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Actor Toby Otani
This image shows Toby Otani in costume during a live stage performance in Hollywood. Toby is a member of the Otani family of Oxnard. He went on to enjoy an acting career in Hollywood.
Japanese American Military Inductees, 1944
This image shows the residents of the Gila River Relocation Center who signed up for the United States military service. Nagao Fujita is standing second from the right, wearing dark glasses. This is an exterior group portrait.
Oxnard High School Football Team
This image is an exterior group portrait of the Oxnard High School Football team wearing full uniforms. Nagao Fujita is in the back row, on left.
Nagao Fujita Portrait in Army Uniform
This image shows Nagao Fujita standing outside posing for his photograph as he wears his military uniform. This photo is taken at the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona.
Roy Esaki at State Super Market
This image shows Roy Esaki posing with his coworker in front of a delivery truck at his after-school job at the State Super Market, Main and Palm Streets, Ventura. The front exterior of the Ventura County Garage can be seen in the background.
Playing Shogi
This image shows Nagao Fujita (on right) playing Shogi (Japanese chess) with his friend inside the barracks at the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona.
Mich Yamamoto Portrait
This image shows Mich Yamamoto standing for a full view portrait. The photo was taken on the grounds of the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona. Buildings in background, and there is a heart shaped black spot on bottom center of image.
Workers at Saticoy Lima Bean Packing House
Group photo of workers at Saticoy Bean House. It is an interior shot taken midwork. L-R: Pantaleon "Pompi" Garcia, Adan "Chicano" Macias (obscured by hat), Angel Reyes, unidentified, Pedro "Pete" Reyes, unidentified. Sacks of lima beans being filled…
Baseball Team, Port Hueneme
Group photo of a young men's baseball team. Uniforms have "LAB" an the front. Ted Mendoza, pitcher, stands second from right. Others are unidentified.
Two Teachers
Monte Irvin (left) and John De La Rosa pose in a grassy field against a fence: "brand new teachers, fresh out of college". Monte taught 4th grade and John taught 6th, Kamala School in Oxnard. Monte died in 1961. John retired as a district…
John, Viola, and Amador De La Rosa Ready for a Wedding
Group photo of (l-r) John De La Rosa, Viola De La Rosa, and Amador De La Rosa dressed to attend a wedding. They are standing on a sidewalk with cars parked along the street in the background.
Franciso Villa "Papa Pancho" Portrait
Portrait of a young man with a mustache wearing a checkered suit and tie, holding a hat in his hand. He is standing looking at the camera. Library records state: "Papa Pancho" Francisco Villa, ca. 1912, maternal grandfather of John De La Rosa. "Maybe…
Men in Cowboy Costumes
Pedro Soto, left, and Juan Salas dressed as old-time cowboys. The backdrop appears to be a saloon. The men face each other and each one has an arm resting on the "bar."
Internees Depart Gila River Relocation Center
This image shows a bus departing the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona. The bus is filled with young Japanese men and women who are going to work or study in the Eastern U.S.
Gila River Internees, 1944
This image shows young male and female internees preparing to depart from the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona to work or to study in the Eastern part of the U.S.
Gila River Relocation Center Draftees, 1944
This image shows Japanese draftees on the day they left the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona. John Takasugi is standing in the back row to the right of the man wearing the plaid shirt. Full view, group photo.
John Takasugi, 1944
This image shows John Takasugi posing for the photo on the day that he left the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona. As a young draftee, he was sent to Cleveland for training.
Oxnard High School Graduation, 1939
This image shows Nao Takasugi delivering the valedictorian address to the Oxnard High School class of 1939. This event took place on the athletic field at the High School. The school band can be seen in the orchestra pit below the elevated stage. …
John, George and Leonard Takasugi in Army Camp With a Red Cross Worker
Group portrait of Leonard, John, and George Takasugi (442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team) posing with an unnamed female Red Cross worker in an army camp in Antibes, France, before the Italian invasion. Leonard was killed in Italy on April 5, 1945.
Mr. and Mrs. Knox Takasugi with Tono and Frank Takasugi
Knox Takasugi (left) with his Italian wife (seated) and his parents, Tono and Frank Takasugi. This is a full-view group photo that is taken outside in a garden. The exterior front porch of a house is seen in the background.
Yanaginuma Wedding Portrait
This image shows Mr. and Mrs. George S. Yanaginuma posing for their wedding portrait. Mrs. Yanaginuma came to Oxnard to live with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otsuki, who worked for Major Driffel, who was the foreman of the Oxnard Sugar Beet Factory.…
Kendo - Japanese Fencing
This image shows George S. Yanaginuma standing at the center between Mr. Narita (kneeling) and Mr. Suzuki, (standing) who are wearing full Kendo fencing gear. Visible at the right bottom of the frame is a young M. Kitahara. The image shows a side…
Group Photo, Kendo Practitioners and George Yanaginuma
This image shows George S. Yanaginuma, center, posing with Mr. Narita and Mr. Suzuki, who are dressed in full Kendo attire. The image is a full view group photo. The side exterior of the Methodist Episcopal Mission is visible.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Otsuki
The image shows Mr. and Mrs. J. Itsyju. It is an interior, full view, studio portrait of the young couple.
John, George and Leonard Takasugi in Army Camp
Group portrait of Leonard, John, and George Takasugi (442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team) seated in an army camp in Antibes, France, before the Italian invasion. Leonard was killed in Italy on April 5, 1945.