World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; War memorials -- France [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France [lcsh];
Reads, "To the men of the 442d RCT, U.S. army, who reaffirmed an historic truth here . . . that loyalty to one's country in not modified by racial origin. These Americans, whose ancestors were Japanese, on October 30, 1944 during the battle of...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Japanese American veterans [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh];
When Japanese American veterans of WWII were denied membership in the existing local VFW Post, they initiated plans for thier own Nisei VFW Post. The Institution Ceremony and Installation of Officers was at the Buddhist Recreation Hall, Sacramento,...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Japanese American men [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh];
Unidentified man, possibly a member of Akihoshi family. Photograph from the Nakano family album. Asataro Nakano and Misao Gyotoku Nakano immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. They settled in West Sacramento where they purchased land to farm....
Tsukamoto, Walter [aacr2]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Japanese American men [lcsh]; Skeet shooting [lcsh]; Guns [lcsh];
In 1931, Walter Tsukamoto organized the Sacramento Chapter, JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) and served as its president until 1936. He was elected JACL national president in 1938. He is the first [?] Nisei to receive a law degree from...
Tsukamoto, Walter [aacr2]; Japanese American men -- California [lcsh];
In 1931, Walter Tsukamoto organized the Sacramento Chapter, JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) and served as its president until 1936. He was elected JACL national president in 1938. He is the first[?] Nisei to receive a law degree from Boalt...
Tsukamoto, Walter [aacr2]; Japanese American men -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Farm tractors [lcsh];
In 1922, Walter Tsukamoto helped establish the American Loyalty League. In 1931, he organized the Sacramento Chapter, JACL (Japanese American Citizens League) and served as its president until 1936. He was elected JACL national president in 1938....
Team bowling [lcsh]; Sakamoto, Shig [aacr2]; Nakano, Asato George [aacr2]; Enomoto, Jerry [aacr2]; Murakami, Nobi [aacr2]; Matsumoto, Gilbert [aacr2]; Japanese American men -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh];
Identified: top row, Shig Sakamoto, George Nakano, Jerry Enomoto; bottom row, Nobi Murakami, Gilbert Matsumoto. Photograph from the Nakano family album.
Sepulchral monuments -- California [lcsh]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony [lcna]; Masumizu, Kuni -- Tombs [aacr2]; Japanese American men -- History [aacr2];
Gravestone reads: "In memmory [sic] of Kuni Masumizu // Died Sept. 13. 1915 // Aged 66 years." Kuni Masamizu was a Wakamatsu Colony pioneer. The Wakamatsu party was probably the first organized immigrant-colony arriving in El Dorado county, June...
Fans (sensu) are used by guests at a tea gathering, especially when entering or exiting the tearoom, however, they are never opened or used to fan oneself. Men's sensu are slightly larger than those for women. The lacquered frame of this woman's...
Kino, Yoshio [aacr2]; Yasui, George [aacr2]; Manabe, Rev. [aacr2]; Hayashi, Mr. [aacr2]; Tsuda, Y. [aacr2]; Tsukamoto, Etsuzo Kadokawa [aacr2]; Ouchida, Yosh [aacr2]; Yoshida, Frank [aacr2]; Yutaka, Mr. [aacr2]; Nishida, Mr. [aacr2]; Baseball teams...
Identified: Yoshio Kino, George Yasui, Rev. Manabe, Mr. Hayashi, Y. Tsuda, Mr. Yutaka, George Etsuzo (Kadokawa) Tsukamoto, Yosh Ouchida, Mr. Nishida, Frank Yoshida.
Kajihara, Harry [aacr2]; Gunderson, Margaret [aacr2]; Teachers -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American men -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Anniversaries, etc. [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center...
Harry Kajihara was a former student of Margaret Gunderson from Tule Lake Relocation Center.
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Rice -- Social aspects [lcsh];
The usu was carved from a solid granite stone by the Ruhkala Brothers in circa 1934. The Ruhkala's owned a granite quarry in Rocklin California. Traditionally, Japanese American family members, friends, and neighbors gathered prior to New Year's...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Kitchen utensils [lcsh]; Rice -- Social aspects [lcsh];
Traditionally, Japanese American family members, friends, and neighbors gathered prior to New Year's Day to make special rice cakes called mochi. The women cooked the rice; the men pounded the rice in the usu with wooden mallets, and the children...
Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Granada Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Colorado [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Ethnic identity [lcsh]; Sumo...
Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Buddhist centers -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Buddhist Church of Sacramento [aacr2]; Japanese American men -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Naito, Rev. [aacr2];
Located in Japan Town at 418 "O" Street. Identified: Second row; Yohei Kato, Soichi Nakatani, unidentified, Reverend Naito, Kataoka, unidentified.
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American men [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- New Mexico [lcsh]; Santa Fe Internment Camp [aacr2];
This photo was sent by Shigeichi Sumida to his wife, Tatsuko. The Sumida family traveled from Walerga Assembly Center to Tule Lake Relocation Center and later Shigeichi was sent to Santa Fe Internment Camp. The camp was operated by the Department...
