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Natsuko Takagi Nakatani standing by tents (ddr-ajah-6-885)
img Natsuko Takagi Nakatani standing by tents (ddr-ajah-6-885)
Caption below photo: Natsuko Takagi of Alameda, Ca., circa 1920. She is standing near McKinley Park, where the Alameda Taiiku-Kai baseball team played (see scoreboard in background). The tents are a mystery. She was born June 16, 1903 and later married Soichi Nakatani. She died April 14, 1992.
Kinue and Tomoe Otsu (ddr-ajah-6-920)
img Kinue and Tomoe Otsu (ddr-ajah-6-920)
Caption below photo: Kinue (left) and sister Tomoe Otsu Alameda, CA. Circa early 1920s.
State of California Articles of Incorporation for Imagire Sewing School (ddr-ajah-6-131)
doc State of California Articles of Incorporation for Imagire Sewing School (ddr-ajah-6-131)
Caption below photo: Shizuko Imagire's Articles of Incorporation. She opened her original dress shop and sewing school in Alameda, CA and later moved to Oakland, CA. November 4, 1922
Portrait of H. Miyasaki reading newspaper (ddr-ajah-6-592)
img Portrait of H. Miyasaki reading newspaper (ddr-ajah-6-592)
Caption below photo: A beautifully made window light portrait of an Issei, H. Miyasaki, probably from Oakland, CA. He appears to be reading a sports article about surfing and equestrians. Photo by Takuritsu Morita, Circa 1923
Portrait of man seated at a table (ddr-ajah-6-558)
img Portrait of man seated at a table (ddr-ajah-6-558)
Caption below photo: 1915-early 1920s Window light portrait of an Issei man, probably in Oakland, CA. Photo by Takuritsu Morita
Portrait of young woman (ddr-ajah-6-54)
img Portrait of young woman (ddr-ajah-6-54)
Inscription on photo front: Sincerely, Chiyoko Furuno June, 1936. Caption below photo: Chiyoko Furuno of Alameda, CA, June 1936
Portrait of girl in kimono (ddr-ajah-6-820)
img Portrait of girl in kimono (ddr-ajah-6-820)
Caption below photo: Born in Alameda, but Raised in Japan. Includes biographical information about Hatsuyo Ozeki's time in Japan
Mataichi Ozeki using telephone (ddr-ajah-6-786)
img Mataichi Ozeki using telephone (ddr-ajah-6-786)
Caption below photo: Mataichi Ozeki using a telephone. Alameda, CA circa 1907-1910s.
Two men sitting on steps (ddr-ajah-6-238)
img Two men sitting on steps (ddr-ajah-6-238)
Caption below photo: Unknown Issei man (at left) with Matao Koga. Koga immigrated from Japan and lived in San Francisco, CA. He married Shigeko Iwaihara, of Alameda, CA., in 1939. He worked as a Benshi, a man who showed silent movies. Benshi in Japan were as much of an attraction as the stars of the film, …
Wooden sign for Alameda Nursery Co. (ddr-ajah-6-448)
img Wooden sign for Alameda Nursery Co. (ddr-ajah-6-448)
Caption below photo: Measuring 5' 22" across is the wooden sign from Yoyoji "Harry" Ikeda's Alameda Nursery, circa 1950s. It is not the original version of the sign. The nursery closed not long after Harry died on March 19, 1980.
Two women and child at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-ajah-6-536)
img Two women and child at Golden Gate International Exposition (ddr-ajah-6-536)
Caption below photo: Toshiko "May" Yeda (left), her mother, Harumi, and friend Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara stroll around the Golden Gate International Exposition of 1939, San Francisco's third and last World's Fair. It was also the year that Nazi Germany invaded Europe. Among the items they may have noticed at the World's Fair was the German swastika …
Tsutomu Inouye with golf club (ddr-ajah-6-466)
img Tsutomu Inouye with golf club (ddr-ajah-6-466)
Photo is from an album page with caption on page: 300 yd drive. Caption below photo: Tsutomu Inouye in Alameda, CA., and golf club, circa late 1920s-early1930s.
Wedding portrait of Buichi Nakata and Chizuye Katow (ddr-ajah-6-666)
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.
Group of students in classroom (ddr-ajah-6-34)
img Group of students in classroom (ddr-ajah-6-34)
Caption below photo: Japanese Nisei youth at Porter School in Alameda, CA., circa 1950s. Two students identified: Yasuko Naito and Kiyoshi Naito
Group of five women posing for photo on sidewalk (ddr-ajah-6-429)
img Group of five women posing for photo on sidewalk (ddr-ajah-6-429)
Caption below photo: Masako Abe, Frances Yasuyo Ikeda, Friends gather for a photo in Alameda, CA, circa late 1940s or 1950s
Two women and children on dirt lane (ddr-ajah-6-794)
img Two women and children on dirt lane (ddr-ajah-6-794)
Caption below photo: A young Hatsuyo Ozeki, center, and her mother, Akino Ozeki (black dress), of Alameda, Ca., circa 1909-1910.
Yasuyo
img Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda sitting on bed inside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-439)
Caption below photo: Yasuyo "Frances" Ikeda, of Alameda, CA., in her barracks at 6G-7C at Amache incarceration camp. The back of the chair has her father's name, Yoyoji listed. Note the May 1945 calendar, Roi Tan cigars box and other household items. By July she and her brother, MItsuru, would leave Amache for Sacramento, CA and …
Sato family around Christmas tree (ddr-ajah-6-200)
img Sato family around Christmas tree (ddr-ajah-6-200)
Caption below photo: Toshio Sato (far right), formerly of Alameda, CA. spends Christmas in Dayton, Ohio, where his family moved after World War II ended. December 25, 1951
Shizuko Imagire (ddr-ajah-6-139)
img Shizuko Imagire (ddr-ajah-6-139)
Caption below photo: A still well dressed Shizuko Imagire, in late 1986. she died in 1987 in Sacramento, CA.
Document titled
doc Document titled "The Americanization of Yemiko" (ddr-ajah-6-265)
Includes photo of Yemiko and Tomiko Kono in kimonos and biographical information about Yemiko
Portrait of Kanjiro Inouye (ddr-ajah-6-450)
img Portrait of Kanjiro Inouye (ddr-ajah-6-450)
Caption below photo: Kanjiro Inouye of Alameda, CA., circa 1903. Kanjiro, born January 3, 1883 in Japan, arrived from Japan age 20 and worked as a gardener for 52 years in Alameda. He married Natsumo on April 6,1908 in Seattle, WA.
Stereo photo of pond with pond lilies (ddr-ajah-6-815)
img Stereo photo of pond with pond lilies (ddr-ajah-6-815)
Caption below photo: Stereo photo by Mataichi Ozeki of Alameda, Ca. He owned a Kodak Stereo One camera. Photo circa 1917-1920s.
Four women standing outside house (ddr-ajah-6-275)
img Four women standing outside house (ddr-ajah-6-275)
Caption below photo: L to R: Nellie Itahara, Marge Kajiwara, Yemiko "Emi or Amy" Kono, Yoshiko Nakata, circa 1930s. They may be dressed for Halloween. Alameda, CA.
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