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img Group at Obon Festival (ddr-ajah-3-275)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA obon festival circa early 1950s

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img Group of girls in costume (ddr-ajah-3-209)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA "Gypsey Dancers" group, circa early 1920s, based on Tomoe Otsu's birthdate of December 14, 1917. Individuals identified

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img Three women and one man at Obon Festival (ddr-ajah-3-265)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., circa 1950s Oban

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 120, No. 1 (January 6-19, 1995) (ddr-pc-67-1)

Selected article titles: "President Explains Board Decision to Downsize Staff" (pp. 1, 5), "Yamashita to File Federal Class-Action Suit for Marine Discrimination Victims" (p. 3), "Responding to Critics of JACL's Wartime Role--Part 2" (pp. 9, 13), "Bruyeres: A Special Experience, a Special Meaning..." (pp. 10, 13-14), and "552nd GIs Shoot Open Dachau Gates" (pp. 11, 14).

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img [Group photograph of incarcerees at Manznar Children's Village] (ddr-csujad-29-322)

Eleven children take a group photograph at the Children's Village in Manzanar. Photograph inscription: "Kadani (?) sisters, Isazaki brothers, Kenneth Yoshihara, Jackson Takayanagi, Mrs. Potts, Bobby Yamashita, Sho Matsuno." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P265

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Narrator Kiyoshi Seishin Yamashita

Nisei male. Born February 14, 1920, in Kent, Washington. Grew up in the nearby town of Auburn, where parents ran a farm. Family was involved Auburn Buddhist Church. Graduated from the University of Washington in 1942 and removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center and Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Recruited out of Tule Lake to teach …

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img 80th birthday party (ddr-densho-495-71)

Large family portrait at Francis Tadashi Yoshida's 80th birthday celebration. Back row left to right: Eddie T., Mrs. Yamashita, Mrs. Onuma, Sue Ellen Yoshida, Mr. Onuma, Reggie, Randall "Randy" Yoshida. Row 5: Tadashi, Rhoda Yoshida, Nan, Peter, Christine Nakamura, Row 4: Wally Yoshida, Leona, Kenny, Cary Nakamura, Fay (Yamashita) Yoshida, Carol (Yoshida) Sunahara, Geraldine "Geri" (Yoshida) …

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img Self-organized harikuri band, string quartet, at Jerome incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-18)

Self-organized harikuri band, a string quartet at Jerome incarceration camp. Guitar, Joe Iwasaki; first mandolin, Johnny Yamashita; violin, Seichi Ono; second mandolin, Yutaka Motsuda. March 12, 1943. Photo by Tom Parker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_018

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img Social gathering (ddr-densho-34-77)

Social gathering outside the Buddhist Church on Fletcher's Bay. Left to right: Mrs. Tanigui, Mr. Torazo Nakao, Santhro Yoshida, Mrs. Yamashita, Mrs. Umeno Yoshida, Mrs. Tsue Nishimori, Mrs. Masa Omoto, Mrs. Harui, Mrs. Hayano Moritani, Mrs. Masaye Furukawa, Mrs. Koura, Mrs. Matsushita, Mrs. Ogawa, Mr. Hedematsu Furukawa, Rev. Ichikawa, Mr. Harui, Mrs. Suyematsu, Mr. Nishimori, Mrs. …

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doc University of Washington Bulletin, Undergraduate Honors, 1941-1942 (ddr-densho-241-3)

University of Washington Bulletin, Undergraduate Honors, 1941-1942. mailed to graduate at Tule Lake

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doc University of Washington diploma (ddr-densho-241-1)

University of Washington diploma mailed to the graduate at Tule Lake

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doc University of Washington Honors Convocation program (ddr-densho-241-2)

University of Washington Honors Convocation program mailed to the graduate at Tule Lake

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img Five women sitting in field with tents and other picnickers in background (ddr-ajah-6-117)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei women from Alameda, CA picnic at McKinley Park, Alameda, circa early 1930s. Fans of the Alameda Taiku Kai baseball team often held picnics and played games before the ATK played a game. Individuals identified

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 72, No. 5 (February 5, 1971) (ddr-pc-43-5)

Selected article titles: "Matsunga Title II repealer broadened" (p. 1), "Sacramento 'CL backs plan for minority jobs" (p. 1), "War crimes trial decision convicting Gen. Yamashita haunts U.S. military" (p. 1), "'Modern Medicine' magazine cites two Nisei researchers" (p. 1), "Two Bay Area community JACLers toss hat in wide-open Berkeley elections" (p. 2), "Mas Satow starts …

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 112, No. 2 [January 18, 1991] (ddr-pc-63-2)

Select article titles: "National JACL Statement: On the Scrutiny of Arab American Due to Persian Gulf Tensions" (p. 1), "To Be Located In Little Tokyo's First Street North Plaza: Nation-wide Search Ends as memorial Design for Japanese American Veterans Unveiled" (p. 1), "Marine Corps to Reopen Bias Case of Bruce Yamashita" (p. 3), "Nisei Evacuees Who …

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img Beauty shop staff, Amache Co-op (ddr-csujad-55-1567)

Black and white photograph of the beauty shop staff at Amache Consumer Enterprises, Amache incarceration camp. Pictured from left to right, B. Yamashita, Y. Sugita, M. Inouye. From Amache Co-op Souvenir Album, page 30 See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1569

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img Five girls on stage in costume (ddr-ajah-3-321)

Caption below photo: Entertainment on stage at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, circa 1950s. Backdrop screen painted by Shigeru Yamamoto

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img Group at Obon Festival (ddr-ajah-3-266)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., circa 1950s Oban

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doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 32, No. 6, June 1995 (ddr-sjacl-1-426)

Newsletter covering the following topics: 50 People attend Asian American/Jewish American conference; Cherry Kinoshita awarded the Order of the Precious Crown, Apricot, by the Emperor of Japan; scholarship awardees, Akemi Tanemura (Seattle Chapter JACL Scholarship), Jonathan Matsui (Tamesa), and Dawn Hewitt (Tazuma); Seattle JACL and Seattle Education Association offers one day workshop on ?Japanese American Internment?A …

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Japanese Can't Be Naturalized, Says High Court. Highest Tribunal of Land Rules Against Eligibility of State of Washington and Hawaiian Residents. (November 13, 1922) (ddr-densho-56-372)

doc Japanese Can't Be Naturalized, Says High Court. Highest Tribunal of Land Rules Against Eligibility of State of Washington and Hawaiian Residents. (November 13, 1922) (ddr-densho-56-372)

The Seattle Daily Times, November 13, 1922, pp. 1, 5

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img Group of women performing on stage (ddr-ajah-3-324)

Caption below photo: Entertainment on stage during the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA, circa 1950s

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img Four women outside house (ddr-ajah-6-913)

Caption below photo: Issei women pose in Alameda, CA, August 1950

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img Group of children at Obon Festival (ddr-ajah-3-271)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA obon festival circa early 1950s

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img Children standing in line at Obon festival (ddr-ajah-3-290)

Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA obon festival circa early 1950s

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 48, No. 21 (May 22, 1959) (ddr-pc-31-21)

Selected article titles: "Justice Dept. admits 'mistake' of evacuation. Remarks made at ceremony ending administrative program for renunciants" (p. 1), "Lack of civil rights in U.S. seen as threat to world peace" (p. 1), "Tule Lake WRA camp on the block for sale to bidder" (p. 1), "Mas Yamashita first Idaho Nisei named to Military Academy" …

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