Heart Mountain

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Japanese American couple (ddr-densho-37-466)
img Japanese American couple (ddr-densho-37-466)
Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Alice and Bill Hosokawa, young Americans of Japanese ancestry now residing at Heart Mountain. Bill, whose father came to the United States many years ago is a recognized Nisei leader, a graduate of the University of Washington, West coast newspaper man, foreign correspondent for the Shanghai …
Japanese American playing a board game (ddr-densho-37-428)
img Japanese American playing a board game (ddr-densho-37-428)
Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. An early immigrant from Japan, now residing at Heart Mountain, after evacuation from West Coast areas, reaches for a pawn in a game of Shogi, similar in characters and playing to chess. Although previously mumbling in Japanese, startled by the camera flas, the old gent let …
Hospital emergency entrance and ambulance (ddr-densho-37-797)
img Hospital emergency entrance and ambulance (ddr-densho-37-797)
Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Scene at the emergancy entrance of the Heart Mountain Hospital, as obstetrics case is brought in.
Midori Kamei Interview (ddr-densho-400-11)
av Midori Kamei Interview (ddr-densho-400-11)
Midori Kamei was born on July 21, 1923, in Redondo Beach, California. She grew up in North Torrance where her parents farmed. Kamei was imprisoned briefly with her family at the Santa Anita Race Track in California and at the concentration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Kamei left Heart Mountain to attend college in Colorado. She …
Letter from Alvin Uchiyama to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama (ddr-densho-406-71)
doc Letter from Alvin Uchiyama to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama (ddr-densho-406-71)
Hasn't had a shower for three weeks, worrying about what people at Heart Mountain are saying about the trouble he got into, sorry that he will never be promoted
Letter from Alvin Uchiyama to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama (ddr-densho-406-53)
doc Letter from Alvin Uchiyama to Kathleen Koga Uchiyama (ddr-densho-406-53)
To Kathleen at Heart Mountain, asks about their friend Frank, whether Yuri (Aileen) is having fun with other kids.
Telegram from Alvin to Kathleen addressed to Heart Mountain saying he will arrive December 23 (ddr-densho-406-84)
doc Telegram from Alvin to Kathleen addressed to Heart Mountain saying he will arrive December 23 (ddr-densho-406-84)
No year shown, and but he did not come to Heart Mountain after Kathleen returned there in 1944. Possible from when Kathleen was first at Heart Mountain?
Letter from Min Tamesa to Adam Beller (ddr-densho-333-27)
img Letter from Min Tamesa to Adam Beller (ddr-densho-333-27)
Letter regarding seeking financial restitution for highway being put across Tamesa property
Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-68)
doc Letter from Minola Tamesa to Uhachi Tamesa (ddr-densho-333-68)
Letter from Minola asking Uhachi to communicate with friends and family on his behalf
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