Topics
Facilities
Format
Genre
Usage

Use <Ctrl> or (⌘) keys to select multiple terms

320 items
Seven Issei men in suits (ddr-densho-259-196)
img Seven Issei men in suits (ddr-densho-259-196)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Hood River Issei, from left to right: Kozo Karasawa, Yoshitomo Kyono, Ikutaro Takagi, Kamematsu Norimatsu and [Renichi Fujimoto]. I can't identify the two men who are crouching in the front."
img "Demonstration of wedding ceremony at community hall" (ddr-densho-259-310)
Unidentified Japanese women in kimono. Part of a demonstration of a wedding ceremony at the community hall.
Fourth of July parade (ddr-densho-259-448)
img Fourth of July parade (ddr-densho-259-448)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "An early Hood River parade, showing the [Hood River] Japanese marching up Oak Street in medieval costumes, probably during the Fourth of July. According to Ruth Guppy, this parade was held on July 4, 1914, following a production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado at Coe's Spring...[Masuo Yasui] can be seen in …
Crew of Japanese laborers (ddr-densho-259-354)
img Crew of Japanese laborers (ddr-densho-259-354)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A group of Japanese laborers standing in the back row, and a group sitting in the front on the ground I will guess that this crew was picking applies."
Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-197)
img Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-197)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "St. Marks Church in Hood River, showing [Masuo Yasui], several Issei men, a Caucasian minister, and remarkably, a Japanese minister not Isaac Inouye. St. Marks was either a Catholic or Episcopalian church--or maybe it was a Lutheran church. In any event, the two clerics are wearing their collars backwards, as Catholic and …
Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-110)
img Japanese American and white men and boys at St. Marks church (ddr-densho-259-110)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "St. Marks Church in Hood River, showing [Masuo Yasui], several Issei men, a Caucasian minister, and remarkably, a Japanese minister not Isaac Inouye. St. Marks was either a Catholic or Episcopalian church--or maybe it was a Lutheran church. In any event, the two clerics are wearing their collars backwards, as Catholic and …
Tea ceremony demonstration (ddr-densho-259-135)
img Tea ceremony demonstration (ddr-densho-259-135)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui] teaching a tea ceremony class at the [Hood River] Japanese Community Hall. Most of the women are dressed in kimono, but all of them probably had been taking lessons."
Northwest division of Methodist women, Hood River conference (ddr-densho-259-164)
img Northwest division of Methodist women, Hood River conference (ddr-densho-259-164)
Caption in Japanese at bottom of photograph: "Northwest division of Methodist women, Hood River conference." Caption by Homer Yasui: "A large print gathering of some Hood River Issei , together with a large number of out-of-town Issei women in front of the Hood River Community Hall."
Issei men at train depot (ddr-densho-259-157)
img Issei men at train depot (ddr-densho-259-157)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Hood River Depot, Chan [Renichi Fujimoto], Dad [Masuo Yasui]."
Hood River Japanese Community Hall (ddr-densho-259-343)
img Hood River Japanese Community Hall (ddr-densho-259-343)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "A gathering of many of the Hood River Japanese community in front of the Hood River Japanese Community Hall To me, it appears to have been a photograph taken of the Christian Nikkei families in Hood River, although there certainly must have been exceptions to this general statement, because I see the …
Issei men in hansom cab (ddr-densho-259-278)
img Issei men in hansom cab (ddr-densho-259-278)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Masuo Yasui], the Reverend S. Yoshioka, and A. Ikeda (the driver) in a horse-drawn hansom cab. Behind the cab, the first Yasui brothers store with the sign, is seen. The street which surely must have been State Street, was a dirt road."
Nisei girls wearing kimono (ddr-densho-259-222)
img Nisei girls wearing kimono (ddr-densho-259-222)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi and Yuka [Yasui] are standing and the parasol is folded."
img "Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley" (ddr-densho-259-315)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley, looking south from Panorama Point. This is a beautiful picture of what the valley looked like in the old days."
Issei man on a train (ddr-densho-259-460)
img Issei man on a train (ddr-densho-259-460)
Renichi Fujimoto on a train, preparing for a journey to Japan to return with his wife, Matsuyo.
Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley (ddr-densho-259-316)
img Panoramic view of the Hood River Valley (ddr-densho-259-316)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "View of the [Hood River] valley taken from Panorama Point, but from a slightly different angle."
Preparing for a festival (ddr-densho-259-131)
img Preparing for a festival (ddr-densho-259-131)
Caption by Yuka Yasui: "Setting up for festival, [Hood River] Japanese Hall, Mrs. Iwasa, Mrs. Tanimoto, Hirasawas."
Nisei girls with dog (ddr-densho-259-404)
img Nisei girls with dog (ddr-densho-259-404)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Yuka [Yasui], a dog ['Mike'] and Chiye Tomihiro. This was taken on the back sidewalk steps to our home at 704 Montello Avenue in Hood River."
Issei men alongside a touring car (ddr-densho-259-192)
img Issei men alongside a touring car (ddr-densho-259-192)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Masuo Yasui] and another man standing alongside a touring car. The interesting thing about this picture is that the sign on the wall of the building says, 'E.C. Smith Motor Co.' I doubt that this was a business run by Ernest C. Smith, [Masuo]'s old friend. but who knows? E.C. Smith's business …
Issei mother and children (ddr-densho-259-137)
img Issei mother and children (ddr-densho-259-137)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "This is a formal portrait of most of the Yasui family, taken in the Third Street home in Hood River [Shidzuyo] is holding Shu on her lap, Mihci is sitting in an adjustable child's chair, Roku is sitting on a rectangular leather-topped stool, and the older boys are gathered in front of …
Issei mother and sons on the street (ddr-densho-259-186)
img Issei mother and sons on the street (ddr-densho-259-186)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "[Shidzuyo Yasui], Ches [Tsuyoshi Yasui], and Min[oru Yasui] in a baby buggy, standing across the street from the First National Bank in Hood River. They are standing on the SW corner of 3rd and Oak Streets."
Nikkei family seated in living room (ddr-densho-259-393)
img Nikkei family seated in living room (ddr-densho-259-393)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "The Katsusaburo and Michiko Tamura family portrait, taken in their home located jear the old Emory (?) sawmill east of Odell, [Oregon]. Seated, [left to right]: Michiko (mother), Alice, unidentified Issei man, George & Oscar. Standing, [left to right]: Katsusaburo (father) & Harry."
Nisei child sitting on a table with a statue (ddr-densho-259-155)
img Nisei child sitting on a table with a statue (ddr-densho-259-155)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay [Yasui] sitting on an oak table, with a statuette of an extremely high-foreheaded but bald Japanese man. Actually this statue represented one of the seven Chinese Gods of good fortune, which the Japanese called Fukuroku Ju This god was known for his ability to prophesy events and to perform miracles for …
Two Nisei girls and a white girl in kimono (ddr-densho-259-233)
img Two Nisei girls and a white girl in kimono (ddr-densho-259-233)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Michi and Yuka [Yasui] in kimono and zori (Japanese sandals) with a Caucasian girl [Bette Miller], also in kimono, between them."
Nisei man with tennis racquet (ddr-densho-259-420)
img Nisei man with tennis racquet (ddr-densho-259-420)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay [Yasui] holding a tennis racquet behind his arms. This surely must have been taken at the dirt tennis court which had been built at the old Japanese Community Hall."
Portrait of two Nisei brothers (ddr-densho-259-199)
img Portrait of two Nisei brothers (ddr-densho-259-199)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Kay and Ray Tsuyoshi Yasui as a very young child and as an infant."
API