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Department of Justice Internment Camp

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img Painting of Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-36)

"A butane tank was used to strike the gong that summoned us to mess hall. Santa Fe internment camp."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-36/

img Painting of the Santa Fe canteen (ddr-manz-2-27)

Caption: "Mr. Arai, Mr. Funahashi." Caption on reverse: "A canteen for the convenience of Santa Fe's internees."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-27/

img Painting of Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-25)

Caption on reverse: "Panorama of Santa Fe Internment Center. Drawn on writing paper - with anxiety - during early days when I was not sure that drawings of any kind were permitted."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-25/

img Painting of men making wooden clogs (ddr-manz-2-30)

Caption on reverse: "We made wooden clogs to send to our families at other centers."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-30/

img Painting of an adobe house (ddr-manz-2-32)

Caption: "An adobe house inside our Sata [sic] Fe Camp."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-32/

img Painting of men observing cloud formations (ddr-manz-2-38)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-38/

img Painting of a cloud formation over hills (ddr-manz-2-3)

Caption: "At evening I sketched this beautiful, unusual cloud formation. All at [sic] us noticed it. We wondered whether these might mean that we would be at peace."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-3/

img Painting of the administration office at Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-26)

Caption: "Mr. Ohkado, Mr. Nozaki R., Mr. Kitagawa M." Caption on reverse: "Administration Office Santa Fe Internment Center."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-26/

img Painting of men listening to music (ddr-manz-2-22)

Caption: "Mr. Murayama, Mr. Hoshimiya. Enjoying the recording music."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-22/

img Painting of a scene at Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-24)

Caption: "Santa Fe Internment Camp."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-24/

img Painting of the mess hall line (ddr-manz-2-18)

Caption on reverse: "The early birds and the mess hall lineup."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-18/

img Painting of men relaxing after dinner (ddr-manz-2-20)

Caption on reverse: "Relaxing after super."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-20/

img Painting of barracks at Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-35)

Caption: "This was the Santa Fe barrack No. 5 where I stayed."

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

img Sunrise at Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-23)

Caption on reverse: "Dawn in the winter."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-23/

img Painting of men in the sewing room (ddr-manz-2-28)

Caption: "Mr. Kamimura, Mr. Kamel, Mr. Kishi." Caption on reverse: "Sewing room."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-28/

img Painting of internees leaving Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-37)

Caption: "June 1942. Ending months of uncertainty, we were released from Santa Fe internment camp to return to our families at relocation centers. Everyone cheered as we left camp. Now there was hope we would return home."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-37/

img Painting of the shower room at Santa Fe Internment Camps (ddr-manz-2-31)

Caption on reverse: "We made bath tubs in the shower room out of wooden fish boxes."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-31/

img Painting of internees on the train leaving Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-39)

Caption: "We stopped briefly at a small town - Needles, they said. To our pleasant surprise, Japanese workers brought us boxes of food."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-39/

img Painting of internees waiting to transfer to buses (ddr-manz-2-40)

Caption: "Mojave, Calif. We waited for our bus here for seven long hours in a desert windstorm - after we disembarked from the trin."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-40/

img Painting of a guard during night inspection (ddr-manz-2-4)

Caption: "His bald pate shined as bright as a full moon. At first they inspected the barracks three times a night, waking us. Later, they stopped this."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-4/

img Internees playing cards in Barracks 5, Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-74)

Caption: "Mr. Okaski, Mr. Suglyama, Mr. Tsuyuki, Mr. Hagio, Mr. Yamamoto, Mr. Tanaka, Mr. Hatori, Mr. Yamada, Mr. Musashi, Mr. Takamura." Caption on reverse: "Our roommates in Barracks No 5. Santa Fe Interment [sic]."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-74/

img Painting of the barber shop at Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-29)

Caption on reverse: "Barber shop. All equipment built by Santa Fe internees."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-29/

doc Telegram from Loyd Jensen to Project Director (ddr-densho-258-206)

Loyd Jensen sends a telegram to the Project Director at Minidoka Concentration Camp inquiring into the health of the Ichikawa family after Tatsuya Ichikawa requested temporary parole.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-258-206/

doc Letter from Tatsuya Ichikawa to Loyd H. Jenson (ddr-densho-258-204)

Tatsuya Ichikawa writes to Loyd H. Jensen the Officer in Charge of the Sante Fe Department of Justice Internment Camp. Ichikawa requests to be given temporary parole so he could travel to Minidoka concentration camp to help his family. His two youngest children were hospitalized. A post-it note written by Satoru Ichikawa attached to the letter …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-258-204/

doc Telegram from Shigeo Fukuhara to Tatuya Ichikawa (ddr-densho-258-205)

A telegram sent to Tatsuya Ichikawa at Santa Fe Department of Justice Internment Camp from Shigeo Fukuhara at Minidoka Concentration Camp informing Tatsuya that his two youngest children have been hospitalized. Fukuhara informs Ichikawa that telegrams from the Minidoka Health Nurse and Social Service Counselor have been sent to help Ichikawa get temporary parole so he …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-258-205/