet of photo paper and are cropped from one …
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The Donkey Serenade fox trot (ddr-janm-16-16)
Blue color label with gold letters\nB-10125-A From the M--G-M film "The Firefly" Wright-Forrest-Friml-Stothart Artie "Shaw & his Orchestra\nB-10125-B My Heart Stood Still from the musical comedy "Connecticut Yankee" Lorentz Hart-Richard Rodgers Artie Shaw & his Orchestra\n#14 on list inside box\nBack side printed at UL corner "Recordvelop" Trademark Title: Number: Maker: Column Date Quantity
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Letter from Kaneji Domoto to Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-329-860)
Letter from New York. Kan writes about his evening routine, what he's eating, and his relationship with his supervisor on the World's Fair garden, landscape architect Shogo Myaida, whom he hopes will hire him on a potential new garden project on the fair grounds, and the landscape architect running the World's Fair garden project, Nagao Sakurai. …