Grace Maruki Wertz Collection

PARTNER

Manzanar National Historic Site
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COLLECTION ID

ddr-manz-6

DESCRIPTION

The Grace Maruki Wertz Collection is comprised of photographs from Grace Maruki and her family's experiences during World War II at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Materials include snapshots of family members in camp as well as a number of portrait photographs of Grace's classmates with handwritten notes and signatures on them.

INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE

1942-1945

BULK UNIT DATE

1942-1945

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

CONTRIBUTOR

Manzanar National Historic Site

CREATORS

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Manzanar National Historic Site and the Grace Maruki Wertz Collection

RIGHTS

114 Objects

Couple standing in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-1)
img Couple standing in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-1)
Mr. and Mrs. Maruki.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-6-1/
Group of three women and two men (ddr-manz-6-2)
img Group of three women and two men (ddr-manz-6-2)
Maruki family.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-6-2/
Three women and a man (ddr-manz-6-3)
img Three women and a man (ddr-manz-6-3)
Maruki family.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-6-3/
Kow Maruki in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-4)
img Kow Maruki in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-4)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-6-4/
Grace Maruki in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-5)
img Grace Maruki in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-5)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-6-5/
Kow Maruki in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-6)
img Kow Maruki in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-6)
Block 21-8-3.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-6-6/
Shinkichi Maruki in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-7)
img Shinkichi Maruki in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-7)
Block 21-8-3.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-6-7/
Two men in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-8)
img Two men in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-8)
Left to right: Kow Maruki, Shinkichi Maruki. Block 21-8-3.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-6-8/
Woman and man in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-9)
img Woman and man in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-9)
Shinkichi Maruki is on the right. Block 21-8-3.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-6-9/
Two men in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-10)
img Two men in front of barracks (ddr-manz-6-10)
Shinkichi Maruki is on the right. Block 21-8-3.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-6-10/

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