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img Chiang Kai-shek and Soong May-ling (ddr-njpa-1-1764)

Caption on reverse: "Recuperating from a trying experience. Chikow, China - An intimate photograph General Chiang Kai-shek, head of the Chinese Nanking government, with Madame Chiang, taken at his home here in a little village of Chekiang Province, where the generalissimo recently spent a month recovering from his kidnapping ordeal at the hands of the rebel …

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doc The Cresset: "Toward A Reunion of Religion and art" (ddr-densho-468-242)

Published essay, heavily water damaged

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doc Clipping regarding Amos W.W. Woodcock (ddr-njpa-1-2513)

Caption on front: "'Let your conscience be your guide': Colonel Amos W.W. Woodcock, prohibition director, appeals to a nationwide radio audience for assistance in the enforcement of the dry law. (Harris & Ewing, from Times Wide World Photos.)"

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doc Eleanor Katherine Roosevelt posing as queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival (ddr-njpa-1-1481)

Caption on reverse: "The Queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington: Miss Eleanor Roosevelt, daughter of Colonel Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Roosevelt, chosen to preside at the Annual Festival of the Japanese Cherry Trees in the capital. Harris & Ewing from Times World Wide Photos.)"

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doc Clipping regarding Akihito's stopover in Honolulu, Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-1452)

Caption on front: "Washington officials here to prepare for Akihito's visit: Two officials of the state department arrived here from Washington this morning at 7:45 by Pan American Clipper to assist with protocol, press relations, and security problems in connection with Crown Prince Akihito's 14-hour stopover in Honolulu next Monday. They are, left to right: Joseph …

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img Three men meeting about statehood for Hawai'i (ddr-njpa-1-2438)

Caption on reverse: "DAV men testify: Two representatives of the Oahu Chapter No. 1 of the Disabled American Veterans were among those who spoke for statehood for Hawaii yesterday before Judge Carl E. Wimberly, representative of the U.S. senate public lands subcommittee, in the senate chambers of Iolani Palace. Above, left to right, are Terumi Kato, …

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doc Clipping regarding H.G. Wells, Paulette Goodard, and Anita Loos (ddr-njpa-1-2531)

Caption on reverse: "A visiting British celebrity goes to a party in Hollywood. H.G. Wells, with Paulette Goddard, film actress, and Anita Loos (right), author of 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,; at a dinner danceof the Screen Writers' Guild. (Times Wide World Photo.)"

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doc Clipping regarding Alfred E. Smith (ddr-njpa-1-1935)

Caption on front: "The University of the State of New York honors a former governor: Alfred E. Smith receives the diploma of the degree of Doctor of Laws, conferred upon him by the University, from Dr. Frank P. Graves, Commissioner of Education. (Times Wide World Photos.)"

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doc Manuel Marquez Sterling with his family (ddr-njpa-1-1786)

Caption on reverse: "The ambassador from Cuba with his son and grandchildren: Manuel Marquez Stirling [sic], with his son, Carlos Marquez, and his grandchildren, Carlos Jr. and Manuel Jr. (Harris & Ewing from Times Wide World Photos.):

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doc Magazine of California State Florists' association Sept. 1956 Vol. VI No. 2 (missing pages 1, 14) (ddr-densho-329-847)

Featuring headlines "Floral elephant presented to Republican convention; San Francisco flower terminal; Picture story of the flower industry's past; A look at our Florida competition." List of businesses in the new San Francisco flower terminal. Photos are washed out possibly due to a printing error. To review missing pages and photographs, see object ddr-densho-329-846.

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doc Christmas postcard from Mataji Domoto (ddr-densho-329-915)

Christmas postcard with a printed greeting and design on the front of children with holly; on the back is the message "A merry Xmas and a Happy New Year from Mataji Domoto." Printed up the side is "Raphael Tuck & Sons "MERRY CHRISTMAS" Postcard Series No 543 / Art Publishers to Their Majesties the King and …

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doc Exhibition program (ddr-densho-329-840)

Program for the exhibition "Kaneji Domoto at Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonia" held at the Center for Architecture in New York City in summer of 2017. Front of pamphlet shows the title of the exhibition and a photograph of the Bier house; back contains a two-paragraph description of the exhibition focus, dates of programs associated with the …

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doc Magazine of California State Florists' association Sept. 1956 Vol. VI No. 2 (missing pages 6-9, 12-13) (ddr-densho-329-846)

Featuring headlines "Floral elephant presented to Republican convention; San Francisco flower terminal; Picture story of the flower industry's past; A look at our Florida competition." List of businesses in the new San Francisco flower terminal. To read full issue see object ddr-densho-329-847, which contains the missing pages.

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doc Japanese Garden Grand Opening in Jackson Park (ddr-densho-329-852)

Flyer advertising the opening of the Japanese Garden and Ho-o Den Palace at Jackson Park, Chicago, originally built for the 1893 World Columbian Exposition and reconstructed by Kaneji Domoto in 1981. Flyer includes an overview of Japanese gardens and the history of the garden at Jackson Park, as well as a program of events and list …

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doc "The First Signature Seven Sonnets" (ddr-densho-422-403)

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doc Japanese Canadians (ddr-csujad-55-363)

Pamphlet on immigration, incarceration, and "resettlement" of Japanese Canadians during World War II. This is an issue, vol. VI, no. 2 of "Behind the headlines," a series of pamphlets on current problems, published by Canadian Institute of International Affairs in Toronto, Canada. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0365

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doc Democracy and Japanese Americans (ddr-csujad-55-344)

Pamphlet describing "evacuation", incarceration, court cases including Wakayama, Korematsu, Yasui, Hirabayashi, and Kanai, and the civil liberties issues surrounding the treatment of individuals of Japanese descent during World War II. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0346

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doc "Show" magazine (ddr-densho-367-96)

A copy of "Show" magazine with a centerfold spread highlighting Cherie en Parisat the Latin Quarter in New York. Performers include Ruby Richards, Lee Sharon, and Mary Mon Toy.

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doc Japanese Americans in World War II- A Nisei Remembers (ddr-densho-496-3)

Written account from Kazuyoshi Kawata about his internment at North Portland Assembly Center and Minidoka published in New World Outlook in January of 1982.

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doc Tulean dispatch magazine section, no. 11 (July 1943) (ddr-csujad-55-1946)

Monthly publication at Tule Lake incarceration camp including stories, poems, commentary and creative writing. Current issue includes an essay, "Does it Pay to Stay Here" by Rev. Shigeo Tanabe, a poem, "Relocation" by Minoru Kimura, "Nisei Personality Adjustment" by James Sakoda, "Gloom" by Buster Sawai, "Outside" by Shuji Kimura, Nisei personality profile on Rev. Shigeo Tanabe, …

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doc Program for We are family Performance (ddr-densho-444-147)

Sponsored by the Asian Student Association, University of Washington and the Asian Student Pacific Association of Seattle Central Community College.

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doc Boys' Life (October 1973) (ddr-densho-478-1)

The 56th page of the October 1973 edition of Boys' Life includes "True Story of Scouts in Action," which illustrates the true story of Warren Higa, aged 16, providing first aid to a hit-and-run victim.

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doc Kent Residents Don't Want Any Japs 'Ever' to Return to Valley. Posters Tacked Up by Mayor, Business Men (November 9, 1943) (ddr-densho-56-977)

The Seattle Daily Times, November 9, 1943, pp. 1, 4

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