Minidoka

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Camp beauty shop (ddr-densho-37-16)
img Camp beauty shop (ddr-densho-37-16)
Original WRA caption: High school girls working part time in [the] beauty shop, which is operated by the Minidoka Consumers Cooperative.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-16/
Japanese Americans clearing sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-703)
img Japanese Americans clearing sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-703)
Original WRA caption: A farm rake pulled by a Fordon-Ferguson tractor gathers up sagebrush previously bladed off by a road patrol.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-703/
Preinduction physical (ddr-densho-37-1)
img Preinduction physical (ddr-densho-37-1)
Original WRA caption: Pre-induction physical. The Minidoka incarceration camp produced more Japanese American military volunteers than any other camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1/
Letter to an Issei from U.S. Attorney J. Charles Dennis (ddr-densho-166-14)
doc Letter to an Issei from U.S. Attorney J. Charles Dennis (ddr-densho-166-14)
This is a response to a letter from Masaye Mayeno, requesting a rehearing for her husband Kunizo who was being held in a Department of Justice internment camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-166-14/
Drawing by a Nisei man (ddr-densho-166-15)
doc Drawing by a Nisei man (ddr-densho-166-15)
This drawing was done by Nisei Art Mayeno in Minidoka. He later submitted it to Burnley School of Art in Seattle as an admissions requirement.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-166-15/
Painting by a Nisei man (ddr-densho-166-16)
doc Painting by a Nisei man (ddr-densho-166-16)
This painting, titled "Playing Go in the furnace room in Minidoka," was done by Nisei Art Mayeno in camp. He later submitted it to Burnley School of Art in Seattle as an admissions requirement.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-166-16/
Children in front of barrack (ddr-densho-166-3)
img Children in front of barrack (ddr-densho-166-3)
Left to right: Naomi Yabusaki, Masashi Warren Sakai, two unidentified girls, and Ayako Nancy.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-166-3/
Letter from an Issei man to his wife (ddr-densho-166-12)
doc Letter from an Issei man to his wife (ddr-densho-166-12)
This letter was sent from Kunizo Mayeno in the Lordsburg internment camp, New Mexico, to his wife Masaye at the Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-166-12/
Letter to Wakako Domoto from Suna Kinoshita (ddr-densho-329-641)
doc Letter to Wakako Domoto from Suna Kinoshita (ddr-densho-329-641)
Condolence letter to family, with envelope
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-641/
Christmas decoration contest (ddr-densho-37-15)
img Christmas decoration contest (ddr-densho-37-15)
Original WRA caption: Dining hall 32 won fourth place with its beautiful centerpiece complete with life-size Santa Claus in the Christmas dining hall decorations contest.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-15/
Fire crew (ddr-densho-37-693)
img Fire crew (ddr-densho-37-693)
Original WRA caption: The fire crew of station #1 swings into action.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-693/
Japanese American ice skating (ddr-densho-37-677)
img Japanese American ice skating (ddr-densho-37-677)
Original WRA caption: Girl skating on a frozen pond in the center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-677/
Japanese Americans working in a field (ddr-densho-37-709)
img Japanese Americans working in a field (ddr-densho-37-709)
Original WRA caption: Junior High School boys and girls of Hunt pull onions on the project farm during harvest vacation.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-709/
Agricultural field (ddr-densho-37-695)
img Agricultural field (ddr-densho-37-695)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-695/
Chicken farm (ddr-densho-37-30)
img Chicken farm (ddr-densho-37-30)
Original WRA caption: Chicken farm.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-30/
Camp entrance (ddr-densho-37-740)
img Camp entrance (ddr-densho-37-740)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-740/
Japanese Americans sorting Christmas presents (ddr-densho-37-678)
img Japanese Americans sorting Christmas presents (ddr-densho-37-678)
Original WRA caption: Santa's Helpers - Through kind donations from thoughtful friends all over the United States, a happy and merry Christmas will be possible for the children of Hunt. Thousands of presents have been sent in day after day, swamping Rec. 21 and overflowing the Federated Christian church office.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-678/
Japanese Americans harvesting corn (ddr-densho-37-708)
img Japanese Americans harvesting corn (ddr-densho-37-708)
Original WRA caption: Harvesting the first corn crop at the Minidoka Relocation Center from fields which were covered with sagebrush last spring.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-708/
Land reclamation farm (ddr-densho-37-31)
img Land reclamation farm (ddr-densho-37-31)
Original WRA caption: Land reclamation farm. Mr. Kamaya and [Camp Director] Stafford in Gobo field.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-31/
Family outside barracks (ddr-densho-37-673)
img Family outside barracks (ddr-densho-37-673)
Original WRA caption: Sakamoto family picture on golden wedding anniversary of Joseph Gerald Osamu Sakamoto and Mary Ann Tsuchi Sakamoto, both 80, at the Minidoka Relocation Center on December 11, 1943. Married in Japan, they came to the U.S. in 1894. Mr. Sakamoto was an early Seattle hotel proprietor. His son, James Y. Sakamoto, 40, is …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-673/
Elementary school flagpole dedication (ddr-densho-37-718)
img Elementary school flagpole dedication (ddr-densho-37-718)
Original WRA caption: Dedication of the flag pole at the Stafford Elementary School conducted by the Boy Scouts of the Hunt troop. The Stafford School is one of two elementary schools in the Minidoka Relocation Center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-718/
Minidoka sewage treatment plant (ddr-densho-37-727)
img Minidoka sewage treatment plant (ddr-densho-37-727)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-727/
Kindergarten (?) (ddr-densho-37-34)
img Kindergarten (?) (ddr-densho-37-34)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-34/
Hunt High School students (ddr-densho-37-17)
img Hunt High School students (ddr-densho-37-17)
Original WRA caption: Students of the Hunt High School at the Minidoka Relocation Center, receive final grades from Miss Jones.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-17/
Group in camp director's office (ddr-densho-37-735)
img Group in camp director's office (ddr-densho-37-735)
The Minidoka concentration camp director, Harry Stafford, is seated at his desk.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-735/
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