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Doll

Chinese doll with cloth body, red silk trousers, dark blue silk embroidered jacket, blue-green apron embroidered with large pink flower, tied in back with string. Hair is four curly black yarn top knots tied with rust thread. Beige silk shoe with…

Doll

Cloth Chinese boy doll. Facial features made by stitching wit painted details. Circular ring of black embroidery for hair topped with braided black cotton queue with orange thread binding. Gold jacket with embroidred flower (peony) pattern. A…

Doll

Cloth body doll with pink silk trousers, orange silk jacket with embroidered flowers. Pink silk apron wit woven floral pattern tied in back with silk cords. Shoes are orange with yellow silk soles. Face is painted. Hair is black fuzzy yarn with…

Doll

Stuffed cloth male Chinese doll. Facial features created by stitches in cloth head, highlighted by painted details. Circular band of black thread embroidered in head for the hair, topped by a queue of braided black cotton thread with orange thread…

Print

"A Chinese Matriarch" lithograph (?) created by Elizabeth Keith.
The print portrays an aged Chinese woman wearing a dark hat, blue fur-lined coat, black gloves without fingers, wearing a jade ring, gold bracelets, pearl earrings, and holding a…

doll

9" male figure hand puppet. Green, red, white printed cloth robe; cloth legs. Mache head, feet, and hands. Face painted yellow, green, red, and white; red and gold headress; red hair attached as beard. Feet painted black and white. Hands painted…

doll

9" female figure hand puppet. Green, pink, red, white printed cloth robe, flower and butterfly design; cloth legs. Mache head, feet, and hands. Face painted white, black, and red; green headress. Feet painted black and white. Hands painted…

The Japanese University Club, May 12, 1937

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Black and White photograph. Group portrait, men seated and standing.
The Japanese University Club, May 12, 1937. This organization was started in 1922 by Issei, and helped house and provide a social center for Nikkei students at the University of…

Hunt's Point Nursery, near Medina and Bellevue

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Hunt's Point Nursery, near Medina and Bellevue. From left: Mr. Teramatsu Yabuki (father); Alan Hideo "Hede" Yabuki; Mrs. Hideko Yabuki (mother); Connie (Saito); Kiyoshi Yabuki. Connie is currently 92 years old. Kiyoshi passed away in 2010. Hede…

Nichiren Buddhist Church at 1042 South Weller St. in Seattle.

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Ministers in front of the Nichiren Buddhist Church at 1042 South Weller St. in Seattle. Front row: Center, Bishop Junkyo Ikeda. Second row: From left, Rev. Ishihara, Rev. Senchu Murano, Rev. Arakawa