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img Group of Issei and Nisei gathered in front of a train (ddr-densho-259-198)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Japanese standing beside a couple of cars of a passenger train. [Renichi Fujimoto] is standing a little off to himself on the left in the shade, and from left to right are: Homer [Yasui] (looking up at [Shidzuyo Yasui]), Shizue Iwatsuki, Katsusaburo Tamura on the steps of …

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doc Testimony of Lily Yuriko (Yasui) Ota (ddr-densho-67-253)

Written testimony of Lily Yuriko (Yasui) Ota of Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated in the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. This testimony was submitted for the CWRIC hearings in Seattle, Washington, September 9-11, 1981.

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img "Third Yasui Brothers Store under construction" (ddr-densho-259-284)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "This view [of the third Yasui Brothers Store under construction] was looking north northwest. The brick building to the left was the Hood River Hotel. The wooden building with the cupola and the verandas on both the first and second stories was the old Mt. Hood Hotel."

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img "Third Yasui Brothers Store under construction" (ddr-densho-259-283)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Texaco service station being built on the corner of First and Oak Streets in Hood River, Oregon Third Yasui Brothers Store under construction."

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img Yasui Family outside Hood River Courthouse (ddr-densho-259-642)

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img Yasui Family portrait at Pamorama Point (ddr-densho-259-635)

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img Interior of Second Yasui Brother's Store (ddr-densho-259-654)

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img Fruit Delivering to the Yasui Store (ddr-densho-259-655)

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img Barbara Yasui and Robert Hayman Wedding (ddr-ohs-1-260)

Photo Caption: Barbara Yasui and Robert Hayman Wedding. June 19, 1977. S.F. Presidio

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doc Advertisement for a Civil Liberties League meeting (ddr-densho-67-109)

This group is protesting Min Yasui's incarceration and wants to raise awareness of his case to all internees.

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doc Minoru Yasui, Appellant, vs. United States of America (ddr-densho-156-189)

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img Northwest division of Methodist women, Hood River conference (ddr-densho-259-164)

Caption in Japanese at bottom of photograph: "Northwest division of Methodist women, Hood River conference." Caption by Homer Yasui: "A large print gathering of some Hood River Issei , together with a large number of out-of-town Issei women in front of the Hood River Community Hall."

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img Japanese women in kimono (ddr-densho-259-87)

Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured in the last row on the left. Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo] and another woman standing in the back, are wearing formal black clothing bearing crests of some sort. The mon (crest) that [Shidzuyo] is wearing is too small to be identified. The Miyake [Shidzuyo's maiden name] family crest was the Chinese …

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img Issei man and Nisei girl (ddr-densho-259-514)

Unidentified Issei man with a Nisei girl, possibly Yuka Yasui.

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img Issei men alongside a touring car (ddr-densho-259-192)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Masuo Yasui] and another man standing alongside a touring car. The interesting thing about this picture is that the sign on the wall of the building says, 'E.C. Smith Motor Co.' I doubt that this was a business run by Ernest C. Smith, [Masuo]'s old friend. but who knows? E.C. Smith's business …

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img Nisei child sitting on a table with a statue (ddr-densho-259-155)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay [Yasui] sitting on an oak table, with a statuette of an extremely high-foreheaded but bald Japanese man. Actually this statue represented one of the seven Chinese Gods of good fortune, which the Japanese called Fukuroku Ju This god was known for his ability to prophesy events and to perform miracles for …

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img Nisei man with tennis racquet (ddr-densho-259-420)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay [Yasui] holding a tennis racquet behind his arms. This surely must have been taken at the dirt tennis court which had been built at the old Japanese Community Hall."

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img Nissei man (ddr-densho-259-318)

Ches Yasui with mountains in the background, possibly in Hood River, Oregon.

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img Portrait of Japanese and white men and women in Japan (ddr-densho-259-149)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Very large portrait taken in Japan, which includes [Shidzuyo Yasui] It's intriguing because the group--which I suspect consists of teachers--are gathered in front of a large, two story, western-style wooden building wiith shutters. But of more interest are two Caucasian couples, and a dozen or so Japanese men." Shidzuyo Yasui is pictured …

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img Japanese woman in kapogi (ddr-densho-259-167)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Solo portrait of [Shidzuyo Yasui] in kimono, holding a budding twig in her right hand, and wearing what looks like a fancy kapogi (sort of a Japanese apron, but much nicer). This surely was taken in Japan before she emigrated to America."

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img Japanese Americans at a cabin in Mosier, Oregon (ddr-densho-259-59)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "The reason why we were all [at a cabin in Mosier, Oregon] that summer was because along about 1929 [Masuo Yasui] developed an almost lethal case of lobar pneumonia [His wife, Shidzuyo] insisted that he quit work entirely and work on the business of getting well. To that end our whole family …

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