71 items
71 items
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Commencement Program from University of Detroit (ddr-densho-355-20)
Program from commencement ceremony for Gentaro Takahashi for completion of Master of Commercial Science.
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Letter to Yuri Domoto from Martha Takemura (ddr-densho-356-353)
Letter to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Martha Takemura that provides condolences for the death of Kanetaro Domoto (Yuriko's father) and inquires about her plans for the future. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
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Henry and Edsel Ford in front of the 25 millionth Ford car (ddr-njpa-1-363)
Caption on reverse [translation]: 44 Years of Effort. (Detroit) Domei. King of Automobiles Ford describing the painstaking hard work from the building of the first Ford automobile forty-four years ago to the twenty-five millionth chic, streamlined Ford car built this year to his son Edsel. Photograph: the first Ford and the 25 millionth one, constructed at …
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Joe Louis vs.Bob Pastor (ddr-njpa-1-1195)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Invincible Louis. (Detroit) Domei. In the September 20 heavyweight championship match at Detroit's Briggs Stadium between Joe Louis and Bob Pastor, Louis finally displayed his invicible style in the 11th round and knocked out Pastor. Photograph: The moment when Louis' (left) splendid punch toppled Pastor. [Stamped] October 12, 1939."
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Postcard from Charles and Dorothy to Donald Miyagi, June 6, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-2028)
Postcard from Charles and Dorothy to Donald Miyagi in the Poston incarceration camp depicting Michigan Central Station. Includes brief greeting from Charles and Dorothy. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2131
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Letter from John R. Moseley, Admissions Counselor, Wayne University to Mr. Dallas C. McLaren, Principal, Poston Two School, August 23, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1878)
Correspondence from John Moseley to Dallas McLaren regarding Japanese-American students at Wayne University. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1881
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Clipping from Detroit Times with review of The World of Suzie Wong (ddr-densho-367-287)
Article title: Suzie's World Colorful
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Mae Hada Interview (ddr-one-7-20)
Nisei female. Born July 5, 1922, in Portland, Oregon. Grew up in Portland where father owned a clothing store. During World War II, removed to the Portland Assembly Center, Oregon, and the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Ames, Iowa, and Detroit, Michigan, before returning to Oregon and raising a …
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Yuriko Yamamoto Interview (ddr-densho-1000-408)
Nisei female. Born February 19, 1927, in Los Angeles, California. When mother passed away before the war, went to live with family friends while father went to Japan. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Detroit, …
Narrator Fred Korematsu
Nisei male. Born January 30, 1919, in Oakland, California. Mr. Korematsu was working as a welder in San Francisco when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After Executive Order 9066 was issued in 1942, he decided to resist the evacuation orders, and was not removed with his family. He was arrested in May of …
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Fred Korematsu - Kathryn Korematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1000-181)
This interview centers on the experiences of Fred Korematsu, a Nisei born January 30, 1919, in Oakland, California. Mr. Korematsu was working as a welder in San Francisco when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After Executive Order 9066 was issued in 1942, he decided to resist the evacuation orders, and was not removed …
Narrator Paul Satoh
Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1936, Paul Satoh spent a happy childhood as the only child of a chemist and a homemaker. Satoh's extended family included an uncle who had studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his wife, a US-born Nikkei from Hawai'i who occasionally had received a "care pack from the United …
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Fred Korematsu Interview (ddr-densho-1012-1)
Nisei male. Born January 30, 1919, in Oakland, California. Mr. Korematsu was working as a welder in San Francisco when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. After Executive Order 9066 was issued in 1942, he decided to resist the evacuation orders, and was not removed with his family. He was arrested in May of …
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Paul Satoh Interview (ddr-densho-1021-9)
Born in Osaka, Japan, in 1936, Paul Satoh spent a happy childhood as the only child of a chemist and a homemaker. Satoh's extended family included an uncle who had studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, and his wife, a US-born Nikkei from Hawai'i who occasionally had received a "care pack from the United …