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 5001 Hwy 395
 Independence, CA 93526

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  Independence, CA 93526

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

The Story

The Birds

Antiques Roadshow

Antique West

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

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

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

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

2nd time the Long Beach Historical Society Cemetery Tour 10/2024 featured the story about the Takahashi Birds: Yoneguma & Kiyoka Takahashi's life and career as artists

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

Lease Letter

Family 1

Family 2