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Gardena Valley Baptist Church

Collection

Created by: genieinjapan

Gardena Valley Baptist Church (currently located at 1630 W. 158th St. in Gardena, California) was founded in 1914 by the Los Angeles Baptist Mission Society, targeting the recent immigrant population ...


 

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles

Collection

Created by: lthistory

In 1917, a teacher in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles named Nellie G. Oliver began sponsoring a social and athetlic club for local Japanese American youth. Over the ...


 

Kana Takada's Collection---Japanophilia

Collection

Created by: kanatakada

All the objects that are seen here reprensent Japan, however all of these products were made by non-Japanese people. Thus these objects are misleading, which present wrong images of ...


 

Descanso Gardens

Collection

Created by: nfrancis

Created in the 1930’s, Descanso Gardens is a one-hundred and sixty acre collection of gardens and woodlands in Los Angeles. The flora, albeit physically contiguous, is categorized into six main ...


 

Theodore Roosevelt High School Japanese Garden

Collection

Created by: pmcenney

A photo-documentation of the Heiwa En or Garden of Peace located in Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School. Roosevelt High School is located at 4565 Mathews St. Los Angeles, CA 90033. ...


 

Nisei Week Activities

Collection

Created by: Spanky

Nisei Week Grand Parade and Closing Ceremonies.


 

Little Tokyo Walking Tours

Collection

Created by: lthistory

Photographs from walking tours of Little Tokyo in Los Angeles led by the Little Tokyo Historical Society and the Los Angeles Conservancy.


 

Why use a fork? - the daily diet of a hapa Nisei Nikkei who doesn't ...

Collection

Created by: vkraus

I recently had an epiphany-like moment while eating a street taco in Boyle Heights that I had an eclectic multicultural daily life. I live in a nearly all-Japanese tenant apartment ...


 

Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, CA) Timeline: 1868-1910 (Compiled by Harry K. Honda)

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: dmatsumoto

Veteran Los Angeles-based journalist, Harry K. Honda, has compiled his first installment of Little Tokyo's history covering the years 1868-1910.


 

Olivers Booklet, Part Two

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: lthistory

Frank Fukuzawa researched and wrote a pamphlet on the history of Miss Oliver and the Oliver Clubs in 1990, on which this online exhibit is based. The second half, linked ...

Part of these collections:

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles (Item 103 of 124, “Olivers Booklet, Part Two”)
Collected by: lthistory
Frank Fukuzawa researched and wrote a pamphlet on the history of Miss Oliver and the Oliver Clubs in 1990, on which this online exhibit is based. The second half, linked ...


 

Olivers History Booklet by Frank Fukuzawa

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: lthistory

Frank Fukuzawa researched and wrote a pamphlet on the history of Miss Oliver and the Oliver Clubs in 1990, on which this online exhibit is based. The first half, linked ...

Part of these collections:

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles (Item 102 of 124, “Olivers Booklet, Part One”)
Collected by: lthistory
Frank Fukuzawa researched and wrote a pamphlet on the history of Miss Oliver and the Oliver Clubs in 1990, on which this online exhibit is based. The first half, linked ...


 

Community Sings at Union Church

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: lthistory

Joe Suski recalls how Miss Oliver's efforts to teach the children of Little Tokyo to sing were taken up by Charles Kamayatsu (Senior).

Part of these collections:

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles (Item 11 of 124, “Community Sings at Union Church”)
Collected by: lthistory
Joe Suski recalls how Miss Oliver's efforts to teach the children of Little Tokyo to sing were taken up by Charles Kamayatsu (Senior).


 

Miss Oliver and Exercise

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: lthistory

Joe Suski reveals Miss Oliver's attitude towards posture and exercise.

Part of these collections:

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles (Item 10 of 124, “Miss Oliver and Exercise”)
Collected by: lthistory
Joe Suski reveals Miss Oliver's attitude towards posture and exercise.


 

Walking Miss Oliver to the Streetcar

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: lthistory

Joe Suski describes the ritual surrounding escorting Miss Oliver to the streetcar after the Friday night club meetings.

Part of these collections:

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles (Item 25 of 124, “Walking Miss Oliver to the Streetcar”)
Collected by: lthistory
Joe Suski describes the ritual surrounding escorting Miss Oliver to the streetcar after the Friday night club meetings.


 

On the Radio

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: lthistory

Joe Suski (Junior) remembers Miss Oliver fondly and explains how she was connected with an appearance by some Olivers on local radion in the 1920s.

Part of these collections:

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles (Item 17 of 124, “On the Radio”)
Collected by: lthistory
Joe Suski (Junior) remembers Miss Oliver fondly and explains how she was connected with an appearance by some Olivers on local radion in the 1920s.


 

Raising Funds II

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: lthistory

Joe Suski reflects on the Olivers' efforts to raise money for their equipment.

Part of these collections:

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles (Item 56 of 124, “Raising Funds II”)
Collected by: lthistory
Joe Suski (Junior) describes the methods by which his family survived the Depression.


 

Weathering the Depression

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: lthistory

Joe Suski (Junior) describes the methods by which his family survived the Depression.

Part of these collections:

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles (Item 28 of 124, “Weathering the Depression”)
Collected by: lthistory
Joe Suski (Junior) describes the methods by which his family survived the Depression.


 

Pearl Harbor Day Ballgame

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: lthistory

Joe Suski remembers playing a game with the Nippons against the Paramount Studio Cubs the afternoon of December 7, 1941.

Part of these collections:

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles (Item 59 of 124, “Pearl Harbor Day Ballgame”)
Collected by: lthistory
Joe Suski remembers playing a game with the Nippons against the Paramount Studio Cubs the afternoon of December 7, 1941.


 

Playing for the Los Angeles Nippons

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: lthistory

Joe Suski (Junior) recalls his days playing for the semi-pro team, the Los Angeles Nippons.

Part of these collections:

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles (Item 48 of 124, “Playing for the Los Angeles Nippons”)
Collected by: lthistory
Joe Suski (Junior) recalls his days playing for the semi-pro team, the Los Angeles Nippons.


 

Creating New Clubs

Contributed Item

Uploaded by: lthistory

Joe Suski explains how additional Oliver clubs came to be formed every few years.

Part of these collections:

The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles (Item 23 of 124, “Making New Oliver Clubs”)
Collected by: lthistory
Joe Suski explains how additional Oliver clubs came to be formed every few years.


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