Gilbert Tanji photograph album

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Title

Gilbert Tanji photograph album

Creator

Tanji, Gilbert: photographer, collector

Description

Gilbert T. Tanji served in the Military Intelligence Service of the United States Army. The album depicts aircraft at the Anacostia Airfield in Washington, DC and soldiers with whom Tanji worked and the Tanji family photographs including his children, wife and extended family. It also includes photographs of family in the American Concentration Camps and portraits of Japanese American soliders. The album equally depicts Gilbert Tanji and Mary Tanji's early adult-life, including Mary Tanji's eduation as a nurse and or dietician.

Please see here for Gilbert "Gil" Tanji oral history interview, May 17, 2003.

Some of the photographs are missing and text is written in their place. It is believed that these photographs were removed for a slide show, perhaps for a memorial service.

Type

Albums

Extent

1 photograph album, 79 pages

Spatial Coverage

Washington, DC
New York City, New York
Denver, Colorado
Rochester, Minnesota
Starke, Florida
San Francisco, California

Source

Go For Broke National Education Center

Identifier

2015.006.01

Items in the Gilbert Tanji photograph album Collection

Gilbert T. Tanji, album page 79. Infantry Replacement Training Center Certificate
The Infantry Replacement Training Center certificate presented to Technical Sarget 5 Gilbert T. Tanji for special training as a rifleman at Camp Blanding, Florida from April 10, 1944 to June 3, 1944.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 78. Anacostia Naval Air Station
Anacostia Naval Air Station. Technical Air Intelligence Center (TAIC), US Naval Air Station. Gilbert Tanji and Gio Nawa are identified in the image. Written on the back of the photograph: "Sept. 1945, TAIC, Anacostia DC, US Naval Air Station."

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 77. Group photograph at [Anacostia] Air Base
Group photograph at the air base. Tanji and Private Freiden are identified in the image.

Gilbert T. Tanj, album page 76. "Nisei Picnic, June 26, 1945, Washington, DC"
Nisei Picnic. 6-22-45. Washington, DC. On back of photograph: Stamped by Life Photograph- "This photograph is owned by Life Magazine published by Time Incorporated, Time & Life Building, Rockefeller Center New York 20, N.Y."

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 75. "Mary and Gilbert, Minnesota"
Gilbert T. Tanji with Mary, his wife.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 74. Photographs of German and Japanese military aircraft
Album page with four photographs of military airplanes

Top row, left. Zeke (Zero) and Messerschmitt 109. Anacostia, DC;
Top row, right. Zeke (Zero) with United States markings, Kate (Bomber), and Baka (Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka) . Anacostia,…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 73. Japanese military aircraft
Top photograph description (photograph missing): Betty (Bomber) Display; Bottom photograph: Zeke (Zero) engine on Test Stand.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 72. Japanese American soldiers
Gary Tanji (4th from right) with other Japanese American soldiers.

Page 72 of Gilbert T. Tanji, Military Intelligence Service Photograph album, 1 photograph.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 71. Technical Air Intelligence Center aircraft and Donald Duck cartoon image
Top photograph: T.A.I.C. [Technical Air Intelligence Center] II aircraft. Written on image back: "CO-6."; Bottom photograph: Cartoon Donald Duck carrying the remains of a Japanese fighter aircraft in a T.A.I.C. [Technical Air Intelligence Center]…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 70. Military aircraft photographs
Top photograph: the nose of a United States military aircraft, parked on an airfield runway. Bottom photograph: two men fixing the propeller of a United States aircraft.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 69. Military aircraft on runway
Aircraft parked on runway or airfield

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 68. Aircraft in airfield hangar
Military aircraft being repaired. Several mechanics present in the photograph, a man is sitting in cockpit. On back of photograph: "BVA 124886."

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 67. Military aircraft in airfield hangar
United States military aircraft. Written on back of photograph: "B-3-12." One aircraft with TAIC, Technical Air Intelligence Unit.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 66. US Capitol
Top row, left: United States Capitol Building, view from left. Top row, middle: US Capitol Building, view from left. Top row, right: "Freiden, 1944. Stacking some wooden crates." Left column: The US Capitol Building, view from left. Corner left: "The…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 65. Washington DC Monuments
Top row, left: The Washington Monument; Top row, middle: Irving Freiden. Two soldiers walking away from the Abraham Lincoln Memorial; Top row, right: Statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Abraham Lincoln Memorial.

Bottom row, left Unknown church…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 64. Caucasian woman in front of airplane
Unknown Caucasian woman standing in front of an airplane; photograph taken in low light with deep shadows.

Gilbert T. Tanji, album page 63. Outdoor picnic
Three photographs of a small potluck, with what seems to be army friends and children. A house and several cars are seen in the background.


Gilbert T. Tanji album page 62. Agricultural images
Left: Farmer on a tractor by fields; Middle : Farmer driving tractor, pulling plow behind; Right: Japanese American farmer with woman (presumably his wife and dog in an orchard. Sedan car in background.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 61. Young boy and young Japanese American woman sitting on a motorcycle
Left photograph: 1948.Child identified as "Dean" sitting on a motorcycle; Right photograph: Unidentified young woman sitting on a motorcycle.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 60. Tanji family at Halloween and Christmas, 1949
Top row, left: "Christmas Morning, 1949" children and parents, children playing with toys including a train set. Top row, right:" 1949 Halloween," children and man on porch with a carved pumpkin.

Bottom row, left: "Gary's first birthday, 1949, …

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 59. Tanji children
Left : "Gary's 1st Birthday," Gary squatting next to a cake on a porch. Right: 1947. "Dean and Ron" Yoshiro playing with a wagon in a yard.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 58. Tanji children playing, at holiday season, and at the Fleischhaker Zoo (San Francisco Zoo)
Top row, left: "Dean- 15 days old.[Mary Tanji] holding baby Dean next to a palm tree;" Top row, middle: "Little Geri playing with her toy tractor in the dirt;" Top row, right: "1949- Halloween/" Child in middle holds a Jack-o'-lantern on his head;…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 57. Tanji family at child's birthday
Top: Dean's 4th birthday, Dean blowing out the candles on his birthday cake. Whole family, including [Mary & Gilbert Tanji] and grandparents, at dinner table; Bottom: Dean cutting the first slice of cake. Grandparents watching.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 56. Tanji family photograph
Tanji Family photograph: Mary and Gilbert Tanji holding their three children, Dean, Gary, and Geraldine.

Written on back of photo: "Mary- 4 1/2 size please."

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 55. Family portraits
Photographs show the Tanji family in front of a house and in a field.

Top row, left : 1947. Family portrait. Gilbert and Mary Tanji standing behind parents sitting in chairs. Parents are holding Tanji grandchildren; Top row, middle: Gilbert and…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 54. Color photographs of Ushiyama family in a garden
Photographs are in color.

Top row left,: [Mr. Ushiyama] in the flower garden outside his home; Top row, middle: [The Ushiyama Family]; Top row, right: [The Ushiyama Family] in front of their home.

Middle row, left: Gilbert and Mary Tanji in…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 53. "Betty" and "Christine"
Left photograph: 1945. Baby Christine playing on her toy lawnmower on the lawn outside of what seems to be the Ushiyama family home; Right photograph: Betty against the side of brick building.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 52. Japanese American soldiers in casual uniform
Photographs seem to be at a park-like environment.

Top row, left photograph: 1945. Harold Fudema; Top row, middle: Ken Hanaguchi; Top row, right: Willie Kimota.

Bottom row, left: Ken Hanaguchi and Willie Kimota sitting on grassy hill; Bottom…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 51. Sakarai family photographs
Images taken in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Top row, left: 1945. Jim, Mary Jean [Sakarai] and Lydia on grass; Top row, middle (missing) image with "video" written in it's place: Lydia, Oscar and Mary Jean [Sakarai]; Top row, right: Mary Jean Sakarai…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 50. "Baby Mary Jean" Sakarai
Portrait studio image of Mary Jean [Sakarai], 1945, possibly between five and nine months.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 49. Denver Mormon General Hospital Nurses, Gilbert and Mary Tanji, Sargent Fujimoto
Top row, left photograph: Medical nurse in full attire; Top row, middle: [Mary & Gilbert Tanji] at the top of the Empire State building, Oct. 1945; Top row, right: Sargent Fujimoto and sister;

Bottom row, left: Nurses having a picnic on the grass…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 48. Glen Lake Sanatorium dietitian, Mary and Gilbert Tanji in Rochester, Minnesota
Top row, left: Mrs. Lyl Barak, Head Dietitian, Glen Lake Sanatorium; Top row, middle: Gilbert [Tanji]; Top row, right and bottom row left, Mary and Gilbert [Tanji] on the porch of a bed and breakfast;

Bottom row, middle: Mary Sakai. Written on…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 47. Dietitian photographs and Mary Tanji
Top row, left: Diet [Dietitian] Kitchen picnic, Denver General; Top row, right: Denver General, Mormon Hospital Student Nurses, Mrs. Hall;

Bottom row, left: Ruth Tobian. Little Rock, Arkansas. Denver General Hospital, 1943; Bottom row, middle…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 46. Mary Tanji and other nurses
Top row, left: "Denver General student nurses 1944. Glenis John, 7th Day Adventist Eckland, Kansas Hospital" Tanji and other nurses on grass; Top row, middle: Mary Tanji standing on brick ledge; Top row, right: Mary Tanji on grass with other…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 45, Young Nisei casual portraits
Top row, left: Ken Sumita; top row, middle: Clarice Matsuda, handwritten on image, "To Gilbert, Sincerely yours, Clarice" top row, right: Nobuko Kobayashi standing next to a sundial. handwritten on photo: "Nobuko Yamasake Kobayashi."

Bottom row,…

Gilbert T. Tanji album, pages 43, 44. Casual family portraits
Top row, left:" Mom [Gilbert Tanji's mother] and Marry Sakai", top row, middle, Joseph Makata; top row, right, Mary Shige and Lucy Kishi standing by a young tree. Images possibly captured from within American Concentration Camp; barracks in…

Gilbert T. Tanji, album page 42. Sakai family, Mary Sakai and Mary Tanji in rowboat
Top row, left: Kishi Family; top row, middle: Mary Sakai, handwritten on image: "Best wishes, Mary Sakai"; top row, right: Mary Sakai, handwritten on image, "Most smilingly, Mary." Photographs show barracks in the background, presumably of an…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 41. Family photographs in an American Concentration Camp
Top row, left: Takako Tankioka kneeling by a young tree; top row, middle (missing): Shoji, Tanji; top row, right: Kiyoshi and Galen Ozawa;

Bottom row, left: Mary Sakai standing by a tree, written on image: "Gilbert, Mary"; bottom row, middle…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 40. Family photographs in an American Concentration Camp
Top row, left photograph: Grayce Ishizaki standing against wall of a building; top row, middle: Grayce [Ishizaki]; Top row, right: "kids" standing against side of the building.

Bottom row, left: "Sachi and Jerry Terai" Sachi holding baby Jerry…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 39. Family photographs in an American Concentration Camp
Top row, left photograph: Miss Ozawa playing with her stuffed animal; Top row, middle photograph: Miss Takeoka looking unhappy in her overalls; Top row, right photograph: Galen, May and unknown boy standing against a building.

Bottom row, left :…

Gilbert T. Tanji, album page 38. Mary Tanji and Gilbert Tanji in uniforms, nurse and soldier.
Larger photograph on left: Mary & Gilbert Tanji. Dietetic intern. 1944-1945 Rochester, Minnesota.

Top right: Two unknown female nurses; Bottom right: Denver General Student nurse, Ruth Tobian.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 37. Japanese American soldiers, casual portraits in uniform
Top row, left: Gilbert Tanji [in Rochester, Minnesota]; top row, right: Gilbert [Tanji in Rochester, Minnesota].

Bottom row, left photograph: Shizuo Tsujihara; bottom row, middle: Sgt [Sergeant]. Shirai in front of the barracks. written on image…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 36. Japanese American soldiers, Tanji and Arnold Okhi
Three photographs of Gilbert Tanji in front of a building in Rochester, Minnesota in uniform.

One militaryportrait of Private Arnold Ohki with message, "To Gilbert, Sincerely Private Arnold Ohki."

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 35. Japanese American soldiers, friends of Tanji
Top row, left image of Katsutoshi Tabata in uniform on the balcony of a building with the Empire State Building in the background. Written on the image, "To my barracks pal Tanji, always Katsutoshi."

Top row right, image missing, written on page,…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 34. Tanji family and Japanese American soldiers
Top row, left: Oscar [Tanji] eating a snack in the kitchen; top row, second left: Oscar and May [Tanji] sitting on a small rock; top row, second right: Oscar [Tanji] sitting on a wooden post; top row, right: Gilbert Tanji in uniform.

Bottom row,…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 33. Family photographs
Top row, left (missing): Tanji Family, top row, middle: "Mom and Gilbert" Tanji; top row, right (missing): "Tanji Family, 5NH8E" written on the page.

Bottom row, left (missing): Oscar [Tanji]; bottom row, middle: Oscar [Tanji]; bottom row, right:…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 32. Tanjis in New York City, Caucasian man and woman with baby, Bolling Army Air Corp Base
Top row, left: James Tanji on the Rockefeller Center Roof Studio in New York. Written on photo: "Gil & Mary"; top row, right: "Base Headquarters, Bolling Field, D.C."

Bottom row, left: [Frudin] and Robert holding newborn baby. 1947; bottom row,…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 31. Japanese American soldiers at Bolling Field Army Air Corps
Images on this page captured on Bolling Field, Washington D.C.

Top row, left to right: main barracks at Bolling Field. image missing, "run way" replaced with a note "scan."

Middle row, left to right: Gilbert Tanji, soldiers Brevard and Jones,…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 30. Cherry Blossom Festival
Photographs taken at cherry blossom trees. Images possibly captured at a cherry blossom festival.

Top row, left to right: Gilbert and Mary Tanji, Mary Tanji, Gilbert Tanji next to a crowd, Gilbert Tanji in uniform.

Middle row, left to right:…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 29. Tilda Basin, March 25, 1945
Photos on this page taken in Washington, D.C. at Tidal Basin on March 25, 1945

Top row, left to right: Jefferson Memorial across the basin; Washington Monument, hidden by the fog; Jefferson Memorial across the basin; Washington Monument up…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 28. Mary and Gilbert Tanji
Images of Mary and Gilbert Tanji in Washington, DC and with a puppy in a grass area.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 27. Ben Sumita, Shira Enmoto, Gilbert and Mary Tanji
Images of Shira Enmoto, Ben Sumita, Gilbert Tanji and Mary Tanji near the Capitol Building in Washington, DC.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 26. Mary and Gilbert Tanji in Chicago and Kansas City
Most of the photos on this page taken in Chicago, Illinois.

Top row: Photographs of the Phillips family, including Marsha Phillips with Mary Tanji.

Bottom row: Young ladies posing for a photograph with trees behind; Gilbert Tanji and Mary…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 25. Gilbert Tanji in St. Paul, Minnesota
Top row, Gilbert Tanji at Lake Minetonka, St. Paul, Minnesota. Unknown woman in a flower dress.

Bottom row, Gilbert Tanji on grass, and next to Mary Tanji's purse and small umbrella.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 24. Gilbert Tanji at Camp Blanding, Florida
Images from Camp Blanding, Florida.

Top row, left missing with text "photo album for memorial." Top row right, Gilbert Tanji and Nishimoto with bayonet sitting in front of barracks.

Bottom row, left to right: Gilbert Tanji with bayonet;…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 23. Gilbert Tanji and Mary Tanji
Top row, left to right: Mary and Gilbert Tanji standing in a snow-covered field; Mary Tanji holding Gilbert Tanji's military portrait; Gilbert Tanji in military training attire.

Bottom row, left to right: Marty Tanji with friends at a ranch,…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 22. Ushimaya family
Ushimaya family photographs.

Top row left to right: Family portrait, 1945; George Ushiyama; Ushiyama family; Three (3) Ushiyama sisters, Mary Tanji holding family dog; Some family members and Mary Tanji.

Middle row, left to right: Amy Ushiyama;…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 21. Portraits of Mary Tanji and others
Top row left to right, "Always, Ester" written on image. Esther carrying books; portrait of Betty Jeanne, two portraits of Mary Tanji; Children on front steps of a house.

Bottom row, Mary Tanji next to a car, 1943.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 20. Watanabe and Uno Wedding in Denver
At the top of the page, "Watanabe and Uno's Wedding,"

Images of the wedding. Last image on the page (left to right), group biking at Hains Point.

Gilbert T. Tanji photo album page 19. Young ladies at Hains Point
Images captured at Hains Point, Washington, DC.

Top row, left to right: "Shuzy Hiroska" and friends laying on grass; Three young Japanese American women riding bikes at Hains Point

Bottom row, Two young Japanese American women laying on grass;…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 18. Young Nisei in New York City
Photographs on this page are captured in New York City. All parties are in formal or dress-ware. Gilbert and Shige are in formal military uniforms.


Top row, left to right: Tai, Gilbert, and Julia; Gilbert, Masao, Tai, Julia, Aiko; Tai, "Gil",…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 17. Babies, Judy White and Clifton Uyematsu
Top row, three photographs of baby "Judy White" in her crib.

Bottom row, left image of baby Clifton Uyematsu, on image "To Tilbert and Mary, Clifton."

Bottom row, right, baby Judy White in crib.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 16. Glen Lake Sanatorium
Photos on this page taken at Glen Lake Sanatorium, Oak Terrace, Minnesota.

Top left to right: Dede helping Mary up from the ice; Top: Mary in hat and scarf; Mary & Gilbert in the snow.

Row 2, left. Mary Tanji laughing, Mary Tanji in nurse…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 15. Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis
Photographs captured at Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis. Gilbert Tanji is in uniform.

Mary and Gilbert Tanji at the lake.

Gilbert T. Tanji album, page 14. Casual portraits of Japanese American and Caucasian soldiers
Top row, left to right: Frank Okada in snow with pipe, signed photograph, "Sincerely, Frank C. Okada", Henry Nakakihara making a snowball, Shirai in long overcoat, Mitsuo Useri standing on rock.

Bottom row, left to right: Tony Sunemoto, signed…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 13. Casual portraits of Japanese American soldiers
Gilbert Tanji and other Japanese American soldiers in uniform, likely at a basic training facility. Named soldiers are: Mas Terai, Tony Sunamoto. Other soldiers identified by surname: Kubota and Akiyama.

Some images are signed by soldiers.

Gilbert T. Tanji album, page 12. Japanese American soldiers in snow
Photographs of Gilbert Tanji and other Japanese American soldiers. Soldiers who are identified by surname are: Sunamoto, Akiyama, Tabata and Kubata. Soldier identified by first and last name, Taki Matsushita.

Images are captured in snow, likely…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 11. Japanese American soldiers at Camp Savage
Casual and social portraits of Japanese American soldiers in snow, likely in basic training. Soldiers named are: Tony Sunamoto, Frank Okada.

Other names are indistinguishable, but written on the album page.


Top row, left photograph: Tony…

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 10. Japanese American soldiers at Camp Savage
Images capture Japanese American soldiers at Camp Savage in uniform and in barracks in casual activity. Soldiers identified are: Gilbert Tanji, Harry Akune, Lawrence Matsura and Henry Nakakihara.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 9. Japanese American soldiers at Camp Savage
Images captured at Camp Savage. Japanese American soldiers identified are: Henry Kakakihara, Walter Sato and Gilbert Tanji.

Three unidentified soldiers also in images.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 8. Gilbert and Mary Tanji
Gilbert and Mary Tanji with an identified Japanese American soldier, "Jimmy" and Gilbert and Aki Matsushita.

Casual photographs captured in a grass area, one image of Mary Tanji may be not have been captured on the same days as the other images.

Gilber T. Tanji album page 7. Gilbert and Mary Tanji and Japanese American soldiers
Images of Harry Fukayama, and "Miwako", Gilbert Tanji and Mary Tanji. Images are casual, in a park setting. Not all images have been captured on the same day.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 6. Gilbert and Mary Tanji, Harry Fukahara
Images depict Mary and Gilbert Tanji and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fukayama. Images are taken at a park-like setting.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 5. Mary Tanji
Images of Mary Tanji in uniform. Image of the facade of a home.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 4. Facade of a home in Rochester, Minnesota
Snow-covered building in Rochester, Minnesota. Right image missing, in it's place "Tanji video" written. Image description, "Camp Blanding, Florida" April 20, 1944

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 3. Mary Tanji, Rochester, Minnesota
Mary Tanji in her nurse uniform. Unknown snow-covered town in other images, possibly Rochester, Minnesota. Bottom, right photograph missing.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 2. Gilbert and Mary Tanji
Images of Gilbert and Mary Tanji in front of a home. Mary and Gilbert wearing their uniforms: nurse and soldier. Second image of Mary in skirt and blouse next to a tree and in front of a home.

Gilbert T. Tanji album page 1. Group ten of Japanese American soldiers in uniform, "In our working clothes"
Text handwritten on back of image, "In our working clothes, we are [left to right]"

Front [row]: Sasaki, Hawaii; Okada, Hawaii; ME, Colorado; Iouichi [unclear], California.; "2nds" [Second row]: Takenaka (Hawaii), Tsuda (California), Nakagawa…

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