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Mary T. Yoshida Interview (ddr-densho-1014-9)
Nisei female. Born 1923 in Central Point, Oregon. While in elementary school, sent to live with a foster family in Medford, Oregon. Was attending college when World War II broke out, and was removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in St. Paul, Minnesota, as a housegirl. Finished college at Texas …
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Methodist church conference (ddr-densho-153-5)
(Left to right): Kiyo Migaki, Michi Hirata, Sadae Sugihara, Ida Nishifue, Mary Yonago, Masa Funakoshi, Asako Yoshida, Ana Hayashi, Sashie Yamamoto.
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Campers playing basketball (ddr-densho-336-327)
The 1970 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.\nCaption on front: "Maya Yoshida (shorts), Steve Shiozaki, Mary Eijima, Kenny Kawamoto, Brad Shirakawa (tank top), Diane Huira w/ball, Dana Yamamoto."
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Four girls on balcony of church (ddr-ajah-6-387)
Caption below photo: Etsuko Yoshida, far left, poses with friends atop the second floor of Mary Helm Hall, at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA., 1936
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Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1014-9-7)
Assigned living quarters in camp with birth father and brother
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Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1014-9-11)
Applying for college, hearing about a quota for Japanese American students
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Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1014-9-5)
Hearing about the bombing of Pearl Harbor while working as a housegirl for a white woman
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Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 1 (ddr-densho-1014-9-1)
Sent to live with a foster child as a child
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Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1014-9-2)
Description of foster family: truck farmers
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Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1014-9-6)
Leaving for mass removal with other Japanese American college students
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Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1014-9-3)
Attending school, very few other Japanese Americans
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Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 9 (ddr-densho-1014-9-9)
Working for a family in Minnesota, social interactions with other maids
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Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 4 (ddr-densho-1014-9-4)
Encouraged by sister to go on to higher education
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Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 15 (ddr-densho-1014-9-15)
Awareness of World War II incarceration experience by younger generations
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Mary T. Yoshida Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1014-9-13)
Returning to Minneapolis, working with youth programs at the YWCA
Narrator Mary T. Yoshida
Nisei female. Born June 6, 1923, in Central Point, Oregon. While in elementary school, sent to live with a foster family in Medford, Oregon. Was attending college when World War II broke out, and was removed to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California. Left camp to work in St. Paul, Minnesota, as a housegirl. Finished college …
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Early Issei women with their children at a social gathering (ddr-csujad-55-2213)
Black and white photograph of a group of Issei women, one man, and children in formal dress at a social gathering. Pictured from left to right (children sitting on lawn): Susuma Jimba, Harry Yoshida, (first row): Reverend and Mrs. Yoshida, standing next to her is Esther Miwa, standing on right end is Mrs. Kambara with her …
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Speak Out for Justice: August 4, 1981 - Little Tokyo Towers Evening Session (ddr-densho-1024-115)
On the evening of August 4, 1981, NCRR arranged a special evening session at the Little Tokyo Towers in Los Angeles, so that people who worked during the day could attend and participate in the CWRIC hearings. While the testimony footage for this session is incomplete and disjointed, the testifiers provide their heartbreaking experiences of personal …
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Group in costume for stageplay "An Old Kentucky Garden" (ddr-ajah-4-49)
Caption below photo: Cast members from "An Old Kentucky Garden" stageplay at JME Alameda, CA March 1937
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Ten girls in kimonos (ddr-ajah-3-355)
Caption below photo: Young Nisei girls pose at the Buddhist Temples of Alameda, CA, for an unknown event. September 22, 1935
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Ten girls in kimonos (ddr-ajah-6-386)
Caption below photo: Young Nisei girls pose at the Buddhist Temples of Alameda, CA, for an unknown event. September 22, 1935