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Anthology Pinpoints Japanese American Experience in the 1930s

In London, rail passengers are warned by the phrase “mind the gap” to take proper caution when cr…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Sept. 8, 2024

1930s Eiichiro Azuma generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration prewar World War II

Ken Nakazawa Rediscovered

Part III—the 1930s

Read Part II >> Ken Nakazawa would have defined himself as an internationalist. Throughout his ca…

Greg Robinson • May 26, 2024

1930s governments international relations journalism Ken Nakazawa politics

Japan and the U.S. Cotton Trade in the 1930s

The history of New Orleans, like the rest of the American South, is fundamentally intertwined with …

Greg Robinson • April 29, 2024

1930s business cotton economics Japan Louisiana management New Orleans United States

Two Worlds: The Life and Photography of Wakaji Matsumoto

Part 3—Wakaji's Legacy

Read Part 2 >> Reportage or Art? Wakaji produced countless individual portraits, documented civi…

Dennis Reed • Oct. 3, 2022

1920s 1930s agriculture arts atomic bomb California farming generations Hiroshima (city) Hiroshima Prefecture immigrants immigration Issei Japan Los Angeles migration photographers photography prewar United States Wakaji Matsumoto World War II

The Ichioka Women - Part 1: The Story of Toshia Mori

In the 1930s, the women of the Ichioka family in Los Angeles excelled in multiple walks of life, …

Greg Robinson • July 7, 2022

1930s Hollywood films Toshia Mori

Two Decembers: 1934 and 1948

In December 1934, the communities of Wintersburg Village and Huntington Beach gathered to dedicate …

Mary Adams Urashima • Dec. 26, 2017

1930s 1940s California Huntington Beach Southern California United States Wintersburg Village

Making Waves: Japanese American Photography, 1920-1940: A Preview of an Exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Camera Clubs Besides spiritual philosophies and artistic approaches, there is huma…

Edward M. Richstone • Feb. 24, 2016

1920s 1930s 1940s arts California concentration camps exhibitions generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans Kyo Koike Los Angeles Making Waves (exhibition) Manzanar concentration camp migration photography prewar Seattle Seattle Camera Club (organization) T. Iwata Art Store Toyo Miyatake United States Washington World War II camps

Making Waves: Japanese American Photography, 1920-1940: A Preview of an Exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum - Part 1

The Upcoming Exhibition How East met West in photography is revealed in an upcoming exhibition at …

Edward M. Richstone • Feb. 23, 2016

1920s 1930s 1940s arts California Dennis Reed exhibitions generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans Los Angeles Making Waves (exhibition) migration photography prewar United States

Memories of the 1932 Olympics: A Page in Japanese American History

Nisshoki gaSutadiamu no men masuto ni agattaIma dewa yume de nakunatta.Kakkoku tokutenhyo niNihon…

Eriko Yamamoto • Feb. 10, 2016

1930s athletes athletics California communities Japan Japanese American communities Japanese American National Museum Japanese American National Museum (organization) Japanese Americans More Than a Game (book) Olympics Southern California sports United States

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