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img Group at a picnic while collecting fiddlehead ferns captioned: Searching for the elusive Warabi (ddr-ajah-6-720)

Includes background on harvesting wild fiddleheads in the Japanese community

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img Boys playing on swings (ddr-ajah-6-740)

Caption below photo: Nisei boys play on a swing in Alameda, CA., circa 1910-1930s. The white house in the background is 2327 Buena Vista Avenue. A few years after World War II ended, it would become the home of Bill Takeda and Nellie Itahara.

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img Three boys (ddr-ajah-6-358)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei boys Robert (left) and Shunji (No Suggestions), pose with Kazuo "Henry" Date. The Akamatsus and Dates were from Alameda, CA. Kaz was born March 23, 1917 making this photo mid-1920's

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img Five girls playing in yard (ddr-ajah-6-36)

Caption on right of photo: Backyard Fun / The three Nakata sisters and their friends enjoy themselves on a backyard slide. They are the daughter of Buichi Nakata and Chizuye Katow Nakata. Top to bottom: Dorothy Nakata / Florence Nakata / Lily Kato / Michi Fujikawa / May 18, 1938 in Alameda, CA. Girl on swing: …

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img Dresses on display inside Shizuko Imagire's shop and sewing school (ddr-ajah-6-138)

Caption below photo: Shizuko Imagire's dress shop and sewing school Oakland, CA. Her first location was across the Oakland Estuary, in Alameda. She held exhibits of her student's work inside her stores. July 2, 1939. Inscription on photo front: Imagire Sewing Class Tenth Exhibit 7-2-1939

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img Three children and a woman sitting on steps with Easter baskets (ddr-ajah-6-903)

Caption below photo: Dianne (left front), Doug and Janet Takeda sit on the steps of Risaburo Takeda's house at 2418 Railroad Ave in Alameda, CA., before it became 2419 Tilden Way, circa 1954. Woman at back is a friend of Hawaii.

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img Portrait of Miyoshi Wada (ddr-ajah-6-967)

Caption below photo: Miyoshi Wada of Alameda, CA, circa mid 1930s. Inscription on photo front: Dear Tomo, Love, Miyo

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img Two children standing in field (ddr-ajah-6-869)

Caption below photo: Rayko Shiota (at left) of Alameda, CA., with a friend. Photo could be in the Oakland Hills, Circa 1923-1924

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img Sato family at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-215)

Caption below photo: The Sato families of Alameda, CA., in Jerome Arkansas, January 1943. Kimiko was married to Goro, Etsuko was married to Toshio. Goro and Toshio are brothers. Written on photo front: Jan. 1943

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img Document with photo and clippings titled "Building the World of Tomorrow" (ddr-ajah-6-437)

Document with clippings and photo of Mitsuru Ikeda in graduation robes. Caption on page: Mitsuru Ikeda graduates high school while incarcerated in Amache, Colorado in January, Colorado in January 1945. He was born on June 14, 1927 in Alameda, CA.

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img Photo of Topaz camp, take from above (ddr-ajah-6-145)

Inscription below photo front: Central Utah Reloc. Center Topaz, Utah 1944. Inscription on back in Japanese. Note on page: Kanji translation on the back of the photo: to M/M Tomine and Mr. Otsu, New Year Greetings - From Yoshioka family

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img Keiji Shiota with children sitting in field (ddr-ajah-6-870)

Caption below photo: Rayko, left, born February 5, 1922, father Keiji Shiota and Shuzo, born May 30, 1923. Photo circa 1923. The Shiotas are from Alameda, CA.

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img Man in baseball uniform (ddr-ajah-6-58)

Photo framed in a heart. Caption below photo: Non Iwahashi. Alameda Taiiku kai baseball team, circa 1930s

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img Two children standing in field (ddr-ajah-6-231)

Caption below photo: Rayko Shiota (at left) of Alameda, CA., with a friend. Photo could be in the Oakland Hills, circa 1923-1924

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img Boy with bicycle on sidewalk (ddr-ajah-6-456)

Caption below photo: The bicycle is too big for Yoshiharu Inouye Alameda, CA., circa 1920. His parents were Kanjiro and Natsuno Inouye

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doc Phot and text titled: The Faceless Monks of Emptyness (ddr-ajah-6-354)

Photos and history of Komuso monks. Ineko Takano in costume.

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img Group clearing trees (ddr-ajah-6-219)

Caption below photo: Clearing land outside of the camp confines. They probably used the wood to heat their barracks. Jerome, Arkansas, November 1943. Written on photo front: Nov. 43

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img Two copies of funeral photo for Yamamoto, one version including individuals identified (ddr-ajah-6-971)

Photo damaged

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img Portrait of Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara (ddr-ajah-6-524)

Caption below photo: Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara of Alameda, CA. Tsuji Photo Studio of nearby Oakland used Rembrandt lighting to create this portrait. Circa 1932

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img Portrait of man in pilot's uniform (ddr-ajah-6-559)

Caption below photo: An Issei man (first generation of Japanese to settle in America) poses in his pilot's outfit. His name appears to be Azuma and he may have been from Oakland, CA. Circa 1915-1920s

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img Two women outside house (ddr-ajah-6-827)

Caption below photo: Hatsuyo Ozeki (left) and Hiroko Nakata pose at what is likely the Ozeki house on 2325 Clement Ave in Alameda, CA. By 1930, Hatsuyo's father, Mataichi, moved his family to this address. She would be 27 in 1930.

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img View of large crowd on dock by ship with streamers taken from ship (ddr-ajah-6-595)

Caption below photo: Streamers connect departing Japanese friends and relatives aboard ship, likely in San Francisco, CA. Every person seen here appears to be Japanese. On the back of the photo: To: Mr. (Takuritsu) Morita, taken on April 17, 1926. Morita's friend must have taken this photo and sent it to him. Morita was living in …

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