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Box 2

 Container

Contains 10 Results:

Japanese Young People's Christian (J.Y.P.C.) conferences, 1931 December 1; 1933 December 1

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Contains two photographs of annual conferences of Japanese Young People's Christian (J.Y.P.C.) held in Denver, Colorado in 1931 and 1933.

Dates: 1931 December 1; 1933 December 1

Las Animas Japanese Elementary School, circa 1928-1939

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of schoolchildren at Las Animas Japanese Elementary School and a Japanese school in Colorado. There is a photograph of female school play performers at Las Animas Japanese Elementary School. It was taken when they performed the play, "Masuhime," to celebrate the 1st commencement of the school. Yoneko Meguro is included among the performers.

Dates: circa 1928-1939

Public school classroom in Colorado, circa 1930-1939

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Contains one group photograph of schoolchildren taken in a classroom at an elementary school in Colorado. Japanese American children are included.

Dates: circa 1930-1939

Bent County High School in Colorado, 1936

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Contains two photographs of graduating class of Bent County High School, Colorado, in 1936, in which Yoneko Meguro is included.

Dates: 1936

Travels and the 1938 Rose Parade, circa 1930-1939

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of family trips to Hawaii, Huntington Library, Santa Catalina Island, and the 1938 Rose Parade.

Dates: circa 1930-1939

Gila River and Heart Mountain incarceration camp photographs, 1943-1945

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 6-7
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs mainly taken in the Gila River incarceration camp during the war, including barracks buildings, an outdoor stage, a meeting of Gila River Japanese Parents’ Association, All Center Enterprises Conference, and Gila River Co-op workers’ picnics. There are also three photographs taken in Wyoming; two of them were taken in the Heart Mountain incarceration camp.

Dates: 1943-1945

Postwar photographs, circa 1950-1959

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 8, 14
Scope and Contents

Contain postwar photographs mostly taken in California, including Futaba Nisei Beauty Salon, Yamanashi Kenjinkai's event, a baseball team, and a group of female school graduates; and a landscape photograph.

Dates: circa 1950-1959

Wartime and postwar Japan, 1942-1959

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 9-10
Scope and Contents

Contains photographs taken in Japan, including Emperor Hirohito, the Takano family's relatives, and a trip to Japan. There are photographs presumably taken during the Allied occupation of Japan, capturing the scenes in the aftermath of bombing attacks.

Dates: 1942-1959

U.S. military veterans' event, undated

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Photographs of U.S. military veterans at an event.

Dates: undated

U.S. Army service, circa 1942-1946; 1950-1953

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 11, 13
Scope and Contents

Materials are photographs that were taken when Leo Ryoichi Meguro joined the 100th Infantry Battalion and was deployed in Europe during World War II as well as when he was stationed in Korea during the Korean War.

Dates: circa 1942-1946; 1950-1953