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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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Japanese Americans harvesting corn (ddr-densho-37-711)
img Japanese Americans harvesting corn (ddr-densho-37-711)
Original WRA caption: Harvesting the first corn crop at the Minidoka Relocation Center from fields which were covered with sagebrush last spring. Note the sleeves and the cloth and head cloth work by the evacuee woman on the left to protect her from the sun.
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Japanese American architect (ddr-densho-37-242)
img Japanese American architect (ddr-densho-37-242)
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Japanese Americans cutting timber (ddr-densho-37-549)
img Japanese Americans cutting timber (ddr-densho-37-549)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Much of the timber cleared from reclaimed farm lands is used for fuel to heat barracks homes. Cutting and chopping is done by volunteer workers enlisted by block managers, to provide fuel for each individual block. Each capable resident is expected to contribute his share of time to …
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Japanese Americans picking peas (ddr-densho-37-141)
img Japanese Americans picking peas (ddr-densho-37-141)
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Japanese Americans harvesting mustard (ddr-densho-37-408)
img Japanese Americans harvesting mustard (ddr-densho-37-408)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. One of many truck loads of mustard being harvested by the residents of the Rohwer Relocation Center on the land cultivated by the evacuees.
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Japanese Americans harvesting cabbages (ddr-densho-37-807)
img Japanese Americans harvesting cabbages (ddr-densho-37-807)
Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Dermott, Arkansas. Cutting cabbages which have been left for winter harvest.
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Farmers loading truck (ddr-densho-37-83)
img Farmers loading truck (ddr-densho-37-83)
Original WRA caption: Evacuee farmers loading a truck with recently dug potatoes at the farm at this relocation center.
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Construction of an irrigation gate (ddr-densho-37-566)
img Construction of an irrigation gate (ddr-densho-37-566)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Vocational training class in farm construction gets some real action at the Topaz Relocation Center. Picture shows them getting practical class work in construction of irrigation gate.
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Japanese Americans plowing a field (ddr-densho-37-704)
img Japanese Americans plowing a field (ddr-densho-37-704)
Original WRA caption: A tractor drawn disk breaks up soil of a new farm field from the sagebrush adjacent to the Minidoka Relocation Center.
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Camp fire crew (ddr-densho-37-214)
img Camp fire crew (ddr-densho-37-214)
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Japanese Americans harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-316)
img Japanese Americans harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-316)
Original WRA caption: Trucking crated spinach from the fields to the packing shed. All vegetables which are not needed here are washed, iced and crated and sent to other relocation centers.
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Japanese American clearing land (ddr-densho-37-707)
img Japanese American clearing land (ddr-densho-37-707)
Original WRA caption: An evacuee drives a heavy tractor pulling a triangle of heavy railroad irons breaking off sagebrush. This is one of the methods of clearing off land of the sagebrush adjacent to the Minidoka Relocation Center.
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Japanese Americans clearing a field (ddr-densho-37-698)
img Japanese Americans clearing a field (ddr-densho-37-698)
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Japanese American blacksmith (ddr-densho-37-176)
img Japanese American blacksmith (ddr-densho-37-176)
Original WRA caption: Evacuee blacksmiths do all the blacksmith work necessary in the garage, at this relocation center.
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Japanese Americans working on camp water mains (ddr-densho-37-556)
img Japanese Americans working on camp water mains (ddr-densho-37-556)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Young volunteer workers, residents at the Topaz Relocation Center, completing the water mains.
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Japanese American farmers eating lunch (ddr-densho-37-363)
img Japanese American farmers eating lunch (ddr-densho-37-363)
Original WRA caption: A view in the lunch shed at the farm. Trucks from the kitchens bring hot lunches to the workers.
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Two Japanese American farmers (ddr-densho-37-85)
img Two Japanese American farmers (ddr-densho-37-85)
Original WRA caption: Two women of Japanese ancestry pause from their potatoe harvesting to pose for this picture.
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Japanese American workers loading scrap lumber (ddr-densho-37-555)
img Japanese American workers loading scrap lumber (ddr-densho-37-555)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A group of volunteer workers at the Topaz Relocation Center gathering a truck load of scrap lumber from the contractor's scrap pile.
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Butcher house (ddr-densho-37-347)
img Butcher house (ddr-densho-37-347)
Original WRA caption: A view in the slaughter house and butcher shop. Hogs, which are grown in the evacuee run hog farm, are slaughtered here, for consumption by the residents of the center.
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Barbershop (ddr-densho-37-145)
img Barbershop (ddr-densho-37-145)
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Japanese Americans cutting seed potatoes (ddr-densho-37-353)
img Japanese Americans cutting seed potatoes (ddr-densho-37-353)
Original WRA caption: Seed potato cutting at the cutting sheds of the Tule Lake Relocation Center farm. 7,500 sacks of potatoes will be cut by 48 workers in 2-1/2 weeks. This will be enough seeds to plant the 600 acres.
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Camp general store (ddr-densho-37-147)
img Camp general store (ddr-densho-37-147)
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Japanese Americans cooking (ddr-densho-37-105)
img Japanese Americans cooking (ddr-densho-37-105)
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Japanese American carpenter (ddr-densho-37-383)
img Japanese American carpenter (ddr-densho-37-383)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Cabinet worker's saw is expertly used by Jime Kabayashi, 62, on the interior construction of general store Number 2 at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese descent. Jime, prior to evacuation, had resided in Sacramento for 24 years and has been a carpenter for …
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Camp surgeons (ddr-densho-37-223)
img Camp surgeons (ddr-densho-37-223)
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