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vh Homer Yasui Interview II Segment 1 (ddr-one-7-27-1)

A history of Japanese Americans in Oregon

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vh Homer Yasui Interview II Segment 16 (ddr-one-7-27-16)

The four test cases challenging the legality of mass removal

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vh Homer Yasui Interview II Segment 9 (ddr-one-7-27-9)

Issei community organizations

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vh Homer Yasui Interview II Segment 12 (ddr-one-7-27-12)

The prewar agricultural community in Hood River, Oregon

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vh Homer Yasui Interview II Segment 5 (ddr-one-7-27-5)

Memories of growing up in Hood River, Oregon

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img Class at Sumoto School in Japan (ddr-densho-259-92)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another posed group photo of what I will guess was [Shidzuyo Yasui's] class in Home Economics. I don't know where in Japan this was taken, but it doesn't look like the Sumoto School grounds." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured center.

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img Multi-generational family portrait in Japan (ddr-densho-259-534)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait, presumably many of the extended Yasui clan in Nanukaichi, Japan. Prominent in the center is our uncle, Taiitsuro Yasui, and on his immediate right, his wife, Kameno Kawasaki Yasui. Our Yasui grandmother, Tsune [Tsuya?] Katayama Yasui, is on Taiitsuro's left. I think that that's Yasuo Yasui on Grandma Yasui's left--he was …

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img Nikkei children on a farm (ddr-densho-259-273)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Nikkei children at the Mosier farm Front row, [left to right]: Kingo Kanemasu; I think a Kajita boy; Shigenobu Yamaki; Takaaki Yasui; I think another Kajita boy; 3 unidentified girls in a row; Shizue Yasui; Reverend Isaac Inouye. Second & back rows: Mr. Hatsutaro Kajita; Michi Yasui (looking over Yakaaki Yasui's shoulder); …

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img Japanese class picture (ddr-densho-259-109)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another posed group picture of young Japanese women of which [Shidzuyo Yasui] is one. This may have been a class picture too, although in this case, there are a couple of young men standing in the top row." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the front row, second from the right.

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img People at the ceremony for the signing of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 (ddr-densho-10-185)

Caption on reverse: "Rayburn Bldg. hallway waiting for Mineta luncheon. L-R: Meriko Mori, Ruth Hashimoto, Gene Takamine, Homer Yasui, Mae Takahashi, ?, Tom Shimasaki, Charles Nagao, Mollie Fujioka."

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img Issei and Nisei on Mount Hood, Oregon (ddr-densho-259-216)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Japanese friends in front of the old Cloud Cap Inn at Mt. Hood, at the foot of Cooper Spur."

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img Issei and Nisei on Mount Hood, Oregon (ddr-densho-259-220)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Japanese friends in front of the old Cloud Cap Inn at Mt. Hood, at the foot of Cooper Spur."

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img Issei members of Portland Methodist church (ddr-densho-259-306)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group of Issei members of the Epworth Methodist Church in Portland. The ministers at the time were Rev. Osuga and Rev. Frank Iritani."

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img The summit of Mount Hood, Oregon (ddr-densho-259-36)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is the picture of the cabin on the summit of Mt. Hood, with a group of 8 mountain climbers off to one side."

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img Portrait of two young men in Japan (ddr-densho-259-61)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This Japanese picture of [Masuo Yasui] and a friend shows both of them in Western gear. My guess is that both of these young boys were getting ready to emigrate to the U.S., but I don't know who his buddy was."

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img Portrait of an Issei minister (ddr-densho-259-143)

Portrait of the Revered Isaac Inouye. Caption by Homer Yasui: "Some vandal (and as I remember it, that vandal was Shu [Yasui]) had drawn two ink lines along the mouth creases of the good Reverend. Shu and the Rev. didn't get along too well."

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img Issei men and women beside a passenger train (ddr-densho-259-271)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Two Issei men standing besides [sic] a passenger train; three women in the background. One of the 3 Issei women is [Shidzuyo Yasui], who is wearing a very long coat and a very large black hat with a long ostrich plume."

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img Officers of Portland Japanese Association (ddr-densho-259-331)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Formal group photograph of 14 Issei men, all very well dressed in western suits. These may have been the officers of the Portland Japanese Association."

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img Young People's Christian Conference (ddr-densho-259-288)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group photo of many young Nisei This surely must have been another YPCC gathering this conference likely took place at a church in Portland."

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img White brother and sister picking strawberries (ddr-densho-259-249)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This was 'Peggy' Smith on the left, and her brother Chandler Smith on the right, and they were picking strawberries on our Willow Flat farm."

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img Celebration of Tenchosetsu (ddr-densho-259-142)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Picture of the celebration of Tenchosetsu at the [Hood River] Japanese Community Hall Tenchosetsu was the formal celebration of the birthday of the Japanese emperor."

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img "Family portrait of a young Japanese family" (ddr-densho-259-181)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of a young Japanese family." Fumi and Saburo Miyake, the brother and sister-in-law of Shidzuyo Miyake, and their daughter, Midori Miyake.

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img Nisei bride in kimono (ddr-densho-259-367)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding photograph, in a Japanese kimono, of Jane Kyono Jane was born in 1915 in Hood River [Oregon] and married Tokutaro Ted Mori before WWII."

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img Summit of Mount Hood, Oregon (ddr-densho-259-457)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Another view of the two story cabin at the top of Mt. Hood. It was used as a lookout station in the forest fire season."

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img "Kuga family from Kumamoto ken" (ddr-densho-259-490)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait in Japan, which Yuka has captioned as the 'Kuga family from Kumamoto ken.' Shown here is a stair-stepping size gradation of their 5 boys."

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