Tanforan

Temporary Assembly Center

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Japanese Americans waiting in line to vote (ddr-densho-151-349)
img Japanese Americans waiting in line to vote (ddr-densho-151-349)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Entering Recreational Hall where election is being held for Councilmen. A general election for five members of the Tanforan Assembly center Advisory Council is being held on this day. The Issei have never been able to vote before because of American naturalization laws.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-349/
Japanese Americans arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-161)
img Japanese Americans arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-161)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Families of Japanese ancestry arrive at assembly center at Tanforan Race Track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-161/
Horse stalls at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-30)
img Horse stalls at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-30)
Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. Near view of horse-stall, left from the days when what is now Tanforan Assembly Center, was the famous Tanforan Race Track. Most of these stalls have been converted into family living quarters for Japanese.
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Mass removal (ddr-densho-151-48)
img Mass removal (ddr-densho-151-48)
Original WRA caption: Oakland, California. Baggage of evacuees of Japanese ancestry piled on the sidewalk. The Greyhound huses will soon arrive to take this baggage as well as the evacuees to the Tanforan Assembly center under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 28.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-48/
Japanese Americans in doorway of barracks (ddr-densho-151-335)
img Japanese Americans in doorway of barracks (ddr-densho-151-335)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. A mother and daughter, Issei and Nissei, who have been living in this Assembly center for one month, are seen at the door of their home in the barracks.
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Women's latrine (ddr-densho-151-356)
img Women's latrine (ddr-densho-151-356)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. In this scene are shown sanitary facilities; campaign poster (5 Councilmen to be elected at general election) and a row of barracks beyond.
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Japanese Americans arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-155)
img Japanese Americans arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-155)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Family of Japanese ancestry arrives at assembly center at Tanforan Race track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.
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Japanese American workers resting in shade (ddr-densho-151-343)
img Japanese American workers resting in shade (ddr-densho-151-343)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Time out for some of the boys on the Work Corps. All maintenance work, repair and construction is done by volunteer evacuee workers. The wages are $8.00 per month for 48 hours a week. This gang of boys and young men are digging a drainage tank along one of the barracks.
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img "Help wanted" sign (ddr-densho-151-229)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. "Help Wanted" sign displayed for newly arrived evacuees. There was much work to be done since the center was opened on the previous day. Three weeks later there were 8,000 persons of Japanese ancestry in this center.
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Assembly center barracks (ddr-densho-151-25)
img Assembly center barracks (ddr-densho-151-25)
Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. Barracks for family living quarters. Each door enters into a family unit of two small rooms. Tanforan Center was opened two days before this photo was made. The truck seen coming down the dirt road is bringing bed-rolls and baggage to evacuees who have just arrived and are occupying these …
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Assembly center new arrivals standing in lines (ddr-densho-151-60)
img Assembly center new arrivals standing in lines (ddr-densho-151-60)
Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. This assembly center has been open for two days. Bus-load after bus-load of evacuated persons of Japanese ancestry are arriving on this day after going through the necessary procedures, they are guided to the quarters assigned to them in the barracks. Only one mess hall was operating today. Photograph shows …
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Art class (ddr-densho-151-355)
img Art class (ddr-densho-151-355)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. In the art school at this assembly center. These evacuee children are remaining after hours to continue their creative work.
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Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Masayoshi Wakai (ddr-densho-498-32)
doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Masayoshi Wakai (ddr-densho-498-32)
Letter to Robert Inglis from Masayoshi Wakai apoligizing for missing his visit at Tanforan Assembly Center. Wakai also updates Inglis on the goings-on at church in Tanforan.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-32/
Minutes of the council called by the independent Japanese Congregational Church, June 11, 1942 (ddr-densho-498-28)
doc Minutes of the council called by the independent Japanese Congregational Church, June 11, 1942 (ddr-densho-498-28)
Minutes of the council called by the Independent Japanese Congregational Church in Oakland, California (now at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California) and the Plymoth Congregational Church in Oakland, California, to be held at the Tanforan Assembly Center to proceed with the examination and ordination of Mr. George Aki and Mr. Masayoshi Wakai, on June 11, …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-28/
Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Kay Uchida (ddr-densho-498-21)
doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Kay Uchida (ddr-densho-498-21)
Letter of gratitude to Robert Inglis from Kay Uchida from Tanforan Assembly Center. Uchida requests a few items to be purchased for them and sent to the assembly center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-21/
Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Mitsuko Doris Mizote (ddr-densho-498-36)
doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Mitsuko Doris Mizote (ddr-densho-498-36)
Letter to Robert Inglis from Mitsuko Doris Mizote thanking him for his kindness and requesting that he send the seven packages that they left for him.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-36/
Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayawa (ddr-densho-498-37)
doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayawa (ddr-densho-498-37)
Letter to Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayama letting him know that they are going to Topaz, Utah.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-37/
Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Masayoshi Wakai and George Aki (ddr-densho-498-31)
doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Masayoshi Wakai and George Aki (ddr-densho-498-31)
Letter to Robert Inglis from Masaysohi Wakai and George Akai thanking him for his support in their successful ordination of ministry. They express how they are performing their ministry duties at Tanforan Assembly Center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-31/
Ordination notes and drafts by Rev. Robert Inglis (ddr-densho-498-26)
doc Ordination notes and drafts by Rev. Robert Inglis (ddr-densho-498-26)
Rev. Robert Inglis' notes for the ordination of two Japanese American men at Tanforan June 11, 1942. After 2, numbers jump to 5 then 7, then 12, then 14, then 16-20.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-26/
Clipping- An Historical Ordination (ddr-densho-498-29)
doc Clipping- An Historical Ordination (ddr-densho-498-29)
An Historical Ordination by Robert Inglis. Inglis writes of the ordination of Mr. George Aki and Mr. Masayoshi Wakai at Tanforan Assembly Center
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-29/
Clipping- Japs Made Ministers (ddr-densho-498-23)
doc Clipping- Japs Made Ministers (ddr-densho-498-23)
Newspaper clipping titled, "Japs Made Ministers," which discusses Masoyoshi Wakai and George Aki's ministry ordination in Tanforan Assembly Center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-23/
Suffering Enriches Our Lives (ddr-densho-498-30)
doc Suffering Enriches Our Lives (ddr-densho-498-30)
"Suffering Enriches Our Lives" by Masayoshi Wakai. Wakai writes about the suffering of Japanese Americans during evacuation and relocation that has brought out kindness and fellowship. He states, "by undergoing similar difficulties and hardships, thus creating a sense of fellowship in suffering, we find that men here do try to help each other meet the difficulty …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-30/
Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from D. Uchida (ddr-densho-498-13)
doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from D. Uchida (ddr-densho-498-13)
Letter of gratitude to Robert Inglis from D. Uchida from Tanforan Assembly Center
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-13/
Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Misaki Aki (ddr-densho-498-34)
doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Misaki Aki (ddr-densho-498-34)
Letter to Robert Inglis from Misaki Aki requesting that he come to Tanforan to lead a church service.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-34/
Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from The Tanaka Family (ddr-densho-498-39)
doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from The Tanaka Family (ddr-densho-498-39)
Letter to Robert Inglis from the Tanaka Family thanking him for his kindness and letting him know that they are making the journey to Topaz, Utah. Mention of Mr. and Mrs. K. Saito and their son who are taking up the offer to go to St. Louis.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-39/
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