Historical Society of Long Beach Risinger Photograph Collection

PARTNER

CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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COLLECTION ID

ddr-csujad-54

DESCRIPTION

The Risinger Photograph Collection consists of prints and negatives taken by Joseph Risinger (10/22/1913 - 03/24/2007). Risinger was a staff photographer for the Long Beach Independent and Press-Telegram papers from the 1940s through the 1970s.

INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE

1942

BULK UNIT DATE

1942

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

175 MB (7 digital files)

CONTRIBUTOR

Historical Society of Long Beach, Long Beach, California

CREATORS

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Historical Society of Long Beach, Long Beach, California

RIGHTS

Copyright restricted
Copyright restricted

7 Objects

Children from Terminal Island waving from a bus during
img Children from Terminal Island waving from a bus during "evacuation" (ddr-csujad-54-1)
Two children wave to the cameraman from inside a bus on "evacuation" night. A woman sits in the seat in front of the children looking away from the camera. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_rpc_0052
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-54-1/
Large group of Japanese American people from Terminal Island fill a vehicle during
img Large group of Japanese American people from Terminal Island fill a vehicle during "evacuation" (ddr-csujad-54-2)
Nearly all the seats are filled inside the car of a train or bus on "evacuation"; night. The passengers appear to consist of three generations, including young children, adults, and seniors. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_rpc_0053
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-54-2/
Japanese American family from Terminal Island unloading from the bed of a truck as military police watch on (ddr-csujad-54-3)
img Japanese American family from Terminal Island unloading from the bed of a truck as military police watch on (ddr-csujad-54-3)
A Japanese American man reaches up towards a woman and child who are in the back of a truck. Two children and another adult woman are on the ground with three men in military police uniforms. Oil derricks are visible in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-54-3/
Adult male and three children from Terminal Island sit on benches in a train car (ddr-csujad-54-4)
img Adult male and three children from Terminal Island sit on benches in a train car (ddr-csujad-54-4)
An adult male with two young boys and one young girl sit in opposing bench seats in a train car on "evacuation" night. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_rpc_0055
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-54-4/
Three women from Terminal Island sitting inside a train car on
img Three women from Terminal Island sitting inside a train car on "evacuation" night (ddr-csujad-54-5)
Three Japanese women sitting in a train car on "evacuation" night. The women are smiling at the photographer who is positioned below the windows, outside of the train. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_rpc_0056
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-54-5/
Loading the truck for
img Loading the truck for "evacuation" (ddr-csujad-54-6)
A Japanese American man and woman from Terminal Island check the rope that is securing belongings to the bed of a truck on "evacuation" day. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_rpc_0057
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-54-6/
Crowd waits to board a train for
img Crowd waits to board a train for "evacuation" at Terminal Island (ddr-csujad-54-7)
A large crowd of Japanese American people waiting while a military police officer helps the onto a train for "evacuation" at Terminal Island. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_rpc_0058
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-54-7/
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