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Bridging the Past and Present: Preserving History Through the Tanaka Photo Studio Collection
My grandmother grew up in Hiroshima. She was 11 years old on August 6, 1945. Many lives were lost a…
Nara Duffie • Aug. 24, 2023
California
Chikashi Tanaka
collections (objects)
digital collections
generations
Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship
immigrants
immigration
internships
Issei
JANM collection
Japan
Japanese American National Museum
Japanese American National Museum (organization)
Little Tokyo
Los Angeles
migration
museum objects
photographers
photography
prewar
Tanaka Studio Collection
United States
California
Chikashi Tanaka
collections (objects)
digital collections
generations
Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship
immigrants
immigration
internships
Issei
JANM collection
Japan
Japanese American National Museum
Japanese American National Museum (organization)
Little Tokyo
Los Angeles
migration
museum objects
photographers
photography
prewar
Tanaka Studio Collection
United States
Part 5 of 5 – History is Found: Sumi and Masao Shigezane
Over the previous four installments of this series, I have attempted to demonstrate many of the ong…
Dean Ryuta Adachi • May 31, 2012
Amache concentration camp
artifacts
collections (objects)
Colorado
concentration camps
imprisonment
incarceration
James G. Lindley
JANM collection
Japanese American National Museum
Japanese American National Museum (organization)
letters
Masao Shigezane
museum objects
Sumi Shigezane
United States
World War II
World War II camps
Amache concentration camp
artifacts
collections (objects)
Colorado
concentration camps
imprisonment
incarceration
James G. Lindley
JANM collection
Japanese American National Museum
Japanese American National Museum (organization)
letters
Masao Shigezane
museum objects
Sumi Shigezane
United States
World War II
World War II camps
Part 4 of 5 – History is Lost: Joyce MacWilliamson
To this point, we have examined three exceptional figures from the Japanese American community with…
Dean Ryuta Adachi • May 24, 2012
Part 3 of 5 – History is Ignored: Estelle Ishigo
Estelle Ishigo is a name that may be familiar to many of you. She was one of the few whites to be i…
Dean Ryuta Adachi • May 17, 2012
anti-miscegenation laws
artifacts
artists
arts
collections (objects)
Days of Waiting (film)
discrimination
Estelle Ishigo
Heart Mountain
Heart Mountain concentration camp
imprisonment
incarceration
interpersonal relations
JANM collection
Japanese American National Museum
Japanese American National Museum (organization)
museum objects
racism
United States
World War II
World War II camps
Wyoming
anti-miscegenation laws
artifacts
artists
arts
collections (objects)
Days of Waiting (film)
discrimination
Estelle Ishigo
Heart Mountain
Heart Mountain concentration camp
imprisonment
incarceration
interpersonal relations
JANM collection
Japanese American National Museum
Japanese American National Museum (organization)
museum objects
racism
United States
World War II
World War II camps
Wyoming
Part 2 of 5 – History is Told: S. John Nitta
The second part of this series will tell the story of another fascinating individual with a tremend…
Dean Ryuta Adachi • May 10, 2012
Part 1 of 5 – History is Made: Namyo Bessho
While not exclusively the case, we can simply surmise that fascinating individuals with fascinating…
Dean Ryuta Adachi • Dec. 15, 2011