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Five Views of Redress: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary
Collection
Created by: editor
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 culminated almost two decades of struggle to win official government acknowledgement of the violation of Japanese American constitutional rights during World War II. ...
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Frank Kikuchi
Collection
Created by: eishida
Frank Kikuchi was born in Seattle, Washington on October 21, 1924. He had one sister, Yoshiko, and two half siblings, Chiyo and George. Frank's parents were Issei, his mother from ...
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George Hoshida Collection
Collection
Created by: eishida
George Hoshida was born in 1907 in Kumamoto, Japan. He migrated with his family to Hilo, Hawaii when he was four years old, and this is where George spent all ...
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Voices from the Camps
Collection
Created by: Tom Ikeda
View video clips of individuals talking about their experiences in the 10 War Relocation Authority concentration camps. The War Relocation Authority (WRA) oversaw the construction of ten camps in sparsely ...
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National Japanese American Memorial in Washington D.C.
Collection
Created by: vkm
In April 2005, my husband and I spent our first anniversary in Washington D.C. to see the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
As part of our trip, we visited the National Japanese ...
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Photo of removal from Bainbridge Island
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: editor
Seattle Post/Intelligencer photograph of the forced removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, Washington, 1942.
Photo of couple with dog
Gift of Manzanar Reunion Committee-1987.
Courtesy of the Museum of History & Industry, ...
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Part of these collections:
Five Views of Redress: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary
(Item 6 of 7, “Guest curator: Cynthia Kadohata (1)”)
Collected by: editor
Cynthia Kadohata (1)
Novelist; John Newberry Medal recipient for the most distinguished children’s book of 2005
Seattle Post/Intelligencer photograph of the forced removal of Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, Washington, 1942.
Courtesy ...
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USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: team-nikkei-usa
USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor, notice the oil slick or "black tears" trailing in the current.
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Part of these collections:
3 移民を授業する － 日系アメリカ人の記憶から学ぶ: トモエ・ニシ(西ともえ) さん
(Item 4 of 6)
Collected by: team-nikkei-usa
戦争が続いてもアメリカ本土からはものがなんとか買えたので商売はできました。でも,日本からの品物は入らなくなってきたので,下駄は自分たちで材料を調達して作り,商品にしました。日本の敗戦を知って私は日本が負けたことを知って泣きました。私は日本とアメリカ,どちらにも負けてほしくなかった。私は二世でしょ,でから日本人に近いの。でもアメリカ人。泣いたなんて言っちゃいけないとずっと思ってましたよ。
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Pearl Harbor and incarceration (Tatsuno_001)
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: HNRC
Color silent amateur films by Dave Tatsuno (1913-2006), a businessman in the San Francisco Bay area. Composed largely of home movie clips, taken 1942-1945, of the environment the Japanese ...
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Part of these collections:
Dave Tatsuno Collection (91.74.1-8)
(Item 1 of 112, “Dave Tatsuno Collection (91.74) [1 of 112]”)
Collected by: HNRC
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Statement to Returning Japanese, Hood River, Oregon, 1944
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
The fear of continuing racial discrimination placed added burdens. This statement was published in the Hood River News on December 22, 1944.
Courtesy of Hood River County Historical Museum.
For more ...
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 14 of 16, “Statement Published in the Hood River News, December 22, 1944”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
At the war's end, families faced difficult decisions on where to go next -- many had to begin anew. Forty percent of the Nikkei community members returned to the ...
２ 移民を授業する － 日系アメリカ人の記憶から学ぶ: ２ エド・イチヤマさん
(Item 4 of 6)
Collected by: team-nikkei-usa
家族の話に戻りましょう。私の妻も義母も当時西海岸に住んでいたので、「敵性外国人」として強制収容所に送られました。日系人であるという理由でアメリカ市民である二世も送られました。1944年に妻の家族はオレゴン州に戻りましたが、日系人への偏見は続いていました。
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Hood River, Oregon, 9:40 a.m., May 13, 1942.
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
The train to Pinedale Assembly Center from Hood River, Oregon, 9:40 a.m., May 13, 1942. The drapes on the windows remained closed on the journey.
Photo by Alva L. Day. Courtesy ...
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 12 of 16, “Hood River, OR, 9:40 a.m., May 13, 1942”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
Some of the Japanese in the valley were at the Japanese Community Hall on Sunday, December 7, 1941, preparing for a variety show when news of the Pearl Harbor bombing ...
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Fourth of July, Parkdale, Oregon, ca. 1935.
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
Fourth of July, Parkdale, Oregon, ca. 1935.
Courtesy of Chiz Tamura.
For more information, please contact the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center at 503-224-1458. www.oregonnikkei.org.
No photographs may be reproduced without written permission.
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 11 of 16, “Fourth of July, Parkdale, OR, ca. 1935”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
The Issei felt their roots sinking into the American soil. Their children were American citizens. Integrating into the mainstream of American life was not always easy despite the hard work ...
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Hauling asparagus
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
Toru Noji hauling asparagus, ca. 1935.
Courtesy of Chiz Tamura.
For more information, please contact the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center at 503-224-1458. www.oregonnikkei.org.
No photographs may be reproduced without written permission.
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 9 of 16, “Hauling Asparagus, ca. 1935”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
It takes about nine years for apple trees to bear enough fruit for commercial harvest. Families planted their orchards, and put in strawberries for quick cash crops.
In 1920, 351 Japanese ...
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Clearing stumps, Hood River
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
Clearing land of timber, Hood River, Oregon, ca. 1927.
Courtesy of Cliff Nakamura.
For more information, please contact the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center at 503-224-1458. www.oregonnikkei.org.
No photographs may be reproduced without ...
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 5 of 16, “Clearing Land of Timber, Hood River, OR, ca. 1927”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
Issei were also hired to clear land for landowners. After timber harvest, stumps were pulled with horses, dynamite, and hard labor to prepare fields for planting. By 1905, as ...
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Kanshichi Itano
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
Kanshichi Itano and his Japanese crew built the Mt. Hood Railroad from the town of Hood River to Dee, and later extended it to Parkdale.
Courtesy of Cliff Nakamura.
For more information, ...
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 4 of 16, “Kanshichi Itano”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
The first Issei to arrive in the Hood River Valley were hired on contract as railroad laborers. Kanshichi Itano and his Japanese crew built the Mt. Hood Railroad from the ...
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Hamada farm workers
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
Loading hay on the Hamada farm.
Courtesy of Chiz Tamura.
For more information, please contact the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center at 503-224-1458. www.oregonnikkei.org.
No photographs may be reproduced without written permission.
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 3 of 16, “Loading Hay on the Hamada Farm”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
Some came from traditional farming backgrounds in Japan, but not everyone had experience. They took what work they could get. Mostly young, single men, the first Issei were employed at ...
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Kiyokawa orchard
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
Working the orchard, Kay Kiyokawa driving a power sprayer.
Courtesy of Kay Kiyokawa.
For more information, please contact the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center at 503-224-1458. www.oregonnikkei.org.
No photographs may be reproduced without ...
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 2 of 16, “Working the Orchard”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
The primary Japanese farming communities of the Mid-Columbia region were located in Oregon's Hood River valley at Dee, Odell, Parkdale, Pine Grove, and Oak Grove. In Wasco County, farming took ...
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Hamada Family orchard, Parkdale, Oregon, ca. 1920
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
The Hamada Family orchard, Parkdale, Oregon, ca. 1920.
Courtesy of Hamada Family.
For more information, please contact the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center at 503-224-1458. www.oregonnikkei.org.
No photographs may be reproduced without written ...
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 1 of 16, “Hamada Family Orchard, Parkdale, OR, ca. 1920.”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
Japanese began to arrive in the Hood River area by 1900. Hopes and dreams brought them to this verdant valley along the Columbia River. The promise of a better life ...
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Tule Lake Barracks
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
Tule Lake residential barracks.
Source: National Archives.
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 13 of 16, “Tule Lake Residential Barracks”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
From Pinedale, most of the families were sent to a concentration camp at Tule Lake, near the Oregon-California border –- one of ten War Relocation Camps administered by the War ...
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Strawberry Packing, Hood River, Oregon
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
Strawberry packing shed, Hood River, Oregon.
ONLC 792, Gift of Carolyn Brady, Takagi Family Collection.
For more information, please contact the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center at 503-224-1458. www.oregonnikkei.org.
No photographs may be ...
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 8 of 16, “Strawberry packing shed, Hood River, OR, ca. 1916”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
Agriculture is a complex business. Growers must contend with the vagaries of constantly changing climate and markets. Issei joined the local apple growers associations to facilitate getting their crops to ...
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The Yasui Farm in Dee, Oregon
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
Tokujiro Yasui (right) and his wife Masashi on their farm in Dee, Oregon, ca. early 1920s.
ONLC 317, Gift of Frank Yasui.
For more information, please contact the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center ...
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 7 of 16, “Dee, OR, ca. early 1920s”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
As livelihoods became more certain, men sent for their wives. The Issei women were often surprised by their circumstances but persevered, working alongside their husbands, often in very rustic conditions. ...
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