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Funeral photo outside Buddhist Church at Gila River Camp (ddr-ajah-6-163)
Caption below photo: Midwife Takiye Kondo's funeral service at Gila River incarceration camp 2, Arizona. Takiye suffered an aortic aneurism and died in Rivers Community Hospital on March 9, 1945. She lived just an hour and a half after being admitted. She was from Alameda, CA. This second photo taken by the photographer of the funeral …
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Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 4 (ddr-densho-156-244)
Article titles: "Attention! Potato, Beet Growers"; "Milk Shortage Felt in Cheyenne, Laramie, Casper and Cody Areas"; "Japanese Evacuation Again"; "Portland Assembly Center to be Cleared"; "Democracy: Japs Still Vote--"; "Use of Jap Cotton Labor is Proposed"; "Rachford Outlines Labor Program for Japanese Colonists"; "Blaze Destroys Boiler Room at Heart Mountain"; "5,700 at Heart Mountain Project"; "Life …
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Refugees look through the rubble of their homes in Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-46)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5499. 29 June 48 / Southern coast of Japan hit by deva- / stating quake: / In the aftermath of the quake which / rocked the city of Fukui, Japan, / and surrounding area, on June 28th / 1948, these Japanese rummage through / the ruins of their homes in an effort / …
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Billy Rose and Eleanor Holm arrive at Haneda Air Base (ddr-densho-299-59)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-49-1140. 13 Feb 49 / The Billy Rose's arrive in Tokyo, Japan: / Mr. and Mrs. Billy Rose (New York, NY) / theatrical producer, are greeted by / occupation personnel as they step from / a plane at Haneda Air Base, Tokyo, / Japan, shortly after their arrival from / the states. Mrs. …
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Praying over earthquake victims (ddr-densho-299-39)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5607. 30 June 48 / Charred remains excavated from / earthquake ruins: / Japanese pray over the charred / remains of Japanese earthquake victims / in Fukui, Japanese sea town hardest / hit by the earthquake of 28 June 1948, / which stuck without warning in the / late afternoon, leaving a trail …
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Portrait of Hatsuyo Ozeki (ddr-ajah-6-813)
Caption below photo: Hatsuyo Ozeki of Alameda, CA. She was born in 1907 and is 5-years-old here. It is one of the many portraits that her father Mataichi, took of her. A professional photographer, Mataichi wanted to document his daughter, as he was about to send her back to Japan for her education in 1912. She …
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Group of women in aprons and bonnets beating on pots and pans (ddr-ajah-3-345)
Caption below photo: Kitchen Music We think the Issei women in this photo were having some fun, beating on kitchen pots and pan to 'make music'. Perhaps it was a rehearsal for a performance at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., where this photo was shot, 1915-1933, when the photographer, Takuritsu Morita, lived in Oakland and …
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Group of women in aprons and bonnets bowing (ddr-ajah-3-348)
Caption below photo: Kitchen Music We think the Issei women in this photo were having some fun, beating on kitchen pots and pan to 'make music'. Perhaps it was a rehearsal for a performance at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., where this photo was shot, 1915-1933, when the photographer, Takuritsu Morita, lived in Oakland and …
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Group of women in aprons and bonnets beating on pots and pans (ddr-ajah-3-347)
Caption below photo: Kitchen Music We think the Issei women in this photo were having some fun, beating on kitchen pots and pan to 'make music'. Perhaps it was a rehearsal for a performance at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., where this photo was shot, 1915-1933, when the photographer, Takuritsu Morita, lived in Oakland and …
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Group of women in aprons and bonnets beating on pots and pans (ddr-ajah-3-346)
Caption below photo: Kitchen Music We think the Issei women in this photo were having some fun, beating on kitchen pots and pan to 'make music'. Perhaps it was a rehearsal for a performance at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., where this photo was shot, 1915-1933, when the photographer, Takuritsu Morita, lived in Oakland and …
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Lake Sequoia Retreat Archive Collection (ddr-densho-336)
The Lake Sequoia Retreat Archive Collection consists of photographs and documents from the Lake Sequoia Retreat (LSR), a summer camp for Japanese American Christian youth which ran from 1946 until 1990. This retreat was organized after Japanese Americans returned to California after World War II. It was organized by the Central California Young People's Christian Conference …
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Overhead view of Fukui, Japan (ddr-densho-299-44)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-5331. 28 July 48 / Fukui, one month after earthquake: / One month after the disaster which / came to the southern Japanese / coastal towns, when the earthquake / of 28 June 1948, struck mercilessly / and without warning late in the / afternoon, Fukui already shows / promise of an early …
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Frank T. Sata Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-512)
Nisei male. Born March 20, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, where father worked as a photographer. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, transferring to Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Moved to Guadalupe, California, living in a Buddhist church …
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Frank T. Sata Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-499)
Nisei male. Born March 20, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, where father worked as a photographer. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, transferring to Gila River concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Moved to Guadalupe, California, living in a Buddhist church …
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Photograph of a large group of incarcerees standing near the entrance of Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-10)
Photograph of a large group of people outside at the Manzanar incarceration camp. There are three trucks and camp barracks in the background. In the group of people, many women are holding open umbrellas to protect from the sun. In the foreground, three men are walking toward the photographer. The Sierra Nevada are in the background. …
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An oral history with Atsufumi Archie Miyatake (ddr-csujad-29-65)
An oral interview with Archie Miyatake, the son of Toyo Miyatake. Like his father, he was a photographer who took pictures of incarcerated Japanese Americans who were forced into camps during World War II. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcript is found in item: csufccop_jaoh_0162. …
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Ainu chieftain visiting Tokyo to present a gift (ddr-densho-299-189)
Parts of the caption are smeared unfortunately obstructing the chieften's [sic] name and date. First part of the name seems to be "Nos" and ends with "To" Caption on reverse: "[Name], Ainu tribe Chief / [Name], Chief of the Ainu tribe from Northern Hokkaido, / Japan, who is in Tokyo visiting his / friend Col. C. …
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Three boys near barbed wire at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-52-26)
Three young boys standing behind barbed wire at Manzanar. Two of the boys have their hand on the wire. Snow capped mountains are visible in the background. Caption above image reads, "MIYATAKE DOCUMENTARY--This 1943 photo taken at California's Manzanar internment camp during World War II was taken by photographer Toyo Miyatake who was honored at the …
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442nd Regimental Combat Team training (ddr-densho-114-113)
Original caption: Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Japanese-American Combat Team. At Camp Shelby, Miss., Americans of Japanese ancestry from California, Hawaii, and other areas are undergoing intensive training as an Army combat team. One group of Japanese-Americans has already gone and seen action in the Mediterranean Theatre. These pictures show some of the phases of the training of …
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A basket shop owner and his family (ddr-densho-299-22)
Caption on reverse: "FEC-48-3062. 23 April 1948 / Living standards in Japan: / This photograph of a Japanese family / is to be used in a S & S feature story / on the difference in living standards / throughout Japan. Mr. T. Kakizawa / (extreme right), directs an employee / in his lacquer basket shop …
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Portrait of Kondo family (ddr-ajah-6-164)
Caption below photo: Hajime "Henry" Kondo, his wife Eleanor, and two boys, Doug (at left) and Gary pose for well known photographer Toyo Miyatake. The two boys were 12 years apart in age. Originally from Alameda, CA.,the Kondos moved to the Los Angeles area when they returned from their World War II incarceration camp at Gila …
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They made it! (ddr-csujad-47-20)
Photograph of the arrival of the first group of incarcerees at Manzanar. The car has a chain from its front bumper attached to the army truck in front of it. A photographer is standing to the right in front of a line of people. Two soldiers are looking toward the camera from the back of the …
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Obon Festival- Mayoral speech (ddr-one-1-206)
Black and white photographic negative of Portland Mayor Dorothy McCullough Lee giving a speech at the Portland Obon festival while dancers and spectators watch. Photographers are taking pictures near the podium. Man behind stairs leading up to the podium is Matsutaro Muramatsu. Woman on right edge of image behind a photographer is Mitsy (Kiyomura) Takeoka. A …
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U.S. generals in charge of the Pacific Theater (ddr-njpa-1-1418)
Caption on reverse: Headquarters South Pacific Base Command--Stars glittered under a bright tropical sun as five Pacific generals posed for an Army photographer following a review presented by the 25th Infantry Division, veterans of Guadalcanal and New Georgia, for Lieut. Gen. R.C. Richardson, Jr., Commanding General of Pacific Ocean Areas, during his recent inspection tour of …
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Gerald Kajitani Collection (ddr-densho-294)
The Gerald Kajitani Collection consists of 73 Kodachrome slides taken by Gerald Kajitani at the 1974 Tule Lake pilgrimage.