Full-length portrait of eight unidentified YMCA junior lifeguards and two unidentified men. They are in two rows outside the doors of a building. The men are wearing suits; the boys are wearing swimming suits with a life-ring emblem and the words “JUNIOR LIFE SAVER / Y. M. C. A.” on the front.
Photograph showing a group of adolescents at a pool for a Y.M.C.A. junior life guard class in Portland. Some of the group is seated on a diving board, and looking towards two other boys, one of which has the other in a headlock (negative 1 of 1).
Portrait of a man in a baseball uniform with the word "Portland" on the chest. He is wearing a mitt and holding a ball. The name Yerkes is written on the negative and is visible in the bottom right corner of the photograph. Image note: The rectangle at the top of the photograph and the streaks on the lower left side appear on the negative.
A river at the base of a deep gorge near Yellowstone National Park, likely the Yellowstone River. Caption from negative sleeve reads, "Yellowstone? (Gorge), S-51, LW2-3D."
A river at the base of a deep gorge near Yellowstone National Park, likely the Yellowstone River. Caption from negative sleeve reads, "Yellowstone? (River), S-55, LW2-3H."
A geyser erupting at Yellowstone National Park. Several people and a wagon are visible in the distance on the far side of the mineral pool. Caption from negative sleeve reads, "Yellowstone? (Geyser), S-54, LW2-3G."
Photograph of Sadao Kurata Yasutome, Jim's paternal grandmother (left) standing next to an unidentified woman at the Tule Lake Relocation Center. They stand side by side outside, and there is snow on the ground. A building is visible in the background. Taken on December 20, 1945. Handwritten notes on photograph read, "Sadao Kurata Yasutome, Jim's paternal g'mother (on left)," and, "12/20,1945." The Tule Lake Relocation Center was one of ten American concentration camps to which Japanese Americans were forcibly removed and incarcerated.
Photograph of 4 members of the Yasutome family standing outside at the Tule Lake Relocation Center. Pictured left to right are JuJiro Yasutome, Sadao Yasutome, Toshiko Yasutome, and 2-year-old James Mamoru Yasutome (in front). There is snow on the ground. The three adults look at the camera while Mamoru looks off to the right. Taken December 20, 1945. Handwritten note on back reads, "G'father JuJiro Yasutome, Sadao Yasutome, Toshiko Yasutome, Momoru (sic) Yasutome." Additional note gives Mamoru's birthdate, "4/23/43, Mamoru 2 yrs. 8 mo." The Tule Lake Relocation Center was one of ten American concentration camps to which Japanese Americans were forcibly removed and incarcerated.
Painted store sign for "egg noodle and plain noodle". The egg noodle is priced at 15 cents per pound, and plain noodle 10 cents per pound. The sign is hand-painted on 4.5 x 8 in. cardboard.
Yasui Brothers Company General Merchandise wall calendar. The calendar features a painting titled "At the End of the Trail" copyright 1920, Brown & Bigelow, the address and telephone number of the main and branch Yasui Brothers Stores, and a monthly flip calendar for the year 1934.
Yasui Brothers Co. painted wall hanging. The hanging features the directory information for the store at the top of the piece, with a painted scene of cabins sitting along a river at the bottom of the piece. It is the same background to the 1942 calendar piece, minus the calendar attachment.