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img Detail of boxes from Uchi Date's Bento carrier (ddr-ajah-6-400)

Caption below photo: Uchi Date's stackable bento boxes, without the carry box. She brought it with her from Japan in 1912. She lived in Alameda, CA.

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img Photo of Japanese military ship with inscription in Japanese (ddr-ajah-6-596)

Caption below photo with translation: Translation: 1st Annual Preservation of "Mikasa" Nov 12, 1927 "Mikasa" Preservation Association. Left side kanji: This fight is vital, so try to do you best by Heihachiro Togo (famous general) Right side kanji: This is the poem about ready to fight the enemy.

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img Man resting under trees (ddr-ajah-6-586)

Caption below photo: An Issei man rests after hand picking Cantaloupes. He was working the Turlock vicinity of the Central Valley of California and likely came from Oakland, CA. 1922

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img Woman standing outside house (ddr-ajah-6-86)

Caption below photo: Yukiko Motoyoshi at the minister's residence next to the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA. She is the spouse of Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi. circa 1932-1941

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img Five people outside house in Alameda after Kimiko Nakayama and Goro Sato's wedding (ddr-ajah-6-183)

Caption below photo: L to R: Yoshino Sato of Oakland, Toshio Sato, Mary Kondo, and ? Pose on Buena Vista Avenue in Alameda, CA. Goro marries Kimiko Nakayama, November 22, 1936 in Alameda

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img Photos and story of Mataichi Ozeki's work as a photographer (ddr-ajah-6-860)

Includes description of items in photo of Ozeki's office and advertisement for his business

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img Takuritsu Morita next to sculpture (ddr-ajah-6-621)

Caption below photo: Takuritsu Morita poses with a favorite sculpture, Rodin's Thinker. This is probably Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, CA, where one of the more than 20 castings of The Thinker exist. Morita first is Oakland from 1915, the Alameda from about 1919 before moving to Mountain View in 1933. This portrait is more …

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img Mataichi Ozeki with two friends (ddr-ajah-6-788)

Caption below photo: Mataichi Ozeki, far right, poses with two Issei friends who often appear in his family photo albums. All are wearing detachable collars. Alameda, CA., circa 1907-1910s

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img Kazuye "Kay" Inouye in kimono (ddr-ajah-6-458)

Caption below photo: Kazuye "Kay" Inouye in Alameda, CA. Circa early 1930s

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img Group of adults and children outside house (ddr-ajah-6-455)

Caption above photo: Alameda, CA Issei mothers and their Nisei children, circa 1918-1920

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img Hajime Date (ddr-ajah-6-376)

Caption below photo: Hajime Date, of Alameda, CA. He was born in japan on December 27, 1878. photo circa 1930s

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img Photo of Harry Kono on stairway and text of biographical data about Harry Kono (ddr-ajah-6-335)

Caption below photo: Hikotaro "Harry" Kono in Alameda, CA, circa 1930s. Inscription on photo front: To Babu Harry K. Kono

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img Group at picnic in backyard (ddr-ajah-6-199)

Caption below photo: Backyard picnic at the Goro and Kimiko Sato house at 2050 Pacific in Alameda, CA, circa 1951

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img Alien Land Ownership-Guardian record (ddr-ajah-6-449)

Listing Yosuyo and Mitsuru Ikeda as owners of property. Caption below photo: California, U.S. Alien Land Ownership Records, 1921-1952 for Yasuyo Ikeda

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img Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda with bridesmaids (ddr-ajah-6-447)

Caption below photo: August 3, 1947, wedding party for Frances Yasuyo Ikeda. She married Yasuharu Koike. Yasu's younger sister, Hiyoye is at left, Elly Nomura is at right.

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img Woman standing in garden (ddr-ajah-6-17)

Caption below photo: Posing for a portrait is Tame Kido, wife to Shuzo and mother of Haruko "Spring" Kido. An Issei woman, her family lived at 2512 Blanding Ave. This photo could have been shot there. Tame was born in 1887 and died November 17, 1965. Photo circa 1920s-1930s.

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img Yuriko Date (ddr-ajah-6-380)

Caption below photo: Yuriko Date, of Alameda, CA., in a coat and hat, circa late 1930s

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img Stereo photo of Mataichi Ozeki reading (ddr-ajah-6-814)

Caption below photo: Stereo photo by Mataichi Ozeki of Alameda, CA. He owned a Kodak Stereo One camera. This is one of many self portraits he made. Note his photo albums on the table in the foreground. The books in the cabinet are Japanese. His daughter's portrait is above his head. photo circa 1917-1920s.

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img Woman standing outside house (ddr-ajah-6-648)

Caption below photo: Yukiko Motoyoshi, spouse of Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi, at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., circa 1932-1941

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img Six young Nisei women posing on a lawn (ddr-ajah-6-385)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei women attending summer school pose in Alameda, CA, 1935

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img Portrait of girl on roller skates holding American flag titled "Patriotism on Roller Skates" (ddr-ajah-6-582)

Caption left of photo: A young Nisei represents the aspirations of the Japanese in America. . .on roller skates, in Takuritsu Morita's portrait, circa 1920s.

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img Four woman making mochi (ddr-ajah-6-768)

Caption below photo: Mochi making in the basement of the Takeda's house at 2327 Buena Vista Avenue in Alameda, CA, circa late 1940s to early 1950s.

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img School girls with teachers outside school (ddr-ajah-6-609)

Caption above photo: California Official Alameda Japanese Elementary School at the Japanese Association building 2256 Pacific, CA. Photo circa 1918-1920. The school was founded in 1916, after the Association moved to this building around 1915.

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img Portrait of two girls (ddr-ajah-6-5)

Caption on right of photo: At right: Chizuye Kato(w) in Japan / Written on the back in Kanji: "Chizuye Kato Keep it Forever". Biographical data of Chizuye Kato and Buichi Nakata in caption below photo

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img Hatsuyo Ozeki seated in garden (ddr-ajah-6-830)

Caption below photo: Hatsuyo Ozeki, October 16, 1933, Alameda, Ca.,

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