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Black and White photograph. Group portrait, banquet, Mr. Owada farewell party.

Black and White photograph. Group portrait, Thomas Japanese School graduation, dated 4/1/1939.
Thomas Japanese School, Thomas, WA (between Auburn and Kent). Back row: seventh from left, Shoichiro Katsuno.

Web exhibition: #283

Black and White photograph. Northwest Japanese-American Society teacher recognition, Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Nov. 3, 1940. First row: Second from right, Mrs. Kataoka, Japanese Language School teacher. Fourth from right, Principal Yoriaki…

Black and White photograph. Mokuyoo Kai, women and men, some women in kimonos.

Web Exhibition: #285

U.W. Fuyo Kai group at the Columns on the University of Washington campus, May 28, 1941. Fuyo Kai (Hibiscus Club) was a Japanese American student club for women, founded in 1922 in response to Japanese exclusion from the traditional sororities. First…

Black and White photograph. Japanese Buddhist Church preschool, Jan. 16, 1941. Second row: Second from right, Robert Kanemoto; Louise Takahara Matsumoto. Third row: Far left, Miss Mori; behind her Mr. Fletcher (bus driver). Far right, KC Hoshide.

Black and White photograph. Shibai, traditional theatrical performance, location unknown. In traditional Japanese Noh and Kabuki theater, men play all the roles, including female characters. Front row, far left, Eikichi Okiyama; far right, Heiji…

Black and White photograph.
Nippon Kan Theatre, many Filipino men in the audience

Black and White photograph. Group portrait, violin students. Music Recital. Front row: From left, Michiko Morita; Toshiko Nakamura Fujikado. From right, Fumiko Morita; Miyoko Kodama. The Morita sisters taught violin and piano at their home. (see 189)

Black and White photograph. Portrait, little boy sitting on stool in front of Boys' Day display.