Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
COLLECTION ID
ddr-densho-153
DESCRIPTION
This collection contains contains photographs and documents collected by the Manzanar National Historic Site. The Manzanar National Historic Site, administered by the National Park Service, was established to preserve the stories of the internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II and to serve as a reminder to this and future generations of the fragility of American civil liberties. For more information, please visit: www.nps.gov/manz.
INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE
c.1910s-1990s
BULK UNIT DATE
1940s
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
144 photographic prints, black and white; 215 documents
CONTRIBUTOR
Manzanar National Historic Site
CREATORS
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Manzanar National Historic Site Collection
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted
359 Objects
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Family portrait (ddr-densho-153-1)
Front (L to R): Mrs. Hirano, Amy Matsushita, Kara Matsushita, Kyoko Amitani Matsushita. Back: Mr. Hirano, Mr. Tomita, Yasutaro Matsushita.
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Uncle and niece in a field (ddr-densho-153-2)
Amy Matsushita, born 1915, and her Uncle Shaw (father's brother).
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Issei visit to Yellowstone (ddr-densho-153-3)
Yasutaro Matsushita and friends' visit by car to the newly opened Yellowstone National Park.
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Methodist church conference (ddr-densho-153-5)
(Left to right): Kiyo Migaki, Michi Hirata, Sadae Sugihara, Ida Nishifue, Mary Yonago, Masa Funakoshi, Asako Yoshida, Ana Hayashi, Sashie Yamamoto.
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Mother and daughters in garden (ddr-densho-153-6)
Kyoko Amitani Matsushita and daughters Marjorie and Kara.
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Family in front of barracks (ddr-densho-153-7)
(Left to right): Jim Nose, Amy (Matsushita) Nose, Mrs. Kondo, Kara (Matsushita) Kondo, Mr. Kondo, Kyoko and Yasutaro Matsushita.
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Japanese Americans in front of barracks (ddr-densho-153-9)
(Left to right): Florence Abe, Lewis Abe, Marjorie Matsushita, Sammy Itaya, Kara Matsushita, Francis Abe. Everyone except Sammy lived in Block 14.
