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img Yasui Bro's Store exterior on the corner of 1st and Oak Street (ddr-densho-259-658)

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img Wedding party (ddr-densho-259-511)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding party of Jane Kyono and Tokutaro Ted Mori, who was an Issei born in Shiga ken in 1903. This picture was taken in front of the same Buddhist Church where so many other group pictures of Nikkei were taken in Portland."

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img "Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley" (ddr-densho-259-315)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley, looking south from Panorama Point. This is a beautiful picture of what the valley looked like in the old days."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-315/

img "Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley" (ddr-densho-259-339)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley, looking south from Panorama Point. This is a beautiful picture of what the valley looked like in the old days."

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img Nipponjin Kai members (ddr-densho-259-333)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of 39-40 well dressed Issei men standing on a lawn from the appearance of the men, I will guess that these were Nipponjin Kai members."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-333/

img "Family portrait of a Japanese family in Japan" (ddr-densho-259-381)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Family portrait of a Japanese family in Japan. All are wearing Japanese clothing and some of them are wearing montsuki. Sometimes this jacket is also called a haori."

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img Wedding portrait of Issei couple (ddr-densho-259-392)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Wedding picture of Daiichi and Kinuyo Takeoka, both in western attire. Since Mrs. Takeoka came to the United States in 1918, that's probably when this picture was taken."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-392/

img Hollywood Judo Dojo (ddr-ohs-1-81)

Photo includes ID sheet identifying some of the people in the photograph including Rayko Yabe. Caption on ID sheet: Identification, in part, by Miyuki Yabe Yasui and Takashi Hoshizaki. August & September 2014.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ohs-1-81/

doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 13 (July 31, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-392)

Selected article titles: "Ex-Tuleans Get Photos in St. Louis Newspaper" (p. 1), "Nisei Women in Centers Can't Volunteer for WACs" (p. 1), "Yasui Taken to Unnamed WRA Relocation Center" (p. 1).

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img Issei men at a funeral (ddr-densho-259-340)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of 50 or more well dressed Issei men, many of whom appear to be wearing black armbands, so this may have been a post-funeral scene. This gathering may have been to mourn the death of the Emperor Meiji."

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img Issei men wearing derbies on a hillside (ddr-densho-259-334)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of twelve well dressed Issei men, most of whom are also wearing derbies, and sitting among a field of bracken fern on a side hill. I think that this was taken at the Vista House on the Columbia River highway [in Crown Point, Oregon]."

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img Seven men in an open touring car (ddr-densho-259-230)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Seven men in an open touring car The driver is a Caucasian man wearing a derby. Immediately behind him, also wearing a derby, is Toyoji Abe. Behind him, also in a derby, is Daiichi Takeoka. And peeking over Takeoka's left shoulder, is [Masuo Yasuoi], wearing a soft hat. In the very rear, …

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doc Letter to Kenjiro and Shigeko from Miyuki (ddr-ohs-1-58)

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doc Memory Book (ddr-ohs-1-62)

A collection of personal stories and photos of the genealogy and family history of the Yabes in America. This was created for the Yabe Family Reunion in Washington in 2006.

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img "Women packing strawberries" (ddr-densho-259-346)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Women packing strawberries Since the crew of packers are entirely Caucasian, if it was taken in Hood River, it almost surely was taken in some Caucasian farmer's packing house."

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img Issei minister and family (ddr-densho-259-151)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Reverend Seijiro and Mrs. Hana Uyemura [Uemura], with their first 3 children: Lillian, Margaret & Frances, Rev. Uemura was a well known Issei Methodist minister who knew our family well."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-151/

img Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church of Portland (ddr-densho-259-307)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Posed group of members of the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church of Portland. This old church was actually a remodeled home and it was located near 16th Avenue and Glisan Street."

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Collection Steven Okazaki Collection (ddr-densho-1012)

The Steven Okazaki Collection consists of interviews conducted by filmmaker Steven Okazaki for his 1984 Oscar-nominated documentary, Unfinished Business. The film profiles Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu, and Minoru Yasui and their legal fight to have their World War II convictions overturned. The interviews are audio-only, and are typically not life histories, instead primarily focusing on issues …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1012/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 106, No. 1 (January 1-8, 1988) (ddr-pc-60-1)

Special new year edition. Selected article titles: "Unlikely Journalist Writes Book About Unlikely Liberators" (pp. 1-2), "Yasui Coram Nobis: Case Closed" (p. 1), "The Exploration of the Magic Code" (pp. 2-3, 9-10), "Saburo Okinaga: World War II and the Experiences of One Japanese American in Hawaii" (p. 10), and "The Letters of Joseph Heco" (pp. 11-12).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-60-1/

doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 105, No. 12 (October 16, 1987) (ddr-pc-59-37)

Selected article titles: "On 'Japanese Americans & the U.S. Constitution'" (pp. 1-2), "JACL Director Responds: California Releases UCB Report" (pp. 1, 6), "Supreme Court Denies Latest Bid in Yasui Case" (pp. 1, 5), and "Editorial of the Pacific Citizen: After H.R. 442: Action Alert" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-pc-59-37/

img Wedding party (ddr-densho-259-512)

Wedding party of Jane Kyono and Tokutaro Ted Mori.

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img Japanese relatives with a Shinto priest (ddr-densho-259-497)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group portrait of Japanese relatives, with a Shinto priest I don't know the reason for this family gathering of representatives from both sides of our family, but I will guess that it had to do with the deification of one of our ancestors--maybe even Ichiro Miyake."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-259-497/

vh Chisao Hata interview (ddr-densho-1000-532)

Sansei female. Born August 27, 1950, in Des Moines, Iowa. Spent early childhood in Des Moines where father worked in refrigeration and air conditioning and mother worked as a nurse. Married and moved to Portland, Oregon. Raised a family while teaching dance and getting involved in Japanese American community activities and political causes. Eventually became the …

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doc Japanese Evacuees (ddr-densho-462-8)

Notes for sermon 'The Christian Church behind barbed wire'. Notes reference Min Yasui's poem, testimony by Martha Higashita

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vh Karen Yoshitomi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-527)

Sansei female. Born 1962 in Spokane, Washington. Father was born in British Columbia, Canada, and mother was born in Thomas, Washington. Grew up in the Tacoma, Washington, area, before eventually moving to Portland, Oregon, and then Seattle, Washington. Graduated from the University of Washington. Became regional director for the Japanese American Citizens League, and then Executive …

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