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img Electrical crew (ddr-densho-93-8)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Line crew at work in Manzanar.

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img Japanese Americans sewing (ddr-densho-93-7)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Sumiko Shigematsu, foreman of power sewing machine girls, Manzanar Relocation Center, California.

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img Commercial artist (ddr-densho-93-1)

Original Ansel Adams caption: "Ahio Matsumoto, commercial artist." (Note: first name is misspelled; should be, "Akio")

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img Japanese Americans bundling clothing (ddr-densho-93-6)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Bert K. Miura and Toshiko Kadonada, bundling and shipping, Manzanar Relocation Center, California.

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img View from guard tower (ddr-densho-93-9)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Manzanar from Guard Tower, view west, (Sierra Nevada in Background) Manzanar Relocation Center, California.

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img Children led in physical activity (ddr-densho-402-30)

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img Body of water at Manzanar (ddr-densho-402-24)

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img Barracks at Manzanar (ddr-densho-402-25)

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Born Free and Equal: Photographs of the Loyal Japanese-Americans at Manzanar Relocation Center and Manzanar High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-402-41)

doc Born Free and Equal: Photographs of the Loyal Japanese-Americans at Manzanar Relocation Center and Manzanar High School Yearbook (ddr-densho-402-41)

Includes "Valedictorian," Manzanar High School yearbook from 1945.

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img Cemetery monument with Japanese writing (ddr-densho-402-27)

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img Men outside of Office of Reports (ddr-densho-402-28)

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img Manzanar and surroundings (ddr-densho-402-26)

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img Japanese American woodworker (ddr-densho-93-4)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Hidimi Tayenaka (woodworker), Manzanar Relocation Center, California. (Note: original caption contains misspelling. "Hidimi" should be, "Hidemi".)

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Narrator Joyce Okazaki

Sansei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, and was a young child when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, was photographed by renowned photographer Ansel Adams. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Chicago before family eventually returned …

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img Nurse with patient and others outside barracks (ddr-densho-93-3)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi and patient Tom Kano. Others: George Nakano, Keiko Kamahara. (Note: original caption contains misspelling, "Kamahara" should be, "Kawahara".)

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Collection Ansel Adams Collection (ddr-densho-93)

This collection is comprised of photographs from the Library of Congress's repository of photographs from the collection of photographer Ansel Adams. The photographs document life in the Manzanar concentration camp during 1943.

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img Japanese Americans in front of camp newspaper office (ddr-densho-93-2)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Roy Takeno (Editor) and group reading Manzanar paper in front of office, Yuichi Harata, Nabuo Samamura, Manzanar Relocation Center, California. (Note: original caption contains misspellings. "Harata" should be, "Hirata", and "Nabuo Samamura" should be, "Nobuo Sawamura".)

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Collection Prichett Family Collection (ddr-densho-402)

Photographs, correspondence, and documents including forms, Cecil F. Prichett's resume, and education and family programs at the Manzanar camp from the Prichett family's time employed at Manzanar. Books include "Death Valley - Its Impounded Americans" by Ralph P. "Pete" Merritt, Jr.; "English Japanese Conversation Dictionary" by Arthur Rose-Innes; "Born Free and Equal" by Ansel Adams; and …

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vh Joyce Okazaki Interview I (ddr-manz-1-125)

Sansei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, and was a young child when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, was photographed by renowned photographer Ansel Adams. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Chicago before family eventually returned …

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vh Joyce Okazaki Interview II (ddr-manz-1-146)

Sansei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, and was a young child when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. During World War II, removed with family to the Manzanar concentration camp, California. While in camp, was photographed by renowned photographer Ansel Adams. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Chicago before family eventually returned …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-146/

img Barracks at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-52-21)

A few people scattered amongst the barracks at Manzanar. Caption above image reads, "FORGOTTEN PHOTOS--This picture is one of nearly 240 photos taken by photographer Ansel Adams at the Manzanar Japanese-American internment camp in 1943. It was here that Adams, a renowned scenic photographer, made his first and only attempt to shoot a photo documentary. The …

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 18 No. 22 (June 24, 1944) (ddr-pc-16-26)

Selected article titles: "First Nisei Volunteer from WRA Center Killed in Action Recently on Italian Front" (p. 1), "150 Letters From Pasadena, Promising Jobs, Housing for Evacuees, Sent to Washington" (p. 1), "Hammer Attacks on Two Aliens at Tule Reported" (p. 1), "Federal Judge Takes Cases Of Draft Delinquents Under Advisement as Arguments End" (p. 2), …

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