Heart Mountain

img Group of boys on hike to Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-2-918)

Caption below photo: Nisei Boys Tackle Heart Mountain

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img Morita family outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-900)

Caption below photo: The Morita family stands in front of Black 23, Barrack 15, rooms D and E, where they lived while incarcerated at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1943-1944. They were originally from Alameda, CA., then moved to Mountain View, CA, by 1933

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img Girl Scout Troop 15 at Yellowstone National Park (ddr-ajah-2-931)

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img Girl Scout Troop from Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-2-892)

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img Girl standing in doorway of barracks (ddr-ajah-2-907)

Caption below photo: Helen Hinaga at Heart Mountain, Wyoming circa 1943-1944

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img Girl Scout Troop 15 at Yellowstone National Park (ddr-ajah-2-932)

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img Five girls outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-911)

Caption below photo: The Morita sisters pose with friends in front of their barracks (#15) at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Circa 1943-1944

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img Class photo of 5th Grade Class at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-2-887)

Caption on photo: Mrs. Jones 5th Grade Class Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1942-1945

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img Photo and story of informal boys club called the Cherokee Club (ddr-ajah-2-901)

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img Campsite on hike to Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-2-919)

Caption below photo: Nisei boys relax at their makeshift campsite while hiking towards Heart Mountain. Note at Left are pots for making their meal, and the lean-to to sleep under. Circa 1943-1944

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img Woman standing by pile of coal (ddr-ajah-2-902)

Caption below photo: A Nisei woman who was a school teacher stands next to coal pile at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1943-1944

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img Man hiking at Heart Mountain (ddr-ajah-2-914)

Caption below photo: A group of young Nisei boys hike their way towards to peak of Heart Mountain, circa 1943-1944

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img Group of children outside barracks (ddr-ajah-2-913)

Caption below photo: Young Nisei sisters and brothers in front of Block 23, Barracks 15, where the Nakatas, and Hiroses all lived in Heart Mountain, Wyoming, circa 1943-1944

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av Sowing Seeds of Life... of Hope (ddr-densho-1024-80)

Japanese vegetable seeds played an enormous part in making life more bearable for the Japanese people who were incarcerated in a concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming during WWII. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Sowing Seeds of Life... of Hope (film). See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese …

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av Unexpected Journeys: Remarkable Stories of Japanese in America (ddr-densho-1024-92)

Documentary film consisting of short profiles of Japanese Americans whose "surprising stories" were shaped by World War II in unusual ways. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Unexpected Journeys: Remarkable Stories of Japanese in America (film). See this item in the Digital Library of the Japanese American Incarceration Films at: https://archive.org/details/ddr-densho-1024-92.

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av Nebraska's Nisei (ddr-densho-1024-36)

Documentary film produced by the University of Nebraska that tells the story of three Nisei from Heart Mountain who left camp to attend the University of Nebraska through the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council during World War II. The three are Pat Sano, Marie Yamashita Snell, and Tom Shiokari. The story is told through interviews, …

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av Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story (ddr-densho-1024-66)

Documentary film that profiles Nisei politician Norman Mineta with a particular focus on his childhood years in an American concentration camp and his role forty years later in the Redress movement. See this item in the Densho Resource Guide at: Norman Mineta and His Legacy: An American Story. See this item in the Digital Library …

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av Wyoming Chronicle: Aura Newlin Japanese Americans in Wyoming (ddr-densho-1024-5)

Aura Newlin, a Northwest College faculty member and board member of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, talks about her family history as a fourth generation Japanese American and a fourth generation Wyomingite, then takes the viewer on a tour of the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center , telling the story of the forced removal and incarceration and …

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img Group in Front of Bus (ddr-ohs-1-111)

Caption on Photo: Miyuki Yabe Yasui I.D. of following: "When Hisako and May Osuga left camp" (from Heart Mountain). L-R: Miyuki Yabe, Alice Tanouye, Hisako Takehara, Arvene Mukai, May Osuga, Kiyo Shimane, Mrs. Osuga, Mr __, Mrs. Takehara, unidentified boy

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img Basketball Game (ddr-ohs-1-108)

Caption on Photo: War Relocation Authority. Midland Savings Bldg. Denver, Colo. NO: I-138. DATE: 3/18/1944. PHOTO LOCATION: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Ht. Mt., Wyo. DATA: A hotly contested Interscholastic Basketball game between the Heart Mountain and Powell High School girls team took place at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center on March 18. The Heart Mountain girls …

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img Heart Mountain Girls Sports (ddr-ohs-1-84)

Caption on Photo: Rayko Yabe 1st left, 1st Row. Jr. Sports Club taken Dec., 1943.

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doc Application for Leave Clearance (ddr-ohs-1-76)

War Relocation Authority Form 126 for Miyuki Yabe.

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img Sport Girls (ddr-ohs-1-97)

Caption on Photo: Jr. Sport Girls of Heart Mt.

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img Girls Exercising (ddr-ohs-1-105)

Caption on Photo: War Relocation Authority. Midland Savings Bldg. Denver, Colo. NO: G-231. DATE: 11/17/1943. PHOTO LOCATION: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Ht. Mt., Wyo. DATA: Keeping a trim figure is a chief concern of any young American girl. Regardless of ancestry. This scene, in the Heart Mountain gymnasium, shows a group of young evacuees keeping fit. …

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doc War Relocation Authority Individual Record (ddr-ohs-1-75)

War Relocation Authority Form 26 for Miyuki Yabe.

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