Work and jobs

Both Issei and Nisei took jobs within the camps, at wages set not to exceed soldiers' pay: $12 per month for unskilled labor, $16 for skilled labor, and $19 for professional employees. WRA staff was paid much more for the same jobs. Though public opinion mandated such low pay, dissatisfied Japanese Americans objected to losing their right to make a decent living. They had to use their sparse income for necessities, such as warm clothing and shoes.

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doc Mr. and Mrs. Minoru Masumoto (ddr-csujad-8-36)

Oral history interview with Minoru Masumoto. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Masumoto, Mr and Mrs Minoru

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-36/

doc Michio and June Toshiyuki (ddr-csujad-8-77)

Oral history interview with Michio and June Toshiyuki. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Toshiyuki, Michio and June

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-77/

doc John Kubota (ddr-csujad-8-31)

Oral history interview with John Kubota. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Kubota, John

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-31/

doc George Abe (ddr-csujad-8-1)

Oral history interview with George Abe. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Abe, George

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-1/

doc Hasegawa Family (ddr-csujad-8-16)

Oral history interview with the Hasegawas, including Ray, Helen, Peter, Yoshino, Becky and George Hasegawa. Information on the oral history project is found in: csuf_stp_0012A; Glossary in: csuf_stp_0014. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: FCPL Hasegawa Family

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-8-16/

img Coal crew (ddr-densho-102-18)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-102-18/

img Nisei standing in concentration camp firebreak (ddr-densho-111-1)

Elaine Ishikawa Hayes was employed by Tule Lake's recreation department. She is pictured here standing in the firebreak near the recreation department barracks.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-111-1/

img Recreation department staff (ddr-densho-111-3)

Staff of Tule Lake concentration camp's recreation department. They are sitting on a stage platform which was built in a firebreak, and used for various performances. Second row from front, ninth from left is Harry Mayeda, the Recreation Department Director. Elaine Ishikawa Hayes is in the third row, sixth from left.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-111-3/

img Camp fire station (ddr-densho-13-37)

Fire Station Number 1.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-37/

img Hospital pharmacy (ddr-densho-15-87)

Mr. Izui (left) and a colleague inside the hospital pharmacy.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-87/

img Interior of camp store (ddr-densho-15-69)

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img Japanese Americans picking vegetables (ddr-densho-15-80)

This farm may have belonged to a local Japanese American farmer.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-80/

img Interior of hospital laundry (ddr-densho-15-84)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-84/

img Interior of camp warehouse kitchen (ddr-densho-15-76)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-76/

img Japanese American preparing meal (ddr-densho-15-70)

Jim Shiga, well-known for his cooking skills, prepares a meal in the camp's warehouse kitchen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-70/

img Japanese Americans playing cards at the fire station (ddr-densho-15-59)

This is the interior of Fire Station Number 1. Left to right: (first name unknown) Hikida, unidentified, Yoshio Akada, and Mr. Sano. The fire station was one of the few buildings with a refrigerator. Mr. Sano owned the bathhouse underneath the Panama Hotel in Seattle, Washington, before World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-59/