Historical Society of Long Beach Newspaper Photograph Collection ddr-csujad-52
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Three boys near barbed wire at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-52-26)
Three young boys standing behind barbed wire at Manzanar. Two of the boys have their hand on the wire. Snow capped mountains are visible in the background. Caption above image reads, "MIYATAKE DOCUMENTARY--This 1943 photo taken at California's Manzanar internment camp during World War II was taken by photographer Toyo Miyatake who was honored at the …
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New arrivals at Manzanar fill mattresses with straw (ddr-csujad-52-27)
Caption pasted on reverse of image reads, "Japanese evacuees who arrived at the alien reception center at Manzanar, Calif., Mar. 24, 1942, fill mattresses with straw as they prepared to spend their first night in their new homes. The emigres were among the first in the greatest forced migration in the nation's history." See this object …
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Food service at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-52-28)
Caption pasted on reverse of image reads, "FIRST MEAL IN NEW ALIEN CAMP, Japanese evacuated from their Los Angeles homes line up to receive their first meal after their arrival Mar. 24, 1942, in the alien reception center at Manzanar." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_npc_0032
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General view of Tule Lake incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-52-29)
Caption pasted on reverse of image (now missing) reads, "GENERAL VIEW OF RELOCATION CENTER, This is a general view of the Tulelake, Calif., Japanese relocation center located near the California-Oregon border and 40 miles southeast of Klamath Falls, Ore. The land is an old lake bottom developed by the U.S. reclamation service. About 7,000 acres are …
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Al and Mary Tsukamoto with copy of executive order 9066 (ddr-csujad-52-30)
Caption under image reads, "TOO TIMID TO RAISE OUR VOICES--Sitting in their Florin, Calif., home last week, Al and Mary Tsukamoto display a copy of the 1942 order that forced their internment in Jerome, Ark., for 1 1/2 years. Among the 120,000 Japanese residents of the United States interned in 10 camps, the Tsukamotos say they …
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Donald and Alice Nakahata with copies of executive order 9066 (ddr-csujad-52-31)
Caption above image reads, "REMEMBERING THE JAPANESE-AMERICAN INTERNMENT--Donald and Alice Nakahata look over two posters of Executive Order 9066 that hang in their Mill Valley, Calif., home as a reminder to their three college-age sons that the freedoms in the U.S. Constitution easily can be taken away. The Nakahatas have not forgotten the lesson they learned …
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Hotoru Matsudaira, Mako Nakagawa, and Masao Takahashi, who testified at a hearing before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-csujad-52-32)
Caption below image reads, "NO VACATION--Hotoru Matsudaira, right, a feisty 79-year-old grandmother, told a federal commission Thursday that the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was anything but a 'three-year vacation,' as described by Sen. S.I. Hayakawa, R-Calif. 'He is a Canadian and he lived in the East all during the war. He is …
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Karl Akiya shows a camp poster from Topaz incarceration camp calling for discussion of free speech (ddr-csujad-52-33)
Caption below image reads, "CONCERNED JAPANESE UNITE--Karl Akiya, a former Japanese American inmate of the Topaz, Utah internment camp, shows a camp poster calling for public discussions of free speech during a day of remembrance program at the Japanese Christian Church Saturday in New York. Approximately 300 former inmates of the camp attended the gathering which …
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Hannah Tomiko Holmes speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles about a lawsuit seeking reparations (ddr-csujad-52-34)
Caption next to image reads, "LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST U.S.--Hannah Tomiko Holmes, a Japanese-American who was interned at Manzanar, speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles Wednesday during which it was announced that a lawsuit had been filed against the United States government by a group of Japanese-Americans who were interned during World War II. The …
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Barracks at Manzanar with Mt. Whitney in the background (ddr-csujad-52-35)
Caption next to image reads, "NEW EVIDENCE--Homes used for the internment of alien and American Japanese during World War II are situated near Mt. Whitney, Calif., in this 1942 file photo. A key military report that led to the internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during the war was based upon 'intentional falsehoods,' say attorneys planning …
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Hana Tada leading a group of Japanese Americans in singing "God Bless America" at a service in 1984 (ddr-csujad-52-36)
Caption above image reads, "GOD BLESS AMERICA--Hana Tada, 93, (center) leads group of Japanese-Americans in singing 'God Bless America' at a service here 2/19 commemorating the internment of them & 3,600 other Japanese-Americans in camps here during WWII. Tada & her group do not speak English, saying they were too busy making livings as farmers to …
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George Takei stands with commemorative plaque designating Manzanar a State Monument (ddr-csujad-52-37)
Caption on the back of the photograph, created by NBC Television/KNBC 4 Los Angels, reads, "Host George Takei stands with the commemorative plaque designating Manzanar a State Monument in a special repeat telecast of EXPRESSION: EAST-WEST's half-hour examination of Manzanar and other 1942 relocation camps, airing Sat., May 5 at 2:30 p.m. on KNBC/Channel 4. Other …
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Kazue Seo stands at a Buddhist altar (ddr-csujad-52-38)
Elderly woman, with hair pulled back and wearing glasses, standing in front of a shrine featuring many small bowls and pots and flowers. Caption printed when the image was used in the Press-Telegram on August 15, 1976, reads, "Kazue Seo reminisces before Buddhist shrine about mass evacuation and imprisonment" and a quote states, "We Were Feared …
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Gordon Hirabayashi talks press before the first day of trial against the U.S. government (ddr-csujad-52-39)
Caption under image reads, "HEADING FOR COURT--Gordon Hirabayashi talks to reporters Monday on his way to the Federal Courthouse in Seattle for the first day of a trial in which he seeks to prove the U.S. government suppressed, destroyed and altered evidence attesting to the loyalty of Japanese-Americans in order to justify their wartime internment." See …
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Sumi Seki , 63, of Long Beach, has become an activist concerning the World War II internment and human rights (ddr-csujad-52-40)
A woman, wearing a white shirt and floral print skirt, poses in front of pottery and furniture. Two quotes attached to image read, "Sumi Seki, interred in Jerome Ark. during WWII as a 'precaution' Actually a racist move by our government" and "These days Sumi Seki, 63, of Long Beach, has become an activist concerning the …
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Sumi Seki and three of her friends in front of barracks (ddr-csujad-52-41)
Sumi Seki, left, with three friends outside of a barracks at an incarceration camp. Seki became an activist for human rights after the war. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_npc_0045
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Large crowd of people are gathered outside at an incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-52-42)
A large group of people gathered in an open area with a building to the left and many buildings in the background. The buildings appear to be rows of barracks with other buildings between the rows of barracks. There is a mountain with little vegetation off in the distance. See this object in the California State …
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Archie Miyatake in front of a bust of his father, Toyo, who documented life at Manzanar through photographs (ddr-csujad-52-43)
Caption below image reads, "TIME TO REMEMBER--Archie Miyatake sits in his Los Angeles photographer's studio Wednesday and ponders his family's ordeal at the Manzanar relocation camp for Japanese-Americans during WWII. In background is a bust of his father, Toyo, whose hanuting and illicit photos of Manzanar camp life help keep alive the nation's shame for a …
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Tatsumi Miyajima checks the belongings tied to the back of an automobile (ddr-csujad-52-44)
A man, wearing a hat and long trench coat, leans on the items tied to the back of an automobile with thick string. The caption printed along with the image in the Press-Telegram reads, "Tatsumi Miyajima makes last-minute check on his belonging before leaving for internment camp." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
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Sumi Seki wears a white shirt and plaid skirt while standing in front of barracks (ddr-csujad-52-45)
Sumi Seki, wearing a white blouse under a plaid skirt, leans against the railing in front of barracks. This is a photograph of a photograph, taken by Tom Shaw of the Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram. The caption used in the newspapers reads, "Sumi Seki was a junior at San Pedro High School when she and her …
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Sumi Seki at Jerome incarceration camp during construction (ddr-csujad-52-46)
Sumi Seki, wearing a knee-length coat, is standing on rubble at Jerome, Arkansas, incarceration camp. She appears to be standing on building materials, and there are more materials scattered on the ground behind her. There is some snow layering the ground. This is a photograph of a photograph, taken by Tom Shaw of the Independent Press-Telegram. …
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Mon Tsuchida and granddaughter Leonora during a pilgrimage to the site of Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-csujad-52-47)
Caption next to image reads, "DAY OF REMEMBRANCE--Mon Tsuchida, 84, and granddaughter Leonora, 10, both from San Bruno, Calif. listen to speakers during a pilgrimage at the site of the old Tanforan racetrack in San Bruno where 8,033 Japanese-Americans were incarcerated during WWII. Monday marked the 37th anniversary of the Executive Order 9066 which incarcerated over …
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