Tule Lake

doc Hunger strike at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-394-2)

Journal entries describing a hunger strike at Tule Lake during January 1944.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-394-2/

doc Letter from Lili Inouye to Tatsuo Inouye (ddr-densho-394-9)

Lili wrote to her husband, Tatsuo, while he was incarcerated at the Tule Lake Stockade for being a "No-No" boy and a Judo instructor

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-394-9/

doc Letter from Tatsuo Inouye to his family (ddr-densho-394-17)

Tatsuo Inouye writes to his family from the Tule Lake Stockade.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-394-17/

doc Letters from Tule Lake Stockade (ddr-densho-394-1)

A short biography of Lili Sugimoto Inouye followed by transcribed letters sent between Lili and her husband, Tatsuo, during his incarceration in the Tule Lake Segregation Center Stockade for being a "No-No" boy.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-394-1/

doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-37)

This page of the scrapbook shows documents from two distinct periods of Hisa's wartime life. At the top is the form where Hisa formally requests to drop out of high school after her father is forced to move to the Santa Fe Department of Justice Internment Camp after being branded a trouble maker. While not directly …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-37/

img Nisei women (ddr-densho-325-140)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-140/

doc Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-48)

This scrapbook is reconstructed from a scrapbook Hisa Nimura Horiuchi first made while she was incarcerated at Tule Lake Concentration Camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-325-48/

img Group of young children (ddr-densho-321-21)

Captioned: "Tule Lake 1943."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-321-21/

img Exterior of barracks and Castle Rock (ddr-densho-35-4)

These barracks are now on the property of a Tule Lake farmer. A rock formation that the Japanese Americans called "Castle Rock" can be seen in the background. After obtaining permission to go through the gates, camp inmates could climb to the top of the formation.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-4/

img Exterior of barracks (ddr-densho-35-15)

These barracks are one of two owned by a local farmer. The exterior has not been renovated.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-15/

img Artifacts, Tule Lake concentration camp (ddr-densho-35-38)

The Tule Lake Museum, located on the fairgrounds, displays artifacts from the Tule Lake concentration camp. Shown here are parts of a wooden crate that presumably held items belonging to a camp inmate. The 27213 designation was probably the owner's family number.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-38/

img Coal-burning heater (ddr-densho-35-25)

The Tule Lake museum, located on the town's fairgrounds, contains artifacts from the Tule Lake concentration camp. Coal-burning heaters such as the one shown here were the primary source of heat for the camp inmates.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-25/

img Washroom foundation (ddr-densho-35-19)

This is a foundation from an old washroom. The Japanese Americans in camp did not have private washrooms, showers, toilets, or laundries. Each block, made up of approximately twelve barracks, shared such facilities.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-19/

img Exterior of barracks (ddr-densho-35-6)

Local farmers now own a few barracks from the Tule Lake concentration camp. The buildings are used for storage, have been made into homes and garages, or are abandoned, like this one. The exterior of the barracks have remained almost untouched since World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-6/

img Washroom foundation (ddr-densho-35-18)

This is a foundation from an old washroom. The Japanese Americans in camp did not have private washrooms, showers, toilets, or laundries. Each block, made up of approximately twelve barracks, shared such facilities.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-18/

img Interior of barracks (ddr-densho-35-16)

These barracks are one of two owned by a local farmer. The interior appears to have been untouched since World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-16/

img Boiler-room foundation (?) (ddr-densho-35-20)

This is believed to be the foundation of an old boiler room. The barracks apartments did not have running water. If a Japanese American wanted water, he or she would have to go to a communal facility such as the washroom. The boiler heated the water for the washroom, shower, and laundry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-20/

img Monument (ddr-densho-35-2)

In 1979, to commemorate the Tule Lake concentration camp, the Japanese American Citizens League and the California State Department of Parks and Recreation erected this monument, located outside the stockade area.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-2/

img Electrical wiring, barracks (ddr-densho-35-10)

Original barracks electrical wiring.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-10/

img Eiko with Ken in camp (ddr-densho-349-31)

On back: "1943 \ Tule Lake"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-349-31/

img Exterior of barracks (ddr-densho-35-5)

These barracks housed Japanese Americans during World War II. There were approximately twelve barracks to a block and six apartments per barracks. Each apartment was 100 x 20 feet and housed one family. The exterior of these barracks have remained virtually untouched since World War II.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-5/

img Barracks graffiti (ddr-densho-35-12)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-12/

img Former site of Tule Lake concentration camp, California (ddr-densho-35-17)

Japanese Americans at the Tule Lake concentration camp called this natural formation "Abalone Hill" because of its shape. Abalone Hill and Castle Rock are two major formations near the camp area.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-17/

img Exterior of barracks (ddr-densho-35-42)

Local farmers currently own several barracks from the Tule Lake concentration camp. Some barracks have been made into homes, while others, like the one shown here, have been converted into storage areas.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-42/

img Guard tower foundation (?) (ddr-densho-35-3)

This foundation remnant, presumably from a guard tower, is located outside the barbed-wire fence surrounding the stockade.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-3/

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