Gordon K. Hirabayashi photograph collection, approximately 1909-2012

Overview of the Collection

Photographer
Hirabayashi, Gordon K.
Title
Gordon K. Hirabayashi photograph collection
Dates
approximately 1909-2012 (inclusive)
Quantity
180 photographic prints (2 boxes, 4 folders) ; sizes vary
3 negatives (1 folder)
Collection Number
PH1314
Summary
Images of Gordon Hirabayashi, friends and family
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals.

Request at UW

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was born on April 23, 1918 to Shungo and Mitsuko Hirabayashi. Shungo Hirabayashi immigrated to the United States in 1907 from a farming community in Nagano prefecture, Japan. He and Mitsuko married in 1914 when she traveled to the United States for their arranged marriage. One year later they moved and farmed on the shore of Lake Washington in the Sand Point area of Seattle, where Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi was born in 1918. The family moved to Thomas, Washington in the White River Valley near Auburn where Gordon and his four siblings, Edward, James, Esther Toshiko, and Richard, were raised. Gordon Hirabayashi graduated from Auburn High School in 1935 and started at the University of Washington in 1937.

Hirabayashi began his studies as a part-time student at the University of Washington in the fall of 1937. He worked throughout college and was an active member of the Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) on the University of Washington campus in Eagleson Hall. Through the YMCA he received room and board for tending the furnace in the building. In 1940 Hirabayashi was awarded a fellowship to attend a YMCA and YWCA sponsored leadership conference at Columbia University. He was influenced by many Christian leaders and his experience at the conference broadened his awareness of isolationist and pacifist arguments against United States involvement in the growing conflicts in Europe and the Pacific. He returned to Seattle in the fall of 1940 and registered for the draft as a conscientious objector and became a Quaker and member of the Religious Society of Friends.

After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 those of Japanese ancestry were subject to harsh restrictions on basic freedoms. On February 19, 1942, Executive Order 9066 was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizing the mass forced removal and incarceration of all West Coast Japanese Americans. Many business and home owners were forced to leave a majority of their belongings behind as they were removed first to temporary assembly centers and then to relocation camps. Many would lose their land and belongings while incarcerated. Hirabayashi was among the American Friends Service Committee volunteers who assisted families with the relocation, including arranging storage of their belongings. Hirabayashi's parents and family in Thomas, Washington were uprooted from their farm and moved to the Pinedale assembly center, California and then to Tule Lake Relocation Camp, California.

Instead of registering for relocation, Hirabayashi turned himself in to the FBI with the objective of testing the relocation and incarceration order's constitutionality without a due process of law. He was charged with violating the curfew and exclusion orders and was represented by Arthur Barnett, and was supported by a defense fund - the Gordon Hirabayashi Defense Committee. The committee was organized by Mary Farquharson, lawyer for the University District of the ACLU, and law partners Arthur Barnett, John Geisness, and later Frank L. Walters. Hirabayashi was indicted on May 28, 1942 and was arraigned on June 1, 1942, at which time he entered a plea of "not guilty," stating that both the exclusion law and curfew were racially prejudiced and unconstitutional. His trial was on October 20, 1942 before Judge Lloyd D. Black. He lost his case and was sentenced to 90 days at the Dupont road camp outside Tacoma. His case was taken to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, where the court declined to rule and passed the case on to the Supreme Court. On May 10, 1943 the court did not tackle the constitutionality of the exclusion order as Hirabayashi had hoped but instead the heard arguments pertaining only to the violation of the curfew order. On June 21, 1943 there was a unanimous ruling in Hirabayashi v. United States, (320 U.S. 81) upholding the earlier Hirabayashi conviction and that the curfew order was justified by military necessity and allowable in a time of war. Hirabayashi was to serve his sentence at the Tucson Federal Prison in Arizona but was required to provide his own transportation there. He hitchhiked 1,600 miles in the fall of 1943 from Spokane, Washington to Tucson, Arizona where he had to convince officials at the Catalina Federal Honor Camp he had a legitimate order that authorized his acceptance into the prison. The prison had yet to receive his papers and confirmation that he was to serve his sentence there so they told him to go to a movie and return later. Upon his return they had indeed found his papers and he was admitted to the prison. He was released in December 1943 and returned to Spokane.

Gordon Hirabayashi married Esther Schmoe in a Quaker ceremony in Spokane, Washington on July 29, 1944. They had met while studying at the University of Washington. In 1945 they had twin daughters, Sharon and Marion and in 1946 they had a son, Jay. Hirabayashi continued his education at the University of Washington, completing his B.A. in 1946 and then his M.A. in 1949, and Ph.D. in sociology in 1952. Hirabayashi took a position in the Sociology Department at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon in 1951 and then at the American University in Cairo where he taught and was assistant director of the Social Research Center until 1959. The family moved to Edmonton, Canada where he continued to teach sociology and became the Chair of the Department in 1963. He retired 20 years later.

Shortly after retirement, Hirabayashi was contacted by Peter Irons, a civil rights attorney who while conducting research for a book on the Supreme Court's dealings with the Japanese Internment cases, discovered a document revealing government wrongdoing. Other documents and reports were found, among them General John L. DeWitt's Final Report draft on Japanese Incarceration. Hirabayashi agreed to have a team of lawyers re-open his wartime case and file a coram nobis petition stating that the government, during World War II, had suppressed, altered, and destroyed material evidence. In 1987 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of Hirabayashi's case, vacating his previous conviction.

Gordon Hirabayashi met Susan Carnahan of Edmonton, Alberta at a Quaker meeting where he was a long time member. Hirabayashi and his first wife, Esther, had divorced in the early 1970s and in 1986 he married Susan Carnahan, a free-lance writer and photographer. Hirabayashi toured and spoke at universities and other venues about his experiences, including participating in a panel discussion in Japan in 1988. He was honored with many awards such as the University of Washington’s Distinguished Alumnus Award and the San Francisco Certificate of Honors as well as honorary degrees from University of Lethbridge, Michigan State University, and Hamline University. The Tucson Federal Prison site where Hirabayashi had served his sentence for refusing the curfew and exclusion order become a part of the Coronado National Forest and a recreation site and was named after him in 1999. Hirabayashi died on January 2, 2012. In May he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama, the highest civilian honor awarded.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Includes photographs of Shungo and Mitsuko Hirabayashi, Gordon Hirabayashi's parents, with family and friends. Also includes Gordon Hirabayashi's early life, time at the University of Washington, family and friends, Gordon Hirabayashi and lawyers for his coram nobis case, as well as awards, events and memorials that commemorate the life of Gordon Hirabayashi.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The donors have retained the copyrights (but do not own copyrights to all materials). Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donor Sharon Yuen, Marion Oldenburg, Jay Hirabayashi, and Susan Carnahan, 2013 and 2018.

43 additional photos transferred from papers, October 19, 2018.

Processing Note

Processed by Stefanie Terasaki, 2015; Processing completed in 2015. Updated by Melody Smith, 2019.

Separated Materials

Material Described Separately:

Gordon K. Hirabayashi Papers (Collection No. 3159)

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Shungo and Mitsuko HirabayashiReturn to Top

Includes images of Shungo and Mitsuko Hirabayashi as well as relatives and friends.

Gordon's parents, Shungo and Mitsuko Hirabayashi were married in 1914. They both studied English at the Kenshi Gijuku Academy in Japan where they converted to Christianity and became followers of Kanzo Uchimura who founded the Mukyokai movement in Japan.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder item
1/1 1 1909?
½ 2
Studio portrait of Shungo Hirabayashi with six others
Aiko Studio,Seattle, Washington (photographer)
Written in Japanese on verso: Photo taken in Seattle, United States. Motoyoshi Hirabayashi, Tamotsu Maruyama, Eichi Nishizawa, Koji Itoh, Ha[ill.] Hirabayashi, Shungo Hirabayashi, Toshiharu Hirabayashi. Likely the men who formed a garden collective along the shores of Lake Washington and later moved to Thomas, Washington where they formed a Christian cooperative, White River Garden.
August 17, 1910
1/3 3 1910?
1/3 4
Portrait of Hotaka Club families on steps of the Hotaka Club, Seattle, Washington
Written on verso: Katsuno behind Shungo Hirabayashi. On Shungo's left-Hirabayashi who owned Beltown Grocery and on second left-Hirabayashi on the farm next door.The Hotaka Club in Seattle was established by Japanese immigrants who were former students at Kensei Gijuku Academy, Hotaka, Nagano prefecture, Japan.
Between 1910 and 1912?
1/3 5 Between 1910 and 1915?
box:oversize
KVXC1 6
Shungo Hirabayashi and other men standing outdoors with the Nippon-Kan Hotel Astor Theater in background, Seattle, Washington
Printed in Japanese on verso: Mizuho club sponsored Doctor Inagaki welcome party photo. (Includes a list of all the men in photograph)
March 11, 1912?
Box/Folder
1/4 7
Mitsuko Suzawa in kimono
After Shungo and Mitsuko's families arranged their marriage, Mitsuko attended the Kenshi Gijuku Academy to learn English and joined Shungo in Seattle, Washington in 1914. They registered their marriage in Hotaka, Nagano Prefecture, Japan and held a ceremony in Seattle.
1913?
box:oversize
KVXC1 8
Shungo Hirabayashi and others on steps and porch of house
Toyo Studio,Seattle, Washington (photographer)
1914?
Box/Folder
1/4 9 1914?
1/4 10 1919?
box:oversize
KVXC1 11
Shungo, Mitsuko and Paul Hirabayashi on front porch of house with other families
Toyo Studio,Seattle, Washington (photographer)
Printed in Japanese on verso: Kyodoen anniversary.Shungo and Mitsuko's first son was Paul Hirabayashi who died at young age in 1919 after a bicycle accident.
August 20, 1916
KVXC1 12 1920
Box/Folder
1/5 13
Portrait of Shungo Hirabayashi
Takano Studio,Seattle (photographer)
Written in Japanese: For Gordon's Family. Birthday anniversary, 75 years old.
October 21, 1963

Gordon HirabayashiReturn to Top

Gordon Hirabayashi was born April 23, 1918. Gordon and his family lived in Thomas, Washington in the White River Valley near Auburn, Washington. He graduated from Auburn High School in 1935.

Container(s) Description Dates
Pre-War
Box/Folder item
1/6 14 1934
1/6 15 1934
1/6 16 Between 1934 and 1935?
1/6 17 1935
1/6 18 March 22, 1936
1/6 19 November 29, 1936
1/6 19a
Group photograph at the Fourth Annual Young People's Christian Convention Auburn, Washington
Included in the photograph are Gordon Hirabayashi, Reverend U.G. Murphy, Martin Hirabayashi, Shungo Hirabayashi and Mr. S. Hirabayashi.
April 5, 1936
University of Washington and Young Men's Christian Association
Box/Folder item
1/7 20-22
Hirabayashi in athletic wear on a basketball court
Alfred S. Witter,Seattle, Washington (photographer)
1938
1/7 23 May 30, 1938
1/7 24
Gordon and Satoshi Hoshi with two others
Alfred S. Witter,Seattle, Washington (photographer)
1938?
1/7 25 February 18, 1940
1/7 26
Hirabayashi with friends outside the International House, New York
Written on verso: Mary Lewis Walker, Becky Ross, Bob McF, Me, Howie Scott in front of International House.The International House opened in Manhattan, New York in 1924. It was conceived by YMCA official, Harry Edmonds and provides residency to students from all over the world.
July 6, 1940
1/7 27
Hirabayashi and Jim Martin hitchhiking to Seattle
Written on verso: "thumbing on display. On the last leg of NYC to Seattle trip.
September 1940
1/7 28
Hirabayashi with other students, University of Washington, Seattle
Written on verso: Social Problems of Minority Groups Advance, Gordon Hirabayashi front left.
February 22, 1941
1/7 29
Hirabayashi with other members of the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A.
Written on verso: Cheerio dinner at Woody's. Woody, Ken, Jan, Bert, Fay, Lois, Paul, Ruth, Frank, How, Gordon (sitting).The University of Washington's Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A. shared a space in Eagelson Hall. Gordon was very active in the Y.M.C.A., becoming the senior vice president under Howard Scott, his best friend and roommate, who acted as president.
July 17, 1941
1/7 30
Hirabayashi with William Schmoe
Written on verso: Gordon Hirabayashi with William (Bill) Schmoe, Esther's younger brother.Gordon married Esther Schmoe, Gordon's older sister in 1944. The Schmoe family was supportive of Gordon's resistance to the curfew and exclusion laws.
1941
1/7 31-34 May 1944
Gordon Hirabayashi's Family
Box/Folder item
1/8 35-36 July 29, 1944
1/8 37
Hirabayashi Family portrait with Shungo, Mitsuko, James, Richard, Esther and Esther (Tosh)
The image was used for the Hirabayashi Christmas card in 1944. The photograph was taken at the family's home in Spokane, Washington.
December 1944
1/8 38 December 1944
1/8 39
Gordon holding six month old twin daughters, Marion and Sharon
Alfred Miller,Seattle, Washington (photographer)
December 1945
1/8 40
Hirabayashi family portrait with Marion and Sharon
Includes family members Esther (Tosh), Mitsuko, Esther, Marion, Sharon, James, Richard, Shungo, Gordon and Edward.
1946
1/8 41 1947
1/9 42
Hirabayashi family portrait
Amano Photo Studio,Seattle, Washington (photographer)
Printed in Japanese on verso of alternate copy: Memorial photo of Seiichi's family for Prof Gordon who will depart to Syria.Included in photo are: James, Joanne, Edward, Esther (Tosh), Sharon, Shungo, Jay, Gordon, Mari and Esther. Richard's picture is attached to the top right corner of the portrait.
December 15, 1951
1/9 43
Shungo Hirabayashi with others gathered around him
Hotaka (photographer)
Written in Japanese on verso: With Mr. Hotaka's brother's family and Haruko surrounding Hirabayashi Shungo.
1952
1/9 44
Gordon, Jan and Shungo Hirabayashi, Edmonton, Canada
Jan was Jim and Joanne's daughter.
1961
1/9 45
Gordon Hirabayashi with family celebrating a birthday
Written on verso: 42nd Birthday Party, Gordon Hirabayashi and Marion Oldenburg (sitting), Sharon Yuen with daughter Alisha (in front), Steven and Tiara Oldenburg standing with Shelley and Jenny Yuen in front, Susan Carnahan in back with daughter Heather Secord, Dick Hirabayashi standing in front.
July 24, 1987
Life After WWII
Includes images of Gordon at the University of Washington, activities in Cairo during the period he was teaching at the American University, portraits and friends of Gordon Hirabayashi.
Box/Folder item
1/10 46
Hirabayashi and four other men in a meeting for Washington Public Opinion Laboratory, University of Washington
James O. Sneddon,Seattle, Washington (photographer)
Seated in photograph are Gordon Hirabayashi, Robert O'Brien, P. Allen Rickles, Keith Griffiths, and Stuart Dodd.
July 1949
1/10 47 August 31, 1954
1/10 48 November 1954
1/10 49 1955?
1/10 50 1959
1/10 51-52 May 19, 1956
1/10 53 October 1956
1/11 54
University of Alberta Faculty portrait of Hirabayashi
University of Alberta Photographic Services (photographer)
Written on verso: On the occasion of appointment to Head of Department of Sociology and Anthropology and promotion to Prof. of Sociology.
April 1964
1/11 55 1964?
1/11 56
Sadie and Shungo Hirabayashi
After Gordon Hirabayashi's mother died his father, Shungo, married Sadie.
January 1, 1970
1/11 57 May 1971
1/11 58
Gordon Hirabayashi seated with man and woman
Written on verso: Marie Kawamoto [ill.] and Peter.
August 21, 1979
1/11 59 February 1983
Re-opening Hirabayashi's case
In the mid 1980s a team of lawyers reopened Hirabayashi’s case on the basis of governmental misconduct. Working on Gordon’s case were lead consuls Rod Kawakami and Kathryn Bannai, as well as Nettie Alvarez, Arthur Barnett, Jeffrey Beaver, Camden Hall, Daniel Ichinaga, Gary Iwamoto, Craig Kobayashi, Michael Leong, Diane Narasaki, Karen Narasaki, Rich Ralston, Sharon Sakamoto, Roger Shimizu, and Benson Wong. A fundraising campaign was started by the Committee to Reverse the Japanese American Wartime Cases to support Hirabayashi's coram nobis case.
Box/Folder item
1/12 60 June 1985
1/12 61-62 June 1985
1/12 63
Susan Lee, Gordon Hirabayashi, Don Edwards, Norm Mineta at fundraising rally, Washington D.C.
Written on verso: The Washington Lawyers Ass'n held a special fund-raising rally for my court case in 1985. Susan Lee President, Asian American Lawyer Association, Washington D.C. Congressman Edwards of California, Congressman Mineta of California.
July 15, 1985
1/12 64 July 15, 1985
1/12 65
Gordon Hirabayashi with Norm Mineta and others, Washington D.C.
Written on verso: Rep Mineta and Wash APA Law Group.
July 15, 1985
1/12 66-68 July 15, 1985
1/12 69-70 July 15, 1985
1/12 71-72
Fred Korematsu, Harry Ueno, Gordon Hirabayashi, George Ikeda, and William Hohri on United States Supreme Court grounds, Washington D.C.
On April 20, 1987 the Supreme Court heard the National Council for Japanese Americans Redress's case and lawsuit against the United States government for damages caused by wartime incarceration.
April 20, 1987
Gordon and Susan Hirabayashi
Gordon Hirabayashi and Susan Carnahan were married in 1986.
Box/Folder item
1/13 73a-c Between 1980 and 1990?
1/13 73d
Portrait of Gordon Hirabayashi
University of Alberta Photo Services (Photographer)
October 17, 1986
1/14 74 April 25, 1986
1/14 75 1990?
1/14 76 May 1993
1/14 77 April 1998
1/14 78 May 15, 1998
1/14 79 2010
Auburn High School Class of 1935 50th Anniversary Reunion
Box/Folder item
1/15 80
Auburn High School Class of 1935 50th Anniversary group photograph, Kent, Washington
Written on verso: Class of 1935-Auburn High School Reunion taken at the Meridian Valley Golf and Country Club located on the East Hill of Kent.
August 24, 1985
1/15 81-83 August 25, 1985
1/15 84-85
Former Auburn High School students seated around table for 50th Reunion brunch, Seattle, Washington
Written on verso: 50th Reunion Brunch at Alice Fujinaga Hayakawas. Gordon Hirabayashi, Louise Sako, Isoko Yoshihara, Harry Toku[ill.], ?, Koji Norikane, ?. Seattle, Wa.
August 25, 1985
1/15 86 1985
Award Ceremonies and Events
Includes awards and honors presented to Gordon Hirabayashi, presentations he made, a play and other events and memorials that commemorate Gordon's life.
Box/Folder item
1/16 87-94 Between 1980 and 1990?
1/16 95
Gordon Hirabayashi portrait
Steven Okazaki (photographer)
Written on verso: Steve Okazaki, Muchette Films, Fall 83.
1983?
1/16 96 May 1985
1/16 97
Gordon Hirabayashi speaking at a panel discussion in Japan
Written on verso: Lecture series in Japan sponsored by: -Shinano [ill.] (Western Daily Newspaper, Nagano City and Matsumoto (my parents home town), Japan [where the 1998 Winter Olympics will be held.] -NHK-TV (equal to: BBC, CBC) -Kodansha (One of Japan's largest publishing houses).
October 1988
1/17 98
Photograph of painting "Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi American Defender of the United States Constitution" by Hiro
Written on verso: Acrylic on canvas, framed on western red cedar with barbed wire. 72" h x 36" w.
July 1989
1/17 99-100
Actors in costume from R.A. Shiomi's play, Play Ball
Martha Swope Associates (photographer)
R.A. Shiomi's play was inspired by Gordon Hirabayashi's life. Ron Nakahara played Gordon Hirabayashi in the 1989 production.
1989
1/18 101
Gordon Hirabayashi receiving an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Gordon Hirabayashi was the 1991 winter commencement speaker at Michigan State University.
March 9, 1991
1/18 102 March 9, 1991
1/18 103 March 9, 1991
1/18 104
Gordon Hirabayashi speaking to students in a classroom
Typed on verso: Gordon Hirabayashi discusses his case with high school students in A Personal Matter... PBS: 10/18/92 @ 10:30pm ET.
1992
1/18 105 June 12, 1993
1/18 106 May 17, 1998
1/18 107a May 22, 1998
1/18 107b May 22, 1998
1/18 108-110 1999
1/19 111 2000
1/19 112-113 2000
1/19 114 2000
1/19 115 2000
1/19 116 2000
1/19 117 2000
1/20 118
Photograph of Gordon Hirabayashi's framed Presidential Medal of Freedom and plaque
Gordon Hirabayashi was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 2012 by President Barack Obama.
2012?
Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site Dedication
Box/Folder item
1/21 119
Gordon Hirabayashi in front of sign for the Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site at its dedication, Tucson, Arizona
Gordon Hirabayashi served his time for refusing the curfew and exclusion order at the Tucson Federal Prison. In 1999 the site become a part of the Coronado National Forest and a recreation site and was named after him.
1999
1/21 120-122 1999
1/21 123
Japanese-Americans around the Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site sign
1999
1/21 124
Foundations of Tucson Federal Prison at the Gordon Hirabayashi Recretion Site
1999
1/21 125
Gordon Hirabayashi talking with two women holding the Dedication Ceremony Program in a parking lot
1999
1/21 126
Gordon Hirabayashi talking with Japanese-American woman
1999
1/21 127-128 1999
1/21 129
Gordon Hirabayashi talking with others before the Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site dedication ceremony
1999
1/21 130-132 1999
1/21 133 1999
1/21 134 1999
1/21 135 1999
1/21 136
Two men talking with a television camera behind them at Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site dedication ceremony
1999
1/21 137-138 1999
1/21 139 1999
1/21 140-145 1999
1/22 146-150 1999?
1/22 151 1999
1/22 152-159
Images of the Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site exhibit panel
1999
1/22 160 1999

Gordon Hirabayashi's research and exhibit photographsReturn to Top

These items were used by Gordon Hirabayashi for his research and are copy photographs. Many are from an unknown source and are images of museum exhibits or Japanese incarceration.

Container(s) Description Dates
Incarceration research Photographs
Some of the original photographs were taken by Francis Leroy Stewart when he was photographing for the War Relocation Authority circa 1942- circa 1943. Photographs that are verified Francis Stewart photographs are available for use. All other images are of unknown origin and are for reference use only.
Identified Relocation Camp Photographs
Photographs of identified relocation camps and activities.
Box/Folder item
1/23 161 November 26, 1942
1/23 162
Two children walking in between barracks at Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming
Between 1940 and 1950?
1/23 163
Lieutenant Eugene Bogard reading from papers to Japanese men, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Francis Stewart (photographer)
Lieutenant Eugene Bogard is explaining the purpose of registration. Similar meetings were held at all centers for the purpose of registering all evacuees between the ages of 18 and 38.
February 11, 1943
1/23 164
Pond outside a barrack with a small boat and bridges, Poston Camp 1, Arizona
Between 1942 and 1943?
Relocation Camp Photographs
Photographs of unidentified relocation camp activities and people.
Box/Folder item
1/24 165
Two men and a woman walking outside the Memorial Stadium of the University of Nebraska
Between 1940 and 1950?
1/24 166
Two women and a man seated outside building
Between 1940 and 1950?
1/24 167
Automobiles lined up some with packages on back
Between 1940 and 1950?
1/24 168
Japanese women reading from book to class of Japanese men
Between 1940 and 1950?
1/24 169
Families standing in line and being served food probably at cafeteria
Between 1940 and 1950?
1/24 170 November 26, 1942
1/24 171
Man seated at table reading with surrounding housewares including a potted onion and Japanese painting
Between 1940 and 1950?
1/24 172
Men seated playing a board game
Between 1940 and 1950?
1/24 173
Japanese soldier in front of a sign reading "Nisei Americans Security Tomorrow"
Between 1940 and 1950?
1/24 174
Japanese soldiers probably on a tour bus passing by a cathedral
Between 1940 and 1950?
Exhibits
Photographs of museum exhibit materials and information. These photographs are for reference use only and can not be reproduced.
Box/Folder item
1/23 175
Photograph of map showing distribution of Nisei students in colleges and universities outside restricted areas in 1943
Between 1950 and 1960?
1/23 176
Photograph of map showing Nisei student distribution in institutions of higher learning by state from July 1942- July 1946
Between 1950 and 1960?
1/23 177
Photograph of map showing location assembly and relocation centers
Between 1950 and 1960?
1/23 178
Photograph of a graph showing Japanese population on the Pacific Coast in 1940
Between 1950 and 1960?
1/23 179
Exhibit display board titled "Going to Court" with information on Minoru Yasu, Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu and Mitsuye Endo
Verso has stamp for the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Between 1950 and 1960?
1/23 180
Photograph of an illustration of woman leaving a camp
Between 1950 and 1960?

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Japanese American college students--Washington (State)--Seattle--Photographs
  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)

Personal Names

  • Hirabayashi family--Photographs
  • Hirabayashi, Gordon K.--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • University of Washington--Students--Photographs