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Scope and Contents Included are insurance policies; deeds; full reconveyance; tax invoice and receipts; mortgage forms; power of attorney forms; declaration of homestead forms; correspondence; a trust agreement; and other documents regarding the real estate property in Los Angeles, California, which Fumio Fred Takano purchased in 1938. There is a power of attorney form created prior to his incarceration, appointing his non-Japanese American friend as his attorney and allowing her to manage his property in Los...

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This series contains materials regarding the Takano family's background information. Included are an Imperial Japanese Government passport; a marriage license and certificate; birth registration; death certificate; diplomas and certificates; college and school yearbooks; graduation programs; a medical certificate; documents regarding the Takano family’s property; social security documents; wills; diaries; a personal narrative; and funeral and obituary information.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains materials regarding the Takano family's background information. Included are an Imperial Japanese Government passport; a marriage license and certificate; birth registration; death certificate; diplomas and certificates; college and school yearbooks; graduation programs; a medical certificate; documents regarding the Takano family’s property; social security documents; wills; diaries; a personal narrative; and funeral and obituary information.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains materials regarding the Takano family's background information. Included are an Imperial Japanese Government passport; a marriage license and certificate; birth registration; death certificate; diplomas and certificates; college and school yearbooks; graduation programs; a medical certificate; documents regarding the Takano family’s property; social security documents; wills; diaries; a personal narrative; and funeral and obituary information.

Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series contains materials regarding the Takano family's background information. Included are an Imperial Japanese Government passport; a marriage license and certificate; birth registration; death certificate; diplomas and certificates; college and school yearbooks; graduation programs; a medical certificate; documents regarding the Takano family’s property; social security documents; wills; diaries; a personal narrative; and funeral and obituary information.

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Included are copies of letters written by Fumio Fred Takano. In these letters he seeks assistance from his non-Japanese American friend, Florence Packer, during the war. She was appointed as his attorney-in-fact prior to his incarceration. Fumio was able to get his truck delivered from Los Angeles to the Gila River with Mrs. Parker’s assistance, and his sister, Akiko Nakashima, and her family were able to leave the camp by the truck.

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Contained are Japanese letters and postcards written by Kumaji and Tsuruno Meguro, who are Issei immigrants and Fumio Fred Takano's parents-in-law. They detail their experiences during the war from an Issei point of view, describing the trip and life in an assembly center and incarceration camp, and their return from the camp to California.

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Material is a postcard sent from Akiko Nakashima to her father, Itsuhei Takano who was incarcerated in the Gila River camp in Arizona. She and her family left the camp on September 1, 1943 by Itsuhei's truck. The truck had been managed by Mrs. Parker in Los Angeles and was delivered to the Gila River with her help. The postcard captures the street scene in Wickenburg, Arizona.

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Contains a letter from Fred C. Bold, Assistant Manager, Los Angeles Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to Fumio Fred Takano in Los Angeles, California. The letter follows up the inquiry from him regarding his home mortgage and automobile loan.

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Material is a receipt issued by Railway Express Agency. One trunk, one box, and four containers were shipped from Florence Parker of Los Angeles, California to Istuhei and Tomoye Takano incarcerated at the Gila River camp in Arizona.