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Japanese Americans climbing Castle Rock (ddr-densho-37-177)
Original WRA caption: A pleasant Sunday afternoon's recreation is spent by evacuee winter sports enthusiasts, on the slopes of Castle Mountain. Home made sleds and various other home made pieces of equipment were used by these young people.
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Winter in camp (ddr-densho-37-351)
Original WRA caption: A winter time scene looking east down the main fire break.
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Japanese Americans unloading coal (ddr-densho-37-348)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee workers unload coal at Staley Junction, which is the rail head for this center. This coal is used by the residents during the extreamely [sic] cold winters which northern California offers.
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Japanese Americans distributing scrap lumber (ddr-densho-37-360)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuees distribute scrap lumber to each block. This scrap will be used by the residents to construct furniture for their apartments and also for firewood.
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Japanese Americans climbing Castle Rock (ddr-densho-37-178)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A pleasant Sunday afternoon's recreation is spent by evacuee winter sports enthusiasts, on the slopes of Castle Mountain. Homemade sleds and various other homemade pieces of equipment were used by these young people.
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Japanese American meeting Eleanor Roosevelt (ddr-densho-37-605)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Mrs. Yamamoto, former P.T.A. president from San Francisco, and now hear of the Canal Women's Club, presents Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt with a bouquet of flowers.
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Japanese Americans harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-599)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Evacuee farmers harvesting spinach at this relocation center.
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Japanese American blacksmiths (ddr-densho-37-175)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee blacksmiths do all the blacksmith work necessary in the garage at this relocation center.
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Camp building fire (ddr-densho-37-352)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Quick work, by the evacuee Fire Department, kept the fire, which broke out in the office located at the old hog farm, from doing other than minor damage.
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Newsreel and newspaper cameramen in camp (ddr-densho-37-355)
Original WRA caption: Newsreel cameramen and newspaper cameramen from the San Francisco newspapers photograph potatoe planting on the farm at the Tule Lake Relocation Center.
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Japanese American harvesting turnips (ddr-densho-37-362)
Original WRA caption: Harvesting turnips.
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Highway sign (ddr-densho-37-400)
Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Highway leading to this war Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry on the Colorado River Indian Reservation.
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Muddy conditions (ddr-densho-37-350)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Thaws turn the streets and firebreaks into seas of mud, and makes difficult motor transportation through the center.
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Japanese Americans voting (ddr-densho-37-168)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Absentee voters of Japanese descent getting ballots and having them notarized.
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Japanese Americans harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-317)
Original WRA caption: An evacuee is shown with a crate of spinach. His smile seems to show that he is proud of the high quality of his crop.
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Japanese American workers waiting in line (ddr-densho-37-421)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A line up of evacuee workers waiting for their identification tags which are to be used in conjunction with the first pay day at this War Relocation Authority Center.
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Boarded-up store formerly run by Japanese Americans (ddr-densho-37-304)
Original WRA caption: Stores and homes formerly inhabited by Japanese. Some of them are now used by Chinese people. Note boarded up windows and doors.
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Camp hog farm (ddr-densho-37-834)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A close up of hogs feeding at the temporary location of the hog farm at this center.
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Camp store (ddr-densho-37-359)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A view showing the recently completed Store Number 2 at this War Relocation Authority center.
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Nursery school art class (ddr-densho-37-314)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Art time in the nursery school at this relocation center.
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Beauty queen contest advertising (ddr-densho-37-318)
Original WRA caption: Signs tacked on barracks advertising the Labor Day beauty queen contest which was held at this relocation center.
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Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-423)
Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority Center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp shows partially completed barracks.
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Labor Day parade (ddr-densho-37-321)
Original WRA caption: A parade was held by evacuees to celebrate Labor Day. Great originality in costuming was shown.
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Japanese Americans working on camp newspaper (ddr-densho-37-465)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee artists who work on the Tulean Dispatch.
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Harvest Festival dance (ddr-densho-37-791)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. A view at a dance given to celebrate the Harvest Festival, which was held on Thanksgiving day at Camp #2.