folder CSUJAD Public Use Drive, folder Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka Photographs , folder 01
Childhood in the United States
1916-1920
1916-1919
Physical Description: 14 Megabytes(2 JPEG files)
Physical Description: 2 digital items(14 MB)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This file comprises of two images of Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka as a baby and toddler, including one circa 1916-1917 portrait of
her and her father, Tokujiro Maeda (mhi_01_005), and a circa 1917-1919 portrait of her posing in a toy car (mhi_01_006).
folder CSUJAD Public Use Drive, folder Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka Photographs , folder 02
Childhood in Japan
1920-1937
Physical Description: 27.9 Megabytes(13 JPEG files)
Physical Description: 13 digital items(27.9 MB)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This file comprises of nine images of Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka's childhood spent in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan after her mother
passed away in 1917 and father passed away in 1920. Included is one circa 1920-1922 portrait of her with her aunt(mhi_01_004),
two circa 1923-1926 school photographs (mhi_01_071-072), one 1927 photograph taken during a racing competition at her school
(mhi_01_069), four portraits of Kiyoko wearing various kimonos (mhi_01_020-021, mhi_01_047, mhi_01_070) and one photograph
of Kiyoko with two young women and a baby (mhi_01_013).
folder CSUJAD Public Use Drive, folder Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka Photographs , folder 03
Returning to the United States
1937-1941
Physical Description: 77.9 Megabytes(51 JPEG files)
Physical Description: 51 digital items(77.9 MB)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This file contains around 47 images primarily taken after Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka immigrated back to the United States in 1937,
such as photographs of her aboard a ship, the Asama Maru II (mhi_01_042), which brought her back to the U.S, as well as aboard
another ship, the Chichibu Maru II (mhi_01_008, mhi_01_016, mhi_01_048), of her doing recreational activities (mhi_01_018,
mhi_01_053, mhi_01_058-062), of her spending time with oldest daughter (Hatsuko Mary) (mhi_01_007), her cousin (Kimiko)(mhi_01_014,
mhi_01_039, mhi_01_046, mhi_01_052, mhi_01_056-057), friends (mhi_01_015, mhi_01_029-038, mhi_01_040-41, mhi_01_049, mhi_054-055)
and neighbors (mhi_01_009-012, mhi_01_043-045, mhi_01_063), and her posing with fellow cannery workers (mhi_01_019) in San
Pedro and on Terminal Island. There is also a portrait of Goro Yoshioka circa 1930-1939 (mhi_01_003), of Kiyoko on her wedding
day circa 1937-1938 (mhi_01_002), and of her posing with a beach ball and an umbrella recently after she arrived in the U.S.
(mhi_01_050-051).
folder CSUJAD Public Use Drive, folder Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka Photographs , folder 04
Incarceration at Poston
1942-1945
Physical Description: 5.71 Megabytes(3 JPEG files)
Physical Description: 3 digital items(5.71 MB)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This file contains around three images that were taken while the Yoshioka family was incarcerated at Poston, including a photograph
of Mary and Betty's kindergarten class (mhi_01_023), of Kiyoko standing outside with her four children and Mary's friend (mhi_01_022),
and another image of only the Yoshioka children (mhi_01_064).
folder CSUJAD Public Use Drive, folder Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka Photographs , folder 05
Resettling in Post-World War II United States
1949-1960
Physical Description: 21.7 Megabytes(9 JPEG files)
Physical Description: 9 digital items(21.7 MB)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
This file contains eight images mainly of the Yoshioka family settling back into society post-World War II. Included are photographs
of Goro and Kiyoko's youngest son, Tetsuo, with his kindergarten class in 1949 (mhi_01_068), of Goro and Kiyoko posing in
front of their new Kaiser automobile in 1950 (mhi_01_026-027), of Kiyoko posing in front of their new house in Torrance, California
circa 1950-1954 (mhi_01_024-025), of Kiyoko with her friend visiting from Japan circa 1950-1959 (mhi_01_017), and of the Yoshioka
children wearing their kimonos circa 1953 (mhi_01_073). There is also one portrait from 1957 of Kiyoko posing with her children
wearing their kimonos once again (mhi_01_028).
folder CSUJAD Public Use Drive, folder Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka Photographs , folder 06
Other Materials
circa 1942-1990
circa 1942-1960
1990 January-1990 September 14
Physical Description: 1.312 Megabytes(4 PDF files)
Physical Description: 4 digital items(1.312 MB)
Language of Material: English.
Scope and Contents
Contains Kiyoko Maeda Yoshioka's handout on how to take measurements that was received from a sewing class while at Poston
(mhi_01_065); Hatsuko Mary Yoshioka Higuchi's single-page school paper about her family background and future goals that she
wrote while she was a student at the University of California, Los Angeles (mhi_01_001); and redress papers from the Office
of Redress Administration concerning identity confirmation and payment finalization (mhi_01_066-067).