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81 items
![Eiichi Yamashita visiting Blau Oyster Company (ddr-densho-296-34)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d4/cd/d4cd73bb6c59b7cd30cb1541b2541a0b.jpg)
![Three men looking at a newspaper (ddr-densho-296-94)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a6/69/a6691888615649497fa55777bba076d2.jpg)
![Group photograph at an oyster farm (ddr-densho-296-64)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/3d/6b/3d6badee2d7f57511c2e04dc35c40ca3.jpg)
![Oyster association party (ddr-densho-296-111)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/41/9e/419ee2f2a4431ce16405a92beca818b2.jpg)
![Oyster shucking competition (ddr-densho-296-113)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7f/7f/7f7fea5b85316cc590036675704f0439.jpg)
![Eiichi Yamashita standing next to an oyster barge (ddr-densho-296-116)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/88/3f/883f5af8880b5bba72a74b230e1a7bf6.jpg)
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Eiichi Yamashita standing next to an oyster barge (ddr-densho-296-116)
Eiichi Yamashita standing next to a Nisqually Shellfish Farm oyster barge name the Eiichi.
![A group in front of Fire Station No. 1 (ddr-densho-296-24)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/13/76/1376410c7f35c01dc673dd59b9d94d7e.jpg)
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A group in front of Fire Station No. 1 (ddr-densho-296-24)
Eiichi Yamashita, third from the right in the front row.
![Eiichi Yamashita shucking oysters at an event (ddr-densho-296-117)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/9b/7b/9b7b464066349b78ff0923f959e1a90d.jpg)
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Eiichi Yamashita shucking oysters at an event (ddr-densho-296-117)
Eiichi Yamashita shucking oysters for his company, Western Oyster Co.
![A group in front of Fire Station No. 1 (ddr-densho-296-23)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/09/8a/098ad84dd52ce620eac332800cd9ae7d.jpg)
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A group in front of Fire Station No. 1 (ddr-densho-296-23)
Eiichi Yamashita, third from the right in the front row.
![Eiichi Yamashita (ddr-densho-296-180)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/7e/8b/7e8bf2b1d156481b13a044b98d80dd21.jpg)
![Eiichi Yamashita (ddr-densho-296-183)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/6a/7c/6a7cc60145f45ed3fa61cd4a5495fee7.jpg)
![Eiichi Yamashita Collection (ddr-densho-296)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e6/76/e6762588ce1459b511ce2f424053b24e.jpg)
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Eiichi Yamashita Collection (ddr-densho-296)
The Eiichi Yamashita Collection contains photographs documenting Eiichi Yamashita and his family's life in the Pacific Northwest and their work as oyster farmers.
Eiichi Yamashita participated in two visual history interviews with Densho in 2014. The can be found at the following links: Eiichi Yamashita Interview I: https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-423-1/ Eiichi Yamashita Interview II: https://ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr-densho-1000-424-1/
![Masahide Yamashita sitting with another man (ddr-densho-296-5)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/24/bb/24bbc570105a650b11aee2969111e65b.jpg)
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Masahide Yamashita sitting with another man (ddr-densho-296-5)
Caption on reverse: "Part of Jerry's [Eiichi Yamashita] Dad's young people's club - kept in touch with Jerry's Dad & appreciate his efforts."
![Eiichi and Masako Yamashita (ddr-densho-296-71)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/85/c8/85c837a33367177033d5bd104ad2b0e7.jpg)
![Eiichi Yamashita Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-424)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ab/dc/abdc1d301ad46b4bbd32bd6cd33404a3.jpg)
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-424)
Nisei male. Born January 27, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington. Finished high school in Bellingham, Washington, where family moved for father's oyster business. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp and lived in Chicago briefly before returning to the Samish Bay area near Bellingham to …
![Eiichi Yamashita Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-423)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d0/9d/d09d4b46f208187131eebb12d6f075b1.jpg)
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Eiichi Yamashita Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-423)
Nisei male. Born January 27, 1923, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, Washington. Finished high school in Bellingham, Washington, where family moved for father's oyster business. During World War II, removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp and lived in Chicago briefly before returning to the Samish Bay area near Bellingham to …
![View of Eiichi Yamashita's oyster boat in Hood Canal (ddr-densho-296-61)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/57/e4/57e445718e69a31ba818369d5a515ae8.jpg)
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View of Eiichi Yamashita's oyster boat in Hood Canal (ddr-densho-296-61)
Caption on reverse: "Hood Canal - Yamashitas (Jerry) boat / April 1947."