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img Mother and daughter behind barracks (ddr-densho-118-6)

Mitsuye May Yamada with her mother Hide.

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img Mother and daughter in front of barracks (ddr-densho-118-11)

Mitsuye May Yamada and mother Hide in front of their barracks in Block 9, Apartment C.

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img Ruth Yamada standing on a bridge in the Japanese Garden at the Huntington Library (ddr-densho-432-33)

Caption in album: "Japanese Garden. May 1 1937 / Ruth Yamada."

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img Ruth Yamada at Huntington Park (ddr-densho-432-31)

Caption in album: "May 1 1937 / Hunnington [Huntington?] Park. / Ruth Yamada."

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vh Mitsuye May Yamada Interview (ddr-densho-1000-137)

Female, child of Issei parents. Born July 5, 1923, in Fukuoka, Japan while her mother and two older Nisei brothers visited relatives. Named Mitsuye Mei Yasutake at birth. From age 3, grew up in Seattle, WA. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December …

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img Mother with two children and family friend (ddr-densho-118-13)

Hide Yasutake, her children May and Joe, and a Nisei soldier. Their barracks are in Block 4, Apartment C.

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doc Holiday card from Tomio Itabashi to Maki, May [Mae] and Doug Yamada (ddr-densho-493-21)

Block print holiday card (made with block shown in object ddr-densho-493-3, designed by Tomio.) Front is addressed "Dear Maki, May + Doug .... Sincerely, Tomio" and design features the word "Greetings" in the sky above three buildings, a tower, and a fence—a scene possibly inspired by camp. Text of message reads: "Dear Maki, Thanks a million …

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img Group at Abe residence (ddr-densho-383-206)

Left to right: Unidentified man and woman, Yoichi Matsuda, unidentified man, May Abe, Henry Yamada. Written on album page below photograph: "Portland: Abe Residence".

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img Group at Abe Residence (ddr-densho-383-338)

Left to right: Henry Yamada (behind bushes), unidentified man, Yoichi Matsuda, unidentified woman, unidentified man, May Abe. Written on album page below photograph: "Abe Residence".

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doc Letter from Ruth Yamada Matsumoto to Lillian Yamada Kuwata, May 9, 1952 (ddr-densho-432-18)

Letter from Ruth Yamada Matsumoto to her sister, Lillian Yamada Kuwata. The Matsumotos lived in Washington Heights in Tokyo, Japan. Ruth writes about the communist riots and their car being destroyed. She also discusses life in Japan with her family.

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img Group at Abe residence (ddr-densho-383-228)

Left to right: Unidentified man, Yoichi Matsuda, George Tokuda, unidentified man, unidentified woman, May Abe, Henry Yamada. Written on album page below photograph: "At Abe Residence. Portland, Oregon '31".

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vh Mitsuye May Yamada - Joe Yasutake - Tosh Yasutake Interview (ddr-densho-1000-135)

Before being contacted by Densho, the Yasutake siblings had planned to conduct their own family history interviews. Individually and jointly, they and other family members had written and gathered material documenting their family history. They shared much of this with me to assist with research and preparation for the Densho interview. Mitsuye's daughter Jeni had coordinated …

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Collection Yasutake Collection (ddr-densho-118)

The Yasutake collection consists of photographs from the personal family collection of siblings Mitsuye May Yamada, Tosh Yasutake and Joe Yasutake, who were each interviewed by Densho in 2002.

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Narrator Mitsuye May Yamada

Female, child of Issei parents. Born July 5, 1923, in Fukuoka, Japan while her mother and two older Nisei brothers visited relatives. Named Mitsuye Mei Yasutake at birth. From age 3, grew up in Seattle, WA. Father employed by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service as interpreter for twenty years, until separated from family on December …

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doc Letter from Ruth Yamada to Matsuye Koike, May 18, 1942 (ddr-densho-432-1)

This letter discusses Ruth Yamada's arrival at Santa Anita Assembly Center. It includes her impressions on the journey, their living conditions, work, and Social and recreational activities|id:63 in camp. Matsuye Koike received the letter while imprisoned at Fort Lincoln, Bismark, ND. The letter was "detained alien enemy mail examined."

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vh Mitsuye May Yamada Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-137-22)

An "abrupt wakeup call": being diagnosed with terminal emphysema