Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album
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Title
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album
Creator
Shimizu, Mary Yamamoto: creator
Go For Broke National Education Center: publisher
Description
Album belonging to Mary Yamamoto Shimizu depicting life events including commencement ceremonies and social activities in Long Beach, Los Angeles, Massachusetts and Dartmouth College. The bulk of the photographs are of George Shimizu as Mary Shimizu curated photographs of herself and her then boyfriend, later husband. Photographs of George Shimizu vary in topic and geographic location including Long Beach, Dartmouth College and Mindanao (Philippine Islands) where he served in the Military Intelligence Service. Mary Yamamoto Shimizu is also shown traveling to Heart Mountain Incarceration Camp.
Album is maroon and bound. George Shimizu lent the album for digitization after conducting an oral history in 2016 with Go For Broke National Education Center.
Album is maroon and bound. George Shimizu lent the album for digitization after conducting an oral history in 2016 with Go For Broke National Education Center.
Format
images/jpg
Extent
66 pages, black and white
Language
eng
Date
between 1938-1946
Spatial Coverage
Los Angeles, California
Long Beach, California
Hanover, New Hampshire
Mindanao, Philippines
Powell, Wyoming
Source
Go For Broke National Education Center
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu digital collection
Identifier
2016.007.01
Items in the Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album Collection
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 1
Two photographs portray the front view of a high school-- Los Angeles High School. Other photograph is of young woman, Pat Waterman, wearing a graduation cap and gown.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 2
Three photographs capture students graduating from high school, wearing graduation cap and gown. Seymour, John, Bob, Jack and Don-- all Caucasian males.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 3
Four photographs of students wearing graduation gowns and caps, all students are female and Caucasian.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 4
Photographs depict Caucasian high school students.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 5
Two photographs showing a group of high school boys and a group of high school girls wearing graduation gowns and caps. One photograph depicts a group of high school boys wearing formal wear. Female students' names or nicknames are at the bottom of…
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 6
Two photographs depict two Japanese American high school students in graduation cap and gown.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 7
Caucasian American and Japanese American soldiers dressed in military uniform. Third photograph of a Japanese American student completing his studies.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 8
Top left photograph of Japanese American girl, Tamaki, walking away from the camera in the city. Top right and bottom left photographs of a group of Japanese American girls in graduation cap and gown. Bottom right photograph of Japanese American…
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 9
First (top) three photographs taken at a beach in Santa Barbara. Bottom two photographs of "Treasure Island," one of a group of Japanese Americans aboard a boat, and the second photograph is a view of the boat on the lake, taken from the shore.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 10
Top two photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu with her friend, Pauline, atop stacks of hay. Bottom two photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu with friends in camp (Heart Mountain, American Concentration Camp).
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 11
Group photograph of four Japanese American young men laying out on the beach, with an amusement park located in the background. The amusement park is identified as being located in Long Beach, California. Bottom left photograph of Mary Yamamoto…
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 12
Top left photograph shows a Japanese American girl standing next to two snowmen. Top right and bottom left photographs depict a Japanese American girl, "Marty", in formal attire standing next to a brick building. Bottom right photograph is of three…
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 13
Top left photograph of Caucasian woman standing in front of a brick building. Top and middle right photographs of a group of Japanese American women in formal attire. Bottom two photographs of a group of young adults at the "Pomona Fair."
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 14
Photographs depict Japanese American women in formal attire. Captioned "Coeds."
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 15
Top photograph of George Shimizu (far right) with two Caucasian friends aboard a ship. Bottom photograph of George Shimizu skiing.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 16
George Shimizu standing outside of building at Dartmouth College.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 17
Two Japanese American women in front of brick buildings and automobiles. Images depict a sense of travel or leisure.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 18
Top left photograph of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu and friends at the beach. Top middle and right photograph depict three Japanese American women riding bicylces. Middle left photograph of young woman at the beach, and middle right photograph of Mary…
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 19
Captioned "Camera Day, LAHS [Los Angeles High School]." Photographs show students dressed up in graduation cap and gown.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 20
Taken at a dock at Lake Arrowhead. Shown are friends of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu, as well as her husband, George Shimizu (bottom right photograph).
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 21
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu depicted in all photographs on this album page. She is accompanied by a friend on the beach in the bottom right photograph.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 22
Taken at Dartmouth College. Photographs of George Shimizu's (Mary Yamamoto Shimizu's husband) dormitory covered in snow.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 23
Images of George Shimizu at Dartmouth College and buildings at Dartmouth including Baker Library and Dartmouth Hall.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 24
Photographs taken from Mary Yamamoto Shimizu's trip to Amherst, Massachussetts with friends. Captions included for each photograph-- Ocean Pond overlooking Hanover, and a picnic with friends.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 25
Top two photographs of Mary Yamamot Shimizu in business attire. Bottom photograph of George Shimizu with army buddies overseas in Mindanao.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 26
Top photograph of Japanese American woman reading letters on the grass. Right photograph of Japanese American woman holding a cat. Left photograph of two Japanese American women accompanied by two children.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 27
Two of the three photographs depict Japanese American teenagers equipped in tennis gear. Bottom photograph of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu in the back of a truck at Heart Mountain incarceration camp.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 28
Top two photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu's friends in Denver. Bottom left photograph of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu with her friend, Nancy. Bottom right photograph, addressed to Mary, of her friend Gertrude in New Hampshire.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 29
Top left photograph of young man in military casuals, addressed to Mary Yamamoto Shimizu. Top right photograph of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu. Bottom left photograph of Yamamoto Shimizu with three friends in Denver. Bottom right photograph of Yamamoto…
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 30
Photographs taken at Darthmouth College, where Mary Yamamoto Shimizu's husband , George Shimizu, was attending school.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 31
Photographs taken at Dartmouth College, including George Shimizu.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 32
Photographs taken of Dartmouth College. Parts of campus are covered with snow.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 33
Photographs of George Shimizu, husband of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu at Dartmouth, Camp Savage, Minnesota and Ogden, Utah.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 34
Photographs of three different couples: Top left photograph of a Caucasian couple. Mary Yamamoto Shimizu and George Shimizu are portrayed in the top right photograph. Newlyweds are portrayed in the bottom photograph.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 35
Barrack B dinner at Napoli Restaurant. Mary Yamamoto Shimizu pictured with George Shimizu at a dinner with fellow soldiers.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 36
"Toyo and Amy" friends of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu in the snow in Denver, Colorado.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 37
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu with two friends at a homestead in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Captions on all images.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 38
Taken at Lake Calhoun in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photographs depict Mary Yamamoto Shimizu with friends, riding canoes on the lake.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 39
Trip to Heart Mountain. Photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu posing with two friends, Yuki and Amy in a natural landscape.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 40
Photographs taken on the University of Minnesota campus. Top photograph of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu and friend standing outside in overcoats. Bottom photograph of Mary Yamamoto and friend in Union Hall.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 41
Photographs of George Shimizu (husband of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu) while overseas in Mindanao, Philippines. Top photograph of group photograph (George located on far right) holding Japanese flags. Middle left photograph of George holding a Japanese…
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 42
Photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu in front of her house.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 43
Full-length portrait of Mary with an inscription, "To my darling" and "with all of my love, Mary." Additional caption on the page.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 44
Photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu friends. Captions on the images of their names and salutation lines.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 45
Top photograph of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu's friend standing next to a tree in front of a house. Bottom photograph of Yamamoto Shimizu next to a tree in front of a house.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 46
Photographs of friends of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu at an outing in Chicago.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 47
Top and middle photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu. Bottom two photographs are portraits of George Shimizu when he was stationed in Mindanao, Philippines during World War II.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 48
Photographs of George Shimizu during his military service in the Philippines. Top photograph of George in Mindanao driving a Jeep. Bottom photograph of George Shimizu with other soldiers, "tentmates" in Leyte.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 49
Photographs from George Shimizu's military service in the Philippines during World War II. Top two photographs of George. Bottom left photograph of George Shimizu with fellow soldiers. Bottom right photograph of a puppy named "Blackie".
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 50
Photographs of George Shimizu with friends at Occidental College before World War II.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 51
More photographs of George Shimizu and friends at Occidental College. Taken before World War II.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 52
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu and George Shimizu as a couple captured in three images.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 53
Top two photographs taken at Smith College. Top left photograph is of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu with George Shimizu, and the top right photograph is of a Japanese American couple who are friends of Mary and George. Bottom two photographs are of George…
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 54
Photographs taken at Dartmouth College. Top right photograph of George Shimizu with friend on campus. Top left photograph is a group photograph including Mary Yamamoto Shimizu and George Shimizu. Bottom two photographs taken next to the wing of an…
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 55
Photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu. One photographs is missing from the page.
Top left photograph is missing from the page.
Top left photograph is missing from the page.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 56
Group photograph of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu and friends seated at a table at Charlies Restaurant in Minneapolis.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 57
Top left photograph of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu holding a baby, Francesca. Bottom right photograph of Mary holding the same baby with friend, Sione.
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Single top right photograph of George Shimizu playing baseball in Mindanao,…
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Single top right photograph of George Shimizu playing baseball in Mindanao,…
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 58
Top three photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu and George Shimizu's vacation at the Grand Canyon. Bottom photographs of George Shimizu, in military uniform, and Mary Shimizu at a dinner in Chicago.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 59
Group photograph of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu with friends, sitting at a dinner table at Charlies Restaurant in Minneapolis.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 60
Top and middle photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu and George Shimizu posing next to an automobile. Bottom photograph of the Shimizus with friend holding golf clubs.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 61
Photographs taken at Northwestern University. Top left photograph of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu and George Shimizu with a campus building shown in the background. Bottom right photograph of Mary standing next to a tree.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 62
Photographs taken at Fort Snelling. Top photograph of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu with Colonel Rasmussen and his family. Bottom photograph of George Shimizu with Colonel Rasmussen and his family.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 63
Photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu standing next to an automobile in Los Angeles.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 64
Photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu and George Shimizu holding newborn son, Ricky, on a park bench.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 65
Collage of photographs of Mary Yamamoto Shimizu and George Shimizu's son, Ricky Shimizu. Mary and George Shimizu are depicted in some photographs with Ricky.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 66
Photograph of George Shimizu next to a record player.
Mary Yamamoto Shimizu album, page 67
Group photograph of George and Mary Yamamoto Shimizu with friends, Mary and Victor Abe.
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