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This is a collection of Bulletins from the 442 Veterans Club entitled "Go For Broke."

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Collection contains a photocopy of a hand-drawn kimono pattern book.

Scope and Contents The collection contains Japanese paper sample books that were created by Aiko’s Art Materials Import, Inc. Each sheet is identified with its name, product number and the paper size. Although the sample books are undated, the covers include the store’s address which roughly indicates the time period in which they were assembled. The vast majority of the sample books were printed and collated in Japan. The collection includes inventory and price lists that were continually updated to reflect...

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Collection contains photographs and slides of Aiko’s Art Materials Import, Inc.’s stores located at 714 North Wabash and at 3347 North Clark Street in Chicago, Illinois. Also included are photographs of founder Aiko Nakane, owner Chuck Izui, employees and friends (ca. 1960s-2000).

Scope and Contents Collection consists of photographs and albums that document both personal and professional life; 78 and 45 records (pre war WWII) commercial labels with some recordings that were made by Torii himself; 16 mm family movies, DVDs of movies and still images, personal papers and some reproductions of photographs of special dinners held in honor of Japan’s Envoys of Gratitude [group] (1930), the Imperial Highness Prince and Princess Takamatsu (1931) and his Excellency Yosuke Matsuoka (1933). A...

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The collection consists of two images of a soldier who was employed as an interpreter for American and British officers in Italy, taken by Alfonso Joseph Carrara.

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This is a collection of the Chicago Nisei Post 1183 American Legion Notebooks spanning the years 2009 - 2012. They contain bulletins, meeting minutes, services, programs and other activities.

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Collection contains two, handcrafted wood objects by Kisakichi Ishii that were created during his WWII internment at Granada Relocation Center and Tule Lake Relocation Center. The first item is a vase that has been constructed out of a hollowed piece of tree. The bark exterior has been varnished and a glass cup has been glued inside. The second object is gnarled tree root sculpture.

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This is a collection of photographs of Heiwa Terrace residents taken by Mary Koga for an exhibit on June 12, 2014 entitled "Living Our Culture." Most of the photographs were taken in the 1980s. They are mostly 8 x 10 inch black and white images mounted on 14 x 18 inch white board. Additionally, there is a photo album from 1957 from the Japanese Travel Bureau; photographer is unknown.

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This is a small collection of two CD copies of an audio recording of Arch Oboler's radio play, "The Family Nagashi." It was broadcasted on September 27, 1945. It was recorded soon after VJ Day. Track 18 is a story of resettlement. The Family Nagashi is a story about a Japanese family in California just after the end of World War II.;There is also a newspaper clipping from the NACC Midwest Invitational Basketball Tournament from we think 1947. The Seattle Huskies won the tournament.