Work leave

During World War II, Japanese Americans were seen as a source of replacement labor for the farms in Utah, Idaho, and Montana. Starting in May 1942, camp inmates could obtain temporary leaves to work in agriculture, either returning to the camps every night or living on the farm for an extended period. In 1942 alone, some 10,000 Japanese Americans left the camps to perform this seasonal work. Their labor was vital to the agriculture industry and thus to the war effort.

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Frank Oshita (ddr-csujad-38-53)
img Frank Oshita (ddr-csujad-38-53)
A photo of Frank Oshita given to George Nobuo Naohara. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. Autographed by Frank Oshita on October 15, 1942. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_14_006
George Naohara and Keny Kuwahara at Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho (ddr-csujad-38-23)
img George Naohara and Keny Kuwahara at Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho (ddr-csujad-38-23)
Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara standing in front of Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho. The caption reads: We started thinning sugar beets. What we are holding are buckets and water. [In Japanese]. The same image without captions is found in item: csudh_nao_0032. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), …
Tetsuo Larry Hashimoto (ddr-csujad-38-26)
img Tetsuo Larry Hashimoto (ddr-csujad-38-26)
Photographed is Tetsuo Larry Hashimoto. The caption reads: I went to Utah and Idaho to grow sugar beets. This is Mr. Larry Hashimoto who took the role of our group leader when we left the Manzanar camp. People say that he used to be a catcher of a college baseball team. [In Japanese]. A photo from …
Blue-eyed mischievous boy (ddr-csujad-38-54)
img Blue-eyed mischievous boy (ddr-csujad-38-54)
Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara holding a Caucasian boy. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Blue-eyed mischievous boy. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_14_007
Nisei man crushing coals (ddr-csujad-38-52)
img Nisei man crushing coals (ddr-csujad-38-52)
Photographed is a Nisei man crushing coals for cooking. It is probably taken at Axel Johnson Ranch in Utah. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_14_005
Nisei farm workers (ddr-csujad-38-70)
img Nisei farm workers (ddr-csujad-38-70)
Photographed are Nisei farm workers. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: we used to play together like this on a day off. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 18. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
Handsome guy, Keny Kuwahara (ddr-csujad-38-63)
img Handsome guy, Keny Kuwahara (ddr-csujad-38-63)
Photographed is Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara standing in a sugar beet field probably in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Handsome guy, Keny Kuwahara. Japanese-English bilingual, Kenji Kuwahara. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 17. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
Nisei farm workers (ddr-csujad-38-69)
img Nisei farm workers (ddr-csujad-38-69)
Photographed are Nisei farm workers. Handwritten names include: Shoichi, Wata___, Frank Oshita, Arthur Sasaki. It is probably taken at Axel Johnson Ranch in Utah. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 18. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_18_002
Postcard from Federal Security Agency and  Social Security Board to United States Employment Service Idaho Division, September 6, 1942 (ddr-csujad-38-551)
doc Postcard from Federal Security Agency and Social Security Board to United States Employment Service Idaho Division, September 6, 1942 (ddr-csujad-38-551)
A postcard from Federal Security Agency and Social Security Board to United States Employment Service Idaho Division and Fruit Growers Association, Idaho, introducing George Nobuo Naohara as an applicant for the position of fruit picker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_003
George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-2)
doc George Naohara's handwritten annotations (ddr-csujad-38-2)
English translations of handwritten annotations from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 4: [Left] Several meetings were held in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, prior to moving to the Manzanar incarceration camp in California. I attended those meetings. What was announced was that all Japanese Americans residing in California and the West Coast should move to …
Nisei farm workers (ddr-csujad-38-67)
img Nisei farm workers (ddr-csujad-38-67)
Photographed are three Nisei farm workers posing on a street in a field. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 17. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_17_006
George Naohara and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara (ddr-csujad-38-34)
img George Naohara and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara (ddr-csujad-38-34)
Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara and Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara standing in front of a Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho. The caption reads: George, Keny. [In Japanese]. The same image is found in item: csudh_nao_0020. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 10. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
Mr. Keny, Tadashi Sakaida, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-30)
img Mr. Keny, Tadashi Sakaida, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-30)
Photographed are Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara, Tadashi Sakaida, and George Nobuo Naohara siting on the beds and holding a bottle of sake. It is taken inside a Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camp, Rupert, Idaho. The caption reads: Mr. Keny, Tadashi Sakaida, George Naohara. Title from caption. The same image without the caption is found in item: csudh_nao_0061. …
Tadashi Sakaida and George Naohara at Camp Rupert (ddr-csujad-38-13)
img Tadashi Sakaida and George Naohara at Camp Rupert (ddr-csujad-38-13)
Photographed are George Nobuo Naohara and Tadashi Sakaida posing in front of Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho. It appears that Naohara is holding a bottle of sake. The caption reads: Tadashi Sakaida and George Naohara at Camp Rupert, Idaho, working for sugar beets. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo …
Nisei man (ddr-csujad-38-65)
img Nisei man (ddr-csujad-38-65)
Photographed is a Nisei man standing in a field probably in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 17. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_17_004
Indefinite leave (ddr-csujad-38-554)
doc Indefinite leave (ddr-csujad-38-554)
Indefinite leave, issued by Acting Project Director for George Nobuo Naohara. It certifies his leave of indefinite duration from the Manzanar camp in California, and specifies his first destination as Brigham, Utah. Form 531, WRA-137a. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_006
George Naohara photo album (ddr-csujad-38-1)
img George Naohara photo album (ddr-csujad-38-1)
A photo album compiled by George Nobuo Naohara, a Kibei Nisei, who was incarcerated at Manzanar, Jerome, and Tule Lake incarceration camps during World War II. Included are photographs taken during/after World War II, depicting his farm labor experience in Idaho and Utah, incarceration in the Jerome incarceration camp, and Army language school training. See this …
Nisei man in suits (ddr-csujad-38-75)
img Nisei man in suits (ddr-csujad-38-75)
A photograph of a Nisei man in suits posing in a park. It is probably taken in Utah. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 19. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_19_002
Caucasian officials (ddr-csujad-38-58)
img Caucasian officials (ddr-csujad-38-58)
Photographed are Caucasian officials presumably of Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Rupert, Idaho. Included one of George Nobuo Naohara's Nisei friends. The same image with a caption is found in item: csudh_nao_0044. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 16. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_16_006
Nisei man (ddr-csujad-38-55)
img Nisei man (ddr-csujad-38-55)
Photographed is a Nisei man standing near a stream probably in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The handwritten note reads: This steam has been our bathtub. [In Japanese]. The same image without the note is found in item: csudh_nao_0055. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 16. See this object in the California State Universities …
George Naoara, boiling water (ddr-csujad-38-36)
img George Naoara, boiling water (ddr-csujad-38-36)
Photographed is George Nobuo Naohara holding a bucket. It is probably taken at Axel Johnson Ranch in Utah. The caption reads: I tried to get water in a bucket and boil it. [In Japanese]. The same image without the caption is found in item: csudh_nao_0033. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 10. See …
Nisei man crushing coals (ddr-csujad-38-48)
img Nisei man crushing coals (ddr-csujad-38-48)
Photographed is a Nisei man crushing coals. It is probably taken at Axel Johnson Ranch in Utah. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_14_001
Large farm field (ddr-csujad-38-16)
img Large farm field (ddr-csujad-38-16)
Photographed is a farm field, presumably at Camp Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: It was a large farm field spreading far beyond the horizon. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_02_004
Visitors pass no. 8780, WRA-38, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-557)
doc Visitors pass no. 8780, WRA-38, George Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-557)
A visitors pass issued by O.D. Walters, Project Director. It authorizes George Nobuo Naohara of Utah to visit the Jerome camp in Arkansas and to be inducted to Block 8-10-E on December 3, 1945. WRA-38. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_05_13_009
Tadashi Sakaida (ddr-csujad-38-32)
img Tadashi Sakaida (ddr-csujad-38-32)
Photographed is Tadashi Sakaida in front of Civilian Conservation Corps mobile camps, Rupert, Idaho. The caption reads: Tadashi Sakaida. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 10. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_01_10_001
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