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img Group of Issei women with reverend (ddr-densho-259-225)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Mrs. Munemoto, Mrs. Iwasa, Mrs. Iwatsuka, Mrs. Tanimoto, Mrs. Yamaki, Rev. [Isaac] Inouye."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-225/

img "Portrait of a middle-aged Japanese man" (ddr-densho-259-165)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of a middle-aged Japanese man wearing glasses and a striped tie."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-165/

Nisei male. Born October 19, 1916, in Hood River, Oregon. Earned a law degree from the University of Oregon law school and was practicing law prior to World War II. In 1942, deliberately defied the curfew imposed upon Japanese Americans in Portland, Oregon, and was arrested. His case was tried, and he was sentenced to one …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/519/

Narrator Homer Yasui

Nisei male. Born December 28, 1924, in Hood River, Oregon. Grew up in Hood River, where father and uncles ran a store. During World War II, removed to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California, and the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. After leaving camp, attended college in Denver and Philadelphia. Eventually became a physician and returned to …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/694/

Narrator Miyuki Yasui

Nisei female. Born September 18, 1926, in South Pasadena, California. Grew up in Los Angeles, California. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. Attended college in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, after leaving camp. Eventually married and moved to Portland, Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/695/

Narrator Peggy A. Nagae

Sansei female. Born July 25, 1951, in Boring, Oregon, a small town outside of Portland. Graduated from Vassar College, then earned a law degree from Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College. In the 1980s, lead the legal team for Yasui v. United States, a lawsuit to overturn a 40 year old conviction for …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/369/

vh Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview II Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-124-3)

Memories of a visit from Minoru Yasui, "his conviction really inspired me"

As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-124-3/

img Portrait of Nisei man in a suit (ddr-densho-259-447)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of Harry Iwatsuki, the son of Kamegoro and Shizue Iwatsuki." Signature: "Sincerely Harry."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-447/

img Aerial view of islands in the Columbia River (ddr-densho-259-205)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Two islands in the Columbia River, slightly west of the town of Mosier, OR."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-205/

img Nikkei at a train depot (ddr-densho-259-236)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Some [Hood River] Nikkei next to a train, maybe seeing the Rev. Uemura's off."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-236/

img Four Issei men on a bridge (ddr-densho-259-183)

From left to right: Daiichi Takeoka, an unidentified man, Keisuke Ito, and Masuo Yasui at Crown Point, Oregon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-183/

img Issei missionary (ddr-densho-259-243)

Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Rev. Niisato, missionary--he once prayed for our dog Mike who had eye problems."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-243/

img "Girls from Dee" (ddr-densho-259-272)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Five Nisei girls who lived in Dee [Oregon]. This picture was taken on the south side of the old Dee Japanese Community Hall. I can identify Mikie Kageyama and Hannah Kinoshita but I don't recognize the other three."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-272/

img Issei mother and baby (ddr-densho-259-209)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Mrs. Tatsu Emi holding a newborn infant wrapped in a Japanese quilt. Her husband, Dr. Shiro Emi, had a dental practice for a very short time in a side room of the first Yasui Brothers store on Third Street The baby is Seiji Emi."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-209/

img Issei woman holding an infant (ddr-densho-259-409)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "A young Japanese woman holding an infant in her arms, standing on the front porch."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-409/

img Grandmother and grandchildren on a settee (ddr-densho-259-47)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Hisa Fujii Miyake, my maternal grandmother, with Saburo Miyake's three young children on a settee."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-47/

img Issei man and woman in front of a black car (ddr-densho-259-218)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Issei man and woman in cloche hat standing in front of a large black car."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-218/

img Michi Yasui on deck of the USS Pres. Grant (ddr-densho-259-618)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-618/

doc UPI Wire copy on Yasui, Hirabayashi and Korematsu lawsuits (ddr-densho-122-318)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-318/

doc UPI Wire copy on Yasui, Hirabayashi and Korematsu lawsuits (ddr-densho-122-319)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-319/

img Issei mother with baby (ddr-densho-259-382)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Japanese mother with her baby, who is lying in a wicker crib with a pacifier in its mouth. Yuka [Yasui] has identified this woman as Kinuyo Takeoka, the wife of Daiichi. If this is so, then that baby must be Kay Takeoka who was born in 1920."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-382/