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[Sueno, Kamekichi, Yaeko, Sawako, and Hideo Nakano] (ddr-csujad-5-13)

Photographed are Sueno Nakano and probably Kamekichi, Yaeko, Sawako, and Hideo Nakano. It is presumably taken in Hiroshima, Japan. The backside's note indicates that they are drinking sake. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_04_008

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Sawako [Nakano] (ddr-csujad-5-11)

A photograph of Sawako Nakano at age 15. Sawako is a niece of Seiichi and Tomeyo Okine. It is taken by Tonen Hisashi in Hiroshima, Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: oki_01_04_006

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img Nisei librarian (ddr-densho-114-159)

Original caption: Pfc. Al Y. Kimoto (left) Nisei Japanese librarian of the Allied translator and interpreter section, General Headquarters, Allied Powers in the Pacific, Tokyo, Japan, assists Pfc. Paul S. Hasegawa of the 3d Detachment, with his choice of reading material in the library which is under the jurisdiction of the Information and Education Section. 9-3-46.

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img Nisei typists (ddr-densho-114-146)

Original caption: Miss Doris Y. Shibamo, Nisei Japanese civil service employee who was born in Wahiawa, Oahu, T.H., and Pfc. Jim Morikawa of Baker's Field, Calif. (right), prepare letters for proof-readers and subsequent delivery to the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers. They are typists in the typing subsection, NYK Building, Tokyo, Japan. 9-3-46.

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doc Manzanar Free Press Vol. II No. 59 (December 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-125-87)

Selected article titles: "Substitute for Charter is Discussed" (p. 1), "Watch Inflammables!" (p. 1), "Kobe Teacher Speaks on Japan" (p. 1), "Church Collects Toys for Center" (p. 1), "Intelligence School Hails Fourteen Nisei and Kibei" (p. 1), "Report Stove Cleaning to Warehouse" (p. 1), "Legal Group Sentences Violators" (p. 1), "Counsel Body to be Formed" (p. …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 50 (December 16, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-204)

Selected article titles: "Arizona Law Ruled Illegal" (p. 1), "Nisei in Japan Closely Watched" (p. 1), "Editorial: West Coast Racism Cooled" (p. 2), "Tub Episode Hits Nation's Front Pages" (p. 2), "Terry: Back from East Coast with News of Gilans" (p. 4), "Circuit Court Upholds DeWitt Exclusion Orders" (p. 6), "N.Y. Woman Defends Nisei in Local …

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 4 (January 9, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-38)

Selected article titles: "Need of Consumer Coop to be Stressed at Meets" (p. 1), "Japan Messages Free of Charge" (p. 1), "Report Alien Interest" (p. 1), "Editorial: The Goal -- Humanity" (p. 2), "First Shipment of Vegetables for New Year" (p. 3), "New Evening Classes Scheduled: Dairying, Chinese Language, Cosmetology" (p. 4), "Two Hundred New Books …

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doc Rohwer Outpost Vol. IV No. 46 (June 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-143-173)

Selected article titles: "Short-Term Leave. New Regulations on Short Term Leave Announced" (p. 1), "Nisei Voters are Residents of Pre-Evacuation States" (p. 1), "Festival King and Queen Contest Starts Next Week" (p. 1), "Paper Drive: 4,600 More Pounds Taken in 2nd Week" (p. 1), "Japan Doesn't Want Most of Repatriates, Myer Says" (p. 2).

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 12, No. 159 (December 24, 1945) (ddr-densho-148-244)

Selected article titles: "President Truman Orders FEPC to Report Discriminatory Practices"; "On the Other Hand"; "Proper Decorum of Japanese Americans at Social Affair Impresses Writer"; "Don't Crowd Up Boys! Fan Dancer Will be Visible to All at Dance"; "Attorney General Reveals 5,428 Japanese Checked"; "Repatriates Prove to be Headache"; "Leave for Japan"; "Chicagoans Ready for Relocation …

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doc Colorado Times Vol. 31, No. 4355 (August 28, 1945) (ddr-densho-150-67)

Selected article titles: "Race Called Sole Issue in S.F. Brokers's Case"; "War Dept. Has 'No Information' on Redeployment of Nisei Unit"; "Heart Mtn. Evacuees Appeal Conviction Under Draft Law"; "Japanese Prof. Accepted as Army Volunteer"; "ACLU Will Aid in California State Board Permit Case"; "VFW Unanimously Votes to Admit Nisei War Hero"; "Boston Japanese Warns on …

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img A mother reading to her children (ddr-densho-299-25)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-1577. 6 March 48 / Stars & Stripes feature story on Signal Corps photographer: / A Japanese mother and her WWO children / sit around the charcoal burner in their / home located in Nakajuju, Kitaku, Tokyo, / Japan, as the mother reads to the / girls from a Japanese children's book. / …

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img Farmers threshing grains during harvest (ddr-densho-299-28)

Caption on reverse: "FEC-47-77285. 14 July 47 / Japanese farmers work together / during harvest time: / Japanese women, men and children / thresh barley and other cereal / grains on a foot-powered threshing / machine at a farm located near / Mount Fuji, Japan. On farms such / as this it is often a community …

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doc Brief Account of the Life of Iwahiko Tsumanuma (ddr-densho-335-16)

A brief account of life of Thomas Rockrise (Iwahiko Tsumanuma) including his architectual work finished in Japan during his two trips there in 1920 and 1921. These projects include Kawasaki Hospital in Kobe; Colonial home for a business man, Mr. Uenaka, in Tokyo; Private Museum for Tokushichi Nomura, Esq., in Kyoto; Nanying office building, Nanking Road, …

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img Men at the American Economic Mission (ddr-njpa-1-377)

Caption on reverse: "The American Economic Mission to Japan and China in conference with Japanese Minister of Finance, Mr. Korekiyo Takahashi, at the Finance Minister's official residence. Behind the table (from left) Mr. Takahashi, Hon. W. Cameron Forbes, Chairman of the American Economic Mission, and Mr. Juichi Tsushima, Vice Minister of Finance. April 9, Tokyo. 1935."

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img Wedding portrait of Buichi Nakata and Chizuye Katow (ddr-ajah-6-666)

Caption below photo: Buichi Nakata, born in Okayama, Japan on March 13, 1899, marries Chizuye Katow, when she was 18 years old. Chizuye was born November 2, 1909 in Alameda, CA. Buichi died in Menlo Park, CA on September 18, 1987. Chizuye died in Palo Alto on December 18, 1987. They are Florence Nakata Omori's parents.

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img Yoshio Ichikawa with his brother-in-law, Miki (ddr-csujad-55-2215)

Black and white formal portrait photograph of Yoshio Ichikawa, age 19, and his brother-in-law Miki upon their arrival in Sacramento, California from Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2318

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doc Letter from Wayne M. Collins, Attorney at Law, to Miss Haruye Imahori, January 13, 1950 (ddr-csujad-55-2246)

Correspondence from Wayne Collins to Haruye Imahori regarding individuals who renounced their United States citizenship and repatriated to Japan but wish to return to the United States. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2349

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doc Menu from the S.S. President Cleveland (ddr-csujad-55-2253)

Dinner menu served on board the S.S. President Cleveland sailing from Japan to the United States. Cover includes an illustration of Spanish dancers and musicians. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2356

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img Yoshio Ichikawa family in Tokyo (ddr-csujad-55-2222)

Sepia-toned photograph depicting the Ichikawa family in Tokyo, Japan. Pictured are Yoshio and Hatsue Ichikawa with three children. Verso reads: To Mr. and Mrs. Kambara. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2325

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img Family photo with Kazuko Morita (ddr-densho-477-779)

Photograph of the Isoshima women with cousin-in-law in Japan. Standing in the back is Elaine (Isoshima) Shimono. Middle row left to right: Naomi (Isoshima) Nishimura, Mitsuko (Nakahara) Isoshima, and Susan Isoshima. Standing in the front is Kazuko Morita. The caption below the photo reads "Outside Yoshiaki's house with his wife, Kazuko" in black ink.

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img Portrait of Chiyono Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-15)

Portrait of Chiyono (Makio) Isoshima sitting in a kimono. Caption below the photo is "Chiyono" in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister Fuki 1927 White Fish, Montana" in printed …

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img Family preparing for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-306)

Original caption: Mountain View, California. These ranch houses are typical in many rural sections where residents of Japanese ancestry engage in truck gardening. This was the home of eight children who were born in this country. The parents were born in Japan. This family and other evacuees, will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for …

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img Yoshida Family photograph (ddr-densho-495-50)

Photograph of the Yoshida family visiting Japan. Back row left to right: Mitsuko Yoshida, Reiko Yoshida, and Tamiko Yoshida. Middle row left to right: Carol (Yoshida) Sunahara, Francis Tadashi Yoshida, and Hitomi Yoshida. Front row left to right: Akemi Yoshida, Hitoshi Yoshida. Caption on album page reads: "Mitsuko, Reiko, Tamiko, Carol, Dad, Hitomi, Akemi, Uncle H."

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vh Masahiro Nakajo Interview (ddr-manz-1-117)

Nisei male. Born May 17, 1927, in Moneta, California. Grew up in the Garden Grove area where parents ran a farm. Was taken to Japan to live as a young child until age ten. During World War II, removed to the Manzanar concentration camp, Caliifornia. After leaving camp, served in the military during the Korean War.

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vh Joyce Okazaki Interview I (ddr-manz-1-125)

Sansei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, and was a young child when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, was photographed by renowned photographer Ansel Adams. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Chicago before family eventually returned …

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