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img Alice Nakata standing in robe (ddr-ajah-6-677)

Caption below photo: Alice Nakata of Alameda, CA., circa 1937. She is wearing a robe a she is staying in a sanitarium after contracting tuberculosis. She died of the disease on June 21, 1938 when she was 17-years-old

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img Class photo from Porter School in Alameda (ddr-ajah-6-664)

Caption below photo (with names handwritten): Japanese Nisei youth at Porter school in Alameda, CA. Circa mid to late 1920s

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img Motoyoshi family (ddr-ajah-6-89)

Caption below photo: Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi. He served the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA from 1932 to 1948. Given the youthful appearance of Joshin and Yukiko, this photo was shot early in their time at BTOA. Their children, left to right are Merika, Asoka, and baby Sachimaro.

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img Portrait of Merika Motoyoshi (ddr-ajah-6-93)

Caption below photo: Merika Motoyoshi, circa early-mid 1940s. She was from Alameda, CA.

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img Man sitting on steps holding baby (ddr-ajah-6-672)

Caption below photo: Baby Florence Miyoko Nakata, in the arms of her father, Buichi Nakata. Alameda, CA circa 1930

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img Portrait of Ichiro Morita (ddr-ajah-6-641)

Caption below photo: Ichiro Morita of Mountain View, CA. He was born in Alameda, CA and lived there until 1933. photo circa 1941. He was among the 63 Niseis from Hearth Mountain incarceration camp convicted of failing to report for their draft pre-induction examination.

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img Four girls and boy in traditional clothes (ddr-ajah-6-48)

Caption below photo: These youth are dressed to perform the Shimai, part of a traditional Japanese dance drama called Noh. At far right is Kenji Tomita. Alameda, CA

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img Two women standing in garden (ddr-ajah-6-764)

Caption below photo: Friends Masano Miyawaki )left) and Hatsuyo Ozeki pose in Alameda, CA., circa late 1940s to early 1950s.

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img Woman standing on walkway outside building (ddr-ajah-6-647)

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 Portrait of Akino and Mataichi Ozeki with friends (ddr-ajah-6-784)

Caption below photo: Akino Ozeki (seated) and her husband, Mataichi Ozeki (right) pose with friends in Alameda, CA, circa 1907-1910s.

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img Couple standing next to car (ddr-ajah-6-188)

Caption below photo: Toshio Sato and wife Etsu, Alameda, CA, 1936

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img Machi, Natsuko and Yoshie Takagi (ddr-ajah-6-887)

Caption below photo: Machi Takagi, Daughter Natsuko, Daughter Yoshie Alameda, CA

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img Trophy given to Takuritsu Morita (ddr-ajah-6-614)

Caption below photo: Trophy received by Takuritsu Morita of Alameda, CA, for his service to the Wanto Japanese school (gakuen). He lived in Alameda until 1933, then moved south to Mountain View, CA, where is continued to teach at a similar school. While he taught at the Alameda school from 1916, it was never called the …

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doc Inspection card for Shozu Takeda to board ship to the United States (ddr-ajah-6-509)

Caption between images: Inspection card for Shuzo Takeda of Hiroshima, as he leaves the port of Kobe, Japan on his way to American aboard the Siberia Maru.

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img Group of women with Rev. Motoyoshi at train station with suitcases (ddr-ajah-6-120)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei women pose at the Alameda train station, probably on their way to a YWBA conference with their minister, Rev. Joshin Motoyoshi. He began his work at the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA in 1932 and this appears to be early in his time there. Individuals identified.

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img Takuritsu Morita (ddr-ajah-6-628)

Caption below photo: Takuritsu Morita. Could be a self portrait, he was fond of doing that. Appears to be a makeshift background handing over a floor rug. Based on his appearance this is probably 1915 to the mid 1920s. He lived in Oakland, CA., first, from 1915 to about 1919, then moved to Alameda, CA., until …

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img Tsutomu Inouye in basketball uniform (ddr-ajah-6-478)

Caption below photo: Tsutomu Inouye in basketball uniform for the Buddhist Temple of Alameda, CA., YMBA juniors team. Circa mid 1930s.

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doc Photos and text titled: On the Last Boat from Japan (ddr-ajah-6-537)

Document with photo of Fumiko Itahara and Bill Takeda, Takeda's travel documents and story of his arrival from Japan

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img Byko Umezawa sitting on large rock (ddr-ajah-6-965)

Includes copy of WWI draft registration card and biographical information about Byko Umezawa

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img Three children in Easter baskets (ddr-ajah-6-544)

Caption below photo: When Ken, Judy and Jo Takeda returned from their World War II incarceration camp in 1945, their family did not have a place to live in their hometown of Alameda, CA. so they stayed at their church, the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church on Buena Vista Ave. Several Japanese families shared the space. The …

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