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img Nisei baseball teams at N.W. Class A Baseball Tournament (ddr-densho-259-366)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group portraint [sic] of Nisei baseball teams taken at the NW Class A Baseball Tournament in 1932 Among the teams represented in this picture were: Fife, WA; the Portland Fujii; White River, WA; the Hood River Nisei Athletic Club (N.A.C.); the Yakima Yamato; Bellevue; and the Seattle Waseda."

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img Masuo Yasui and Hood River Nikkei community inside the Hood River Japanese Community Hall after Masuro receives award (ddr-densho-259-632)

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doc Photo Album of Mitsuye (Jyoko) Yabe 80th Birthday Celebration and the Wedding of Barbara Yasui and Robert Hayman (ddr-ohs-1-233)

Caption in Photo Album: 80th Birthday Celebration - Imperial Dragon Restaurant.

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img Hood River Japanese community band (ddr-densho-259-319)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Hood River Japanese community band--or maybe it was the Hood River Japanese Methodist Church Band I think that LeRoy Burns used to lead this band and maybe later on it was a Mr. Savo, but in this picture, neither of them are pictured. This was taken on the wooden front steps …

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doc Fahy Defends Curfew on Japs (May 11, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-913)

The Seattle Daily Times, May 11, 1943, p. 5

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doc High Court Upholds Jap Curfew, Restores U.S. Citizenship of Red. Exclusion Justified, Say Judges. (June 21, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-939)

The Seattle Daily Times, June 21, 1943, pp. 1, 4

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vh Jan Kumasaka Interview (ddr-densho-1000-518)

Sansei female. Born August 12, 1937, in Seattle, Washington. During World War II, family removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Lived in Minidoka for only four months before leaving camp to live and farm in Great Falls, Montana. After a few years, returned to Seattle. Attended the University of …

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img The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator (ddr-densho-10-2)

The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator, the newspaper of the Minidoka concentration camp, is shown in the paper's office. Far right (left to right): Takako Matsumoto (left) and Elsie Sata. Front (left to right): unidentified, Kimi Tambara, Cherry Tanaka, John Kanda, Miyuki Inouye, and Sachi Yasui. Back: Mitsuko Miyoshi, Harry Nakata, Watson Asaba, unidentified, unidentified, Mitsu …

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doc Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 22 (November 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-155)

Selected article titles: "Special Christmas Fund Drive on December 3-5" (p. 1), "Preserve Rights, Act Now -- Yasui. Advocates Cooperation With Govt." (p. 1), "Co-op Ready to File Papers of Incorporation" (p. 1), "Permit Needed for Alteration of Buildings" (p. 3), "Issei Advised to Lend Assistance Toward Adopted Land to Utmost" (p. 3).

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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 35 (ddr-densho-1000-2-35)

Deciding to resist the draft; a visit from the FBI

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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vh Jim Akutsu Segment 30 (ddr-densho-1000-2-30)

Reasoning behind answers to the so-called "loyalty questions"

Interview was conducted over two days because of delays caused by technical difficulties.

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doc Pacific Citizen, Vol. 70, No. 24 (June 19, 1970) (ddr-pc-42-24)

Selected article titles: "Inouye fears age of terror, repression" (p. 1), "E. Warren for evacuee seeking retirement help" (p. 1), "Denver community relations commission, Yasui under fire" (p. 1), "Student letter to chapter board spurs parents to rap with college students" (p. 4), "Asian studies coalition formed" (p. 4), "Jr. JACLs have mixed emotions about Convention" …

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img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-522)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "I'm not certain that this was a wedding portrait of Senichi and Satoru Tomihiro, circa 1924, although it well could have been Tomihiro came to America in 1904, and his wife in 1924. At the time this picture was taken, Senichi was probably around 40 years old, and his wife was 35."

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img Family portrait of Issei and Nisei (ddr-densho-259-380)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Magoichiro and Ume Sato family, who used to live in Parkdale [Oregon] Other than Mr. Sato, the only other person I recognize is Mark Kinya Sato. I'll guess that this picture was taken in 1927-28, because the Sato's youngest son, William Katsuya, was born in 1928, and he's in this photograph."

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img Wedding portrait (ddr-densho-259-521)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "I'm not certain that this was a wedding portrait of Senichi and Satoru Tomihiro, circa 1924, although it well could have been Tomihiro came to America in 1904, and his wife in 1924. At the time this picture was taken, Senichi was probably around 40 years old, and his wife was 35."

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img Young people's church gathering (ddr-densho-259-282)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Some sort of young Nisei gathering taken in front of the Hood River Riverside Church, a Congregational church Since both the Reverends Lester Bond, the then-pastor at Riverside, and Taro Goto are shown, I figure that this was some sort of a young peoples' church gathering, mostly likely a YPCC [Young People's …

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img Caucasian woman in kimono (ddr-densho-259-502)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Portrait of Barbara Bailey of Parkdale [Oregon], in a kimono. I don't know the connection this woman had with our family, but we have a couple of letters in our collection from her. From these we can assume that she was a sympathizer and supporter of the Nikkei in Hood River in …

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img Campfire party (ddr-densho-259-401)

Caption by Homer Yasui: "Group of young girls, apparently at a masquerade party or dressed up for Halloween. It probably was for Halloween, although generally in our early years nobody went around in costumes, much less went out trick or treating. We just went out to write on car and home windows with soap usually, but …

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doc Coram Nobis Exhibit A (ddr-densho-405-3)

Memo from Edward J. Ennis to Charles Fahy regarding United States v. Hirabayashi, Yasui, and Korematsu. This document was Exhibit A in the coram nobis litigation. This document was available in conjunction with "Race, Rights and Reparation: Law and the Japanese American Internment" by Eric K. Yamamoto, Margaret Chon, Carol Izumi, Jerry Kang, and Frank Wu.

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img The staff of the Minidoka Irrigator (ddr-densho-10-4)

People of various ages worked on the Minidoka Irrigator, the newspaper of the Minidoka concentration camp. Issei were in charge of writing the Japanese section of the newspaper, for those who did not understand English. The Nisei concentrated on stories in English. Front (left to right): Kimi Tambara, Cherry Tanaka, and Mitsu Yasuda. Middle: Miyuki Inouye …

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vh Mary Okazaki Kozu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-511)

Nisei female. Born June 14, 1931, in Seattle, Washington. Grew up in Seattle, where parents ran a boarding house. During World War II, removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. Left camp in 1943 and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. Returned with family to Seattle after the war, attended the …

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doc Memo to Ron Wakabayashi from Clifford Uyeda (ddr-chijacl-1-172)

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doc Letter to Harry Kajihara from William Yoshino (ddr-chijacl-1-683)

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vh Chiye Tomihiro Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1000-93-4)

Leaving Minidoka for Denver with the Yasui family's assistance

This interview was conducted at the Voices of Japanese American Redress Conference, held on the UCLA campus and sponsored by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research. Because of the full conference schedule, our interviews were limited to …

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vh Hannah Hirabayashi Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-493-5)

Family sent to Tule Lake and then Heart Mountain

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