Manzanar

Concentration Camp

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img Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-93-46)

Original Ansel Adams caption: School children, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph by Ansel Adams.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-46/

img Japanese American with harvested squash (ddr-densho-93-35)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Benji Iguchi with squash, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel Adams.

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img Winter concentration camp street scene (ddr-densho-93-23)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Manzanar street scene, winter, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel Adams.

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img View from guard tower (ddr-densho-93-26)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Manzanar Relocation Center from tower / photograph by Ansel Adams.

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img Sunday school class (ddr-densho-93-43)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Sunday school class, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph by Ansel Adams.

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img Japanese Americans in front of camp newspaper office (ddr-densho-93-2)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Roy Takeno (Editor) and group reading Manzanar paper in front of office, Yuichi Harata, Nabuo Samamura, Manzanar Relocation Center, California. (Note: original caption contains misspellings. "Harata" should be, "Hirata", and "Nabuo Samamura" should be, "Nobuo Sawamura".)

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doc Telegram sent to Shigenori Oiye at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-350-28)

M. Amabe informing Shigenori Oiye of his departure from Manzanar concentration camp.

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img Funeral at the Manzanar Buddhist Church (ddr-densho-350-17)

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img Couple in an concentration camp garden (ddr-densho-34-168)

A young Nisei couple enjoys the garden built by the Japanese Americans at Manzanar concentration camp, California.

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img Barracks (ddr-densho-34-170)

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img Barracks construction (ddr-densho-34-190)

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img Barracks construction (ddr-densho-34-172)

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img Headstone (ddr-densho-34-166)

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img Muddy conditions at Manzanar (ddr-densho-34-184)

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img Women decorating barracks room (ddr-densho-34-194)

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img Barracks (ddr-densho-34-180)

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img Family outside their barrack (ddr-densho-34-163)

The Takemoto family outside their barrack at the Manzanar concentration camp, California.

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vh Paul Yamazaki Interview Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-507-2)

Mother's wartime experiences: sent to Manzanar, resettled in New York

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vh Jim Matsuoka Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-281-12)

Quarantined for chicken pox in camp

This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of the Interior.

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vh Jim Matsuoka Interview Segment 11 (ddr-densho-1000-281-11)

Hearing about the Manzanar "riot"

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vh Jim Matsuoka Interview Segment 8 (ddr-densho-1000-281-8)

Remembering an unusual school assembly in camp

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vh Jim Matsuoka Interview Segment 10 (ddr-densho-1000-281-10)

Kicked out of block in camp

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vh Jim Matsuoka Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1000-281-7)

Adapting to life in camp as a "city kid"