Museums, New Articles and Old News Articles

"No great man lives in vain. The history of the world

is but the biography of great men."
Thomas Carlyle 1795-1881

Museums & Exhibitions (Past & Present)

Buyers, Sellers & Patrons

Manzanar National Historic Site
US National Park Service

Address:
PO Box 426
5001 Hwy 395
Independence, CA 93526

Ph: 760-876-2194

Japanese American National Museum
Hirasaki National Resource Center
Permanent Collection

Address:
369 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Ph: 213-625-0414

The Gerald R. Ford Museum
Exhibit 1999

Eastern California Museum
Permanent Collection

Address:
  155 Grant St.,
  P.O. Box 206
  Independence, CA 93526

Ph: 760-878-0258, 878-0364

Some Stores that sold Takahashi Birds in the past:
  Ambercrombie & Fitch Co.
   Gumps Department Stores
   Von Lengerke & Antoine

Dedicated Beloved Patron
Merle & Amy Erickson

News Paper Articles & Write-ups

Historical Documents (Internment camp, notifications, etc.)

"Takahashi birds find nest..."

Local Pair Engaged In Unique Industry..."

Birds are their business..."

Those New Artistic Shoulder Pin Birds are Wood-Carved By Garden Grove Couple..."

Self-Made Artists In Wood And Paint Carve Out A New Career..."

Mrs. Kiyoka Takahashi displays some of her bird-shaped lapel pins

Christian Science Monitor 1946

Vintage Collection

Daily News 1959

Santa Ana Register 1946

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Speaker: Masako Kawase: Fullerton Branch, CA

Mananzar Intrepretive Center Takahashi Bird Display

Yoneguma with his brother Shigeo before being sent to Internment early 1940's

Long Beach Public Library Main Branch: Takahashi Display 2007

Interlocking Sculptures

Moyer District Library, Gibson City, IL
Thanks to: Bruce and Janet Hammit 2022

Historical Society of Long Beach Presentation 10/29/2022

Takahashi Birds Story
Presentation by Karen Harper & Linda Nishida at the Historical Cemetery Tour 2022

Takahashi Bird Pin Story
Personal Collection from Bruce and Janet Hammitt 10/31/2023

Fairbury Rotary
Personal Collection from Bruce and Janet Hammitt 10/31/2023

Takahashi Bird Creators
Personal Collection from Bruce and Janet Hammitt 10/31/2023

High Country News:
The Untold History Of Japanese American Bird Pins

Poston Camp Information Bulletin"

Poston Camp; Typical Block Plan"

Notice of Classification Local Board No. 173,
Orange County, CA"

Yoneguma's request for Re-classification"

Bird Crafting School Membership Certificate of adult education from Poston, Arizona Camp"

Request for storage of Property - form - given to Japanese Americans by War Relocation Authority"

Law #100-383 Civil Liberties act, Signed Into Public Law by Ronald Reagan..."

CSU Dominguez Hills Book Exposition"

From the California State University, Dominguez Hills archives:

I am an American

Muzeo Contact

An American Promise

Letter From The White House

CSU Japanese American Digitization Project

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