Manzanar

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A Myopic Account of a Relocated Life during the Second World War (ddr-densho-468-97)
doc A Myopic Account of a Relocated Life during the Second World War (ddr-densho-468-97)
Personal recollections of life in an assembly center and relocation camp for Japanese descendants and various digressions
Short story:
doc Short story: "Grace Sato was happier than she'd been" (ddr-densho-468-9)
Typed draft. Story follows a woman who is shot and killed while attempting to escape Manzanar to elope with a Caucasian sailor .
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (ddr-densho-446-451)
doc Seattle Post-Intelligencer (ddr-densho-446-451)
Selected articles: Seattle woman's saga captured in photo (p.1-2); Club Asia (p. 2)
Man and boy at Manzanar (ddr-densho-359-1448)
img Man and boy at Manzanar (ddr-densho-359-1448)
Jitsuzo and Wayne Nakata pose for a photograph next to a sprinkler at Manzanar Concentration Camp in California.
Portrait of a baby (ddr-densho-359-1091)
img Portrait of a baby (ddr-densho-359-1091)
Lynn Iwasa. The portrait is signed "To Mr. + Mrs. Otsuka Eisei Lynn". The caption in the album is "5 mos. old".
Portrait of young boy (ddr-densho-359-1087)
img Portrait of young boy (ddr-densho-359-1087)
Portrait of Kyoji Ralph Iwasa at Manzanar Concentration Camp in California. The photograph is signed "To Mr. + Mrs. Otsuka Kyoji Ralph Iwasa". The caption written in the album "1 yr. 7 mos."
Group photograph at Manzanar (ddr-densho-359-1443)
img Group photograph at Manzanar (ddr-densho-359-1443)
Nakata family:back row, left to right: John and Pauline Nakata, Sachan Nakata, Yonchan and Kyoichi Iwasa, Ken Nakata; front row, left to right: Shima Nakata with Ralph Iwasa, Wayne Nakata, Bob Nakata, Don Nakata, Jitsuzo Nakata
Two boys in gis (ddr-densho-359-1446)
img Two boys in gis (ddr-densho-359-1446)
Two boys pose in gis outside the barracks at Manzanar Concentration Camp. Bob Nakata is on the left
Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1086)
img Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1086)
A family portrait taken at Manzanar Concentration Camp in California. The photograph is signed "To Mr. + Mrs Otsuka Iwasa Family 5/22/43". Kyoichi Iwasa with Ralph Iwasa, Yonchan Iwasa with Lynn Iwasa
Boy playing (ddr-densho-359-1093)
img Boy playing (ddr-densho-359-1093)
Wayne Nakata plays in front of a barrack at Manzanar Concentration Camp in California.
Child at Manzanar (ddr-densho-359-1444)
img Child at Manzanar (ddr-densho-359-1444)
Wayne Nakata plays in front of the barracks at Manzanar Concentration Camp.
Three children (ddr-densho-359-1089)
img Three children (ddr-densho-359-1089)
Brothers pose for a photograph at Manzanar Concentration Camp in California. Left to right: Don, Kenji, and Wayne Nakata
Man and boy (ddr-densho-359-1090)
img Man and boy (ddr-densho-359-1090)
Jitsuzo Nakata and his grandson, Wayne Nakata, pose for a photograph next to a sprinkler at Manzanar Concentration Camp in California.
Group photograph (ddr-densho-359-1088)
img Group photograph (ddr-densho-359-1088)
A group photograph of the Nakata family at Manzanar Concentration Camp in California. Top row, left to right: Masaaki and Pauline Nakata, Sachan Nakata, Yonchan and Kyoichi Iwasa, Ken Nakata. Front row, left to right: Shima Nakata, Wayne Nakata, Bob Kenji Nakata, Don Nakata, Jitsuzo Nakata
Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1092)
img Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1092)
Grandparents and their grandsons pose at Manzanar Concentration Camp in California.Left to right: Shima Nakata, Don Nakata, Jitsuzo Nakata, with Wayne Nakata in front, Kenji Nakata
Woman at Manzanar (ddr-densho-359-1447)
img Woman at Manzanar (ddr-densho-359-1447)
Sachan Nakata. The photograph is signed "To Aya Lova Sa".
Family portrait at Manzanar (ddr-densho-359-1442)
img Family portrait at Manzanar (ddr-densho-359-1442)
Left to right: Shima Nakata, Don Nakata, Jitsuzo Nakata wih Wayne Nakata in front of him, Bob Nakata
Masao Murata in uniform (ddr-manz-4-20)
img Masao Murata in uniform (ddr-manz-4-20)
Caption: "To / Rev. Nagatomi / Sincerely yours, / Masao Murata / July 1st 1942."
Portrait of a couple (ddr-manz-4-6)
img Portrait of a couple (ddr-manz-4-6)
Caption: "Most Sincerely / Mr. and Mrs. I. Yoshida [?] / 1942."
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