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Wallace Doi overseas in his field uniform and helmet, Italy.
Wallace Doi was a member of the 100th Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team during WWII. He was injured during battle in Europe and was sent to Bushnell Hospital in Brigham City, Utah to recover from his wounds (leg was amputated), earning a purple heart and bronze star.
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1st Street South, Japantown, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1950 (Sheet 076)
This Sanborn Fire Insurance map from 1950 shows buildings of former Japantown along 1st Street South between 1st Street West (now 200 West) and 2nd Street West (now 300 West).
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1st Street South, Japantown, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1950 (Sheet 077)
This Sanborn Fire Insurance map from 1950 shows buildings of former Japantown along 1st Street South between West Temple (now 100 West) and 1st Street West (now 200 West).
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Interned men harvesting spinach, Tule Lake Segregation Center, California, circa 1943
Photo of evacuees harvesting spinach at the Tule Lake Segregation Center, a War Relocation Authority (WRA) camp in California during World War II.
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Interned men with produce trucks, Tule Lake Segregation Center, California, circa 1943
Photo of a group of evacuee men standing on top of two trucks loaded with sacks of produce at the Tule Lake Relocation Center in California during World War II.
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Two young women standing in front of their High School, Tule Lake Segregation Center, California, circa 1943
Two young evacuee women posing outside in front of their high school at the Tule Lake Segregation Center, a War Relocation Authority (WRA) camp in California during World War II.
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Hana Uyeno, working as a file clerk while interned at Tule Lake Segregation Center, California, circa 1943
Interned woman identified as Hana Uyeno working as a filing clerk in Tule Lake Segregation Center, a War Relocation Authority (WRA) camp in California. Uyeno was formerly a grocery store owner in Seattle, Washington prior to being interned.
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Interned man arriving at Tule Lake Segregation Center, California, circa 1943
Photo of a new arrival holding his suitcase and belongings at the Tule Lake Segregation Center, a War Relocation Authority (WRA) camp in California during World War II.
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Mrs. Komatsu, Satoye Tsujimoto, Fudge and Dora Iwasaka, kitchen of Pagoda Restaurant, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1961
Pagoda Restaurant, a favorite YA fellowship gathering place for many years in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mrs. Komatsu, Satoye Tsujimoto, Fudge and Dora Iwasaki are featured in photograph.
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Group at seneic overlook, Alpine Canyon, Utah, 1959
Ted, Bob, Yeiko, Shorty Nakaya at roadside scenic overlook, Alpine Canyon, Utah.
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Oriental Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1945
Photo taken at the Oriental Festival, which is an annual event, held to share faith and culture with the Salt Lake Community. Reverend Clifford Nakadegawa started the festival during the 1940s.
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Church group at side of swimming pool, Homestead retreat for Japanese Church of Christ, 1957
Group poolside at Homestead Japanese Church of Christ retreat. Included: Ray Ueda, Ted Nagata, Karen Yamasaki, Pat Kishimoto, Keiko Nakahara, Hime Tobari, Rose Kanzaki, Kuni Kanegae, and Mas Fujii.
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Congregates on steps of Japanese Church of Christ steps, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1957
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Church members gathered on the steps of the Japanese Church of Christ, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1920
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Jares Club, YWCA group for young Japanese girls, 1927
Signs reading "Triangle" at left, "I am for Utah" at center, and "JARES" at right.
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Mary Murakami and Kiyoko Nishida standing in front of the New Kimpa Café, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1940
Photo of Mary Murakami (later Doi, left) and Kiyoko Nishida on 1st South in front of the New Kimpa Cafe, a Japanese restaurant in Salt Lake City's Japantown, around 1940.
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Wallace Doi holding infant daughter Kimie Doi in front the Aloha Fountain, 1947
Photo of Wallace Doi and daughter Kimie outside the Aloha Fountain café, run by Mary Doi in Salt Lake City's Japantown.
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Akeko Sawada, May Shinoki and Mary Doi, circa 1945
Photo of Akeko Sawada, May Shinoki, and Mary Doi on the steps of the Utah State Capitol, circa 1940s.
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Waitresses inside the Fuji Tea House on 1810 South Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah, circa 1975
Photo of the interior of Mary Doi's restaurant, the Fuji Tea House, located at 1810 South Main Street in Salt Lake City.
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Demolition of Aloha Café, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965
Photo shows the site of the old Aloha Café as Japantown was being torn down making room for the new Salt Palace convention center in the mid-1960s.
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Diane Aramaki and Michiko White, circa 1970s
Photo of Diane Aramaki and Michiko White, friends of Mary Doi.
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Wallace and Mary Doi working in the Aloha Fountain, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1947
Photo of Wallace and Mary Doi working the Aloha Fountain café in Salt Lake City's Japantown.
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Henry Kasai with Idaho Falls high school football team
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Horoshi and Henry Kasai
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Kasai Public Market, Los Angeles
Photo of Araji Kasai's grocery store in Japantown, Los Angeles, probably in the 1920s or 1930s.