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img Nisei man with baggage (ddr-densho-151-170)

Original caption: Hayward, California. Eddie Nomura, president of the senior class in the Hayward High School, reads magazine article "The Date of Hitler's Fall", as he awaits evacuation bus. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will behoused in War Relocation Authroity centers for the duration.

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img Nisei leaving barracks (ddr-densho-151-277)

Original caption: Sacramento, California. Masamichi Suzuki, roommate of Harvey Itano, is leaing his barrack room at the Assembly center. He has had three years of advanced education which includes three years at the University of California Medical School and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He has been assisting in the Assembly center hospital and …

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img Issei horticulturist prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-452)

Original caption: Mountain View, California. Ryohitsu Shibuya, successful chrysanthemum grower, who arrived in this country in 1904, with $60 and a basket of clothes, is shown above on his farm in Santa Clara County, before evacuation. He grew prize chrysanthemums for select eastern markets. Horticulturists and other evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to …

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img Farm crew (ddr-densho-151-389)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Farm crew of which Johnny Fukazawa is foreman. These men are ready to return to the center's mess hall for lunch after a busy morning in the fields of the farm project at this War Relocation Authority center.

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img Father and son preparing for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-273)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Dave Tatsuno, graduate of University of California in 1936, is making preparations for evacuation which is due in a few days. In packing his possessions, he came across college notes and is shown re-reading them.

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img Mike Masaoka with friends prior to mass removal (ddr-densho-151-129)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Mike Masaoka (second from left), national secretary and field executive of Japanese American Citizens League, and a group of friends chat before evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Issei man waiting to register for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-238)

Original caption: Byron, California. Toshi Mizoguchi waiting at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station to register for evacuation. Mr. Mizoguchi came to the United States from Japan in 1892 and has been a farm laborer on California ranches since that time. He is unmarried. He is seen wearing an American flag on a celluloid button.

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img Father and son in front of store (ddr-densho-151-272)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Dave Tatsuno and his father, merchants of Japanese ancestry in San Francisco prior to evacuation.

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img Japanese American working in garden (ddr-densho-151-425)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. William Katsuki, former professional landscape gardener for large estates in Southern California, demonstrates his skill and ingenuity in creating from materials close at hand, a desert garden alongside his home in the barracks at this War Relocation Authority center.

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img Farewell letter posted in Chinatown restaurant (ddr-densho-151-117)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Farewell letter posted in show window of T.Z. Shiota, importer in San Francisco's Chinatown, prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Nisei girl with baggage (ddr-densho-151-326)

Original caption: Oakland, California. Kimiko Kitagaki, young evacuee guarding the family baggage prior to departure by bus in one half hour to Tanforan Assembly center. Her father was, until evacuation, in the cleaning and dyeing business.

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img Field crew foreman (ddr-densho-151-390)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Johnny Fukazawa, foreman of fields Numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6, heading a 20-man field crew on the farm project, says there are many problems they have to solve in their agricultural work at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Signed portrait of Alvin Ailey (ddr-densho-367-141)

Alvin Ailey signed a photograph for Mary Mon Toy when they both performed in "House of Flowers."

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img Panorama of large group of people posing outside building (ddr-ajah-3-180)

Inscription on front in Japanese. Caption below photo: Buddhist Temple of Alameda 30th anniversary / October 17, 1935 / Front row: Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi 1932-1948 / Photo taken by Tsuji Photo Studio (of Oakland, CA.)

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img Group of mostly young women posing for photo outside building (ddr-ajah-3-173)

Caption below photo: 1928 Buddhist Temple of Alameda, Bay District Young Women's Buddhist Association (YMBA). Might be Rev. Clark at left, seated next to Rev. Shojun Taguchi (1928-1932) in the front row.

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img Panorama of large group of people posing outside building with banner: Y.M.B.A. Leave of North America (ddr-ajah-3-181)

Inscription on front of photo: N.A.Y.M.B.A Decennial Convention / Alameda Buddhist Temple / April 10, 11 & 12, 1936. Caption below photo: Front row Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi 1932 to 1948

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img Family portrait (ddr-ajah-3-174)

Caption below photo: 1928 Rev. Koryu and Sorano Iino and family. They returned to Japan on September 12, 1928. Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA.

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