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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img Farmer working irrigated fields (ddr-fom-1-796)

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img Agriculture fields (ddr-fom-1-813)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-813/

img Mechanics shop in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-701)

A Sun Valley Stages bus in for repairs.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-701/

img Dining hall workers in front of Farmers' Dining Hall 46 (ddr-fom-1-27)

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img Two men in a wheat field (ddr-fom-1-12)

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img Sokichi Hoshide repairing watches (ddr-fom-1-846)

WRA caption on reverse: "Watch repair shop." Sokichi Hoshide was from Seattle, Washington.

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img Baling hay (ddr-fom-1-36)

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img Seamstresses in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-624)

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img Carpenters in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-617)

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img M. Sekijima working in the radio repair shop (ddr-fom-1-842)

WRA caption on reverse: "Radio repair shop." M. Sekijima was from Seattle, Washington.

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img Mechanics shop in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-700)

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img Men and women harvesting crops (ddr-fom-1-18)

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img Women harvesting crops (ddr-fom-1-11)

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img Agriculture fields (ddr-fom-1-812)

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img Digging at Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-39)

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img Tractors working agricultural fields (ddr-fom-1-774)

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img View of agricultural fields (ddr-fom-1-3)

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img G. Kenneth Hikogawa polishing grease-wood (ddr-fom-1-886)

WRA caption on reverse: "Polishing 'grease-wood' to make furniture." G. Kenneth Hikogawa was a carpenter from Tacoma, Washington.

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img View of muddy agricultural fields (ddr-fom-1-10)

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img Gardening (ddr-hmwf-1-243)

"Man gardening behind barracks"

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img Nurses (ddr-hmwf-1-585)

Nurses, in uniform, gathered together outside of building

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img Collecting coal (ddr-hmwf-1-76)

"Men and women collecting coal between barracks" Jan 11, 1944

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img Mess Crew (ddr-hmwf-1-138)

"Mess 29-27 crew"

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img Nurses (ddr-hmwf-1-588)

Nurses, in uniform, gathered together outside of building (Nurses Quarter)

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img Nurses (ddr-hmwf-1-629)

"Ward 5 Nurses' Aides, Hospital Ht. Mt. July 31-1943 2:30pm, l18 f9 1/50 G3, Agfa Superpan Supreme, DK20 21min, C#2 50 En2 35" as described on back

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