San Francisco, California: The League of Y.M.B.A. of North America and North American Federation of Y.W.B.A. Leagues, 1934. 10 ” x 7¾”. Paper wrappers. Pp. [vi], 228 + [iv], 36 in Japanese from rear. Very good minus: shaken, text block detached from front hinge and some quires loose but intact..... More
Hilo, Hawaii: 1946. 7¼” x 11¼”. Steel rivet-bound album with thick boards. 49 leaves, the first 42 pages hold 95 black and white photographs inserted into corner mounts and another eight are laid in. Album very good with moderate wear; photos generally very good plus or better. This..... More
Denver, Colorado: [Sadako Tsubokawa (Jan-Mar)]/[Eiji Makino (Mar-Nov)]/[Eiichi and Yoriko Imada (Nov-Dec)], 1978. 17” x 10 7/8”. Newsprint. Pp. 4. Publication sequence: Vol. 16, Nos. 37-50 (Jan 11 – Apr 19 1978); Vol. 17, Nos. 1-16 (Apr 26 – Aug 30 1978), 18-20 (Sep 20 – Oct 11 1978), 22-31 (Oct..... More
[Poston Interment Camp, Arizona]:[circa 1944-1945]. Cotton shirt measuring 20” from tip of collar to waist, and 16” from shoulder to shoulder. Good: stained and lacking buttons. This is a button down shirt with the embroidered signatures of 46 Japanese Americans we believe were interned at the Poston War Relocation Center..... More
![Item #1279 [Photo Album of Japanese American Students in Hawaii]. Henry Arakaki](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1279_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1770223900)
Honolulu and Tokyo: [circa 1949], 1952. 7 ” x 11. Decorative thin card boards, plastic red comb binding. 28 construction paper pages with 49 B&W photographs and 1 RPPC corner-mounted + envelope of 3 negatives laid in and the last 16 leaves are blank. Photos range from 1 ” x...... More
San Francisco: Mori Studio, [circa 1946-mid-1950s]. 62 black and white photographs measuring 5” x 7”. Generally very good plus with a light curl. This is a collection of photographs created by Morinosuke Kamikihara's Mori Studio in San Francisco. They are duplicates from a larger collection we sold several..... More
![Item #4998 [Collection of Panoramas Depicting Japanese American Organizations.]. Toyo Miyatake,...](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/4998.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1774553944)
California: 1930s and 1960s. Eight panoramic photographs of various sizes more particularly described below. Very good minus to near fine. This is a wonderful collection of panoramic photographs depicting large groups of Japanese Americans, three of which were taken by important Japanese American photographers. To wit: Japanese..... More
Cold Spring Harbor, New York: N.P., 1945. 9” x 6”. Stapled thin card wrappers. Pp. 48 including photographic author frontis. Very good: wrappers a bit spotted, rear with a small blemish to lower edge and damp stain to top, both extending to last few leaves; occasional light spotting, mostly at..... More
![Item #5098 [Group of Photos and Ephemera Related to a Japanese American Family]. Walter S. Tanabe](https://langdonmanorbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5098.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1770226224)
Hawaii: 1930s-1950s. 35 loose photographs and 16 items of ephemera. Generally very good. This is a group of items depicting a Japanese American family in Hawaii compiled by a Walter S. Tanabe. Walter was a native of Hawaii, and was born in Waialua in 1906. We have not..... More