Interview with Helen Kusunoki

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1986

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Kodama-Nishimoto, Michi

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Kusunoki, Helen

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The daughter of a Waikiki lunchroom proprietor remembers her parents; father's Moana Hotel and Holt family employment; father's ice cream parlor; Unique Lunch Room menu, schedule and customers; Stonewall Gang; Chinese laundry and other neighborhood shops; childhood activities and mischief; Japanese bon dancing and hanamatsuri (Buddha's birthday); Natatorium and swimming meets; Kapiolani Park; schooling in Japan; and marriage.
(not discussed in interview); Japanese; female
Interview conducted in English.

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Family Life, Food, Japan, Japanese - Customs and Beliefs, Sports

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http://hdl.handle.net/10125/30422

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2 hr, 40 min
42 pages

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Interview

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St. Louis Heights, Oahu

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DU629 .W44 W3 1988

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Waikiki, 1910–1985: Oral Histories
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