Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Agriculture -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh];
Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm...
Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh]; Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Reagan, Ronald [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh];...
Ronald Reagan on stage. Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to...
Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm [aacr2]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Dedication services -- California -- El Dorado County [lcsh];
Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
Mothers and sons [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; Tahara, Tsune [aacr2]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Medals [lcsh]; Hayashi, Yoneo [aacr2]; Nakagaki, Tsuru [aacr2]; Abe, Asa [aacr2];...
This Gold Star Ceremony was held to honor the mothers of Japanese American soldiers from the Sacramento area and Florin who died during WWII. Those honored included Mrs. Yoneo Hayashi, Mrs. Tsuru Nakagaki (mother of Masaru Nakagaki), Mrs. Asa Abe,...
War memorials [aacr2]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; Akimoto, John [aacr2]; Shoji, Toshi [aacr2]; Hattori, Kunio...
Portraits of individuals: John Akimoto, Toshi Shoji, Kunio Hattori, Tad Takeuchi, Shigeo Tabuchi, Pete Masuoka, and George Saito. Pfc. John Akimoto was killed in Italy on August 2, 1944. He received personal citations for bravery. His brother Pvt...
Yoshihashi, Setsu Kawata [aacr2]; Japanese American women -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American business enterprises -- California [lcsh]; Laundry -- Equipment and supplies [lcsh]
Can used to blow water lightly onto clothes for pressing. This was used by Setsu Kawata Yoshihashi (1896-1993), who started a laundry business with her husband in Hollywood, California, between the years 1915-1922. During hard times, she would do...
Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh];
Wooden vase made by Kametaro Takeuchi, who resided at Block 21, #2114-B in Tule Lake Relocation Center.
Walerga Assembly Center; Matsui, Doris; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Anniversaries, etc.;
"Day of Remembrance" ceremonies where held at the site of the Walerga Assembly Center in Sacramento. Among the guests was Doris Matsui, who announced she was born in 1944 in an internment camp in Arizonia.
Legislative hearings -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Legislative hearings -- United States; Bills, Legislative -- United States;
Transcripts of congressional hearings on the H.R. 4110 redress bill before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations have been released according to the Japanese American Citizens League National Redress...
Transcripts of congressional hearings on the H.R. 4110 redress bill before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations have been released according to the Japanese American Citizens League National Redress...
Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Speeches, addresses, etc; Japanese American Citizens League; Yasui, Minoru, 1916-;
Robert T. Matsui made the following statement after hearing of the death of the Japanese American Citizens League leader Min Yasui, "Min was a champion of civil rights who was fiercely dedicated to the pursuit of justice."
Bills, Legislative -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Reparations; Legislative hearings -- United States; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Japanese Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 --...
On the first day of the 100th Congress Rep. Robert T. Matsui and Rep. Norman Y. Mineta reintroduced H.R. 442, a reparations bill for Japanese Americans interned during World War II. The main sponsor of the bill is Majority Leader Thomas Foley...
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Matsunaga, Spark, 1916-; Inouye, Daniel K., 1924-; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Quotations; Bills, Legislative -- United States; Legislative hearings -- United States; Uyehara, Grayce;
The House Judiciary Committee voted to send H.R. 442 to the full House of Representatives after defeating a proposal to eliminate monetary compensation to those who were interned. Meanwhile, in the Senate the Federal Services Subcommittee on...
Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Photographs; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Speeches, addresses, etc; School children;
Robert T. Matsui visits a fifth grade class at William Land Elementary School in Sacramento, CA. Robert T. Matsui answered questions from the children who were covering the Fifth District Congressional Race for ScholasticNews.com, a children's...
Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Photographs; Matsui, Robert T., 1941 -- Speeches, addresses, etc;
Congressman Robert T. Matsui gave a talk on Monday, September 13, 1979 to new citizens at a naturalization ceremony. Photograph appeared in the Sacramento Bee in an article titled "Robert T. Matsui 1941-2005 'Good and decent man.'"
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Tea making paraphernalia [lcsh]; Tea caddies [lcsh]
This chaire is fashioned in the popular high-shouldered (katatsuki) form with glaze work typical of the Zeze kilns. The shifuku (cover) that accompanies it is fashioned from a satin (donsu) fabric known as Fujitane (a family name), which bears a...
Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]; Drinking vessels [lcsh]
Hagi ware is thought to originate from the work of two Korean potters, Ri Shakko and Ri Kei, who founded the kiln ( Fukagawa-gama) under the patronage of the Mori clan, sometime around 1604. This teabowl was created by the 12th generation master,...
This square ceramic dish is perfectly suited for a serving dish during the kaiseki meal that accompanies a formal tea gathering (chaji). Fashioned in the Oribe style, with its distinctive green glaze and bold designs, it depicts a single flower in...
