Minidoka

Concentration Camp

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Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-28)
doc Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-28)
This card was designed by a camp inmate.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-28/
Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-23)
doc Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-23)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-23/
Camp dance invitation (ddr-densho-13-30)
doc Camp dance invitation (ddr-densho-13-30)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-30/
Camp fire station (ddr-densho-13-37)
img Camp fire station (ddr-densho-13-37)
Fire Station Number 1.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-37/
Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-29)
doc Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-29)
This is the interior of a Christmas card that was designed by a camp inmate.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-29/
Girl Scouts (ddr-densho-13-46)
img Girl Scouts (ddr-densho-13-46)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-46/
Hunt High School senior prom invitation (ddr-densho-13-19)
doc Hunt High School senior prom invitation (ddr-densho-13-19)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-13-19/
Girl near barracks (ddr-densho-128-150)
img Girl near barracks (ddr-densho-128-150)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-128-150/
Japanese Americans in front of barracks apartment (ddr-densho-15-48)
img Japanese Americans in front of barracks apartment (ddr-densho-15-48)
Tak Hori (left) and Hana Matsuo pose with her children.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-48/
Entrance to Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-15-44)
img Entrance to Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-15-44)
Shown here (left to right) are several administration buildings, guardhouses, and the guard tower.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-44/
Japanese American in mess hall line (ddr-densho-15-75)
img Japanese American in mess hall line (ddr-densho-15-75)
Mr. Okawa in the cafeteria line.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-75/
Japanese American in front of a vanity (ddr-densho-15-47)
img Japanese American in front of a vanity (ddr-densho-15-47)
Yoneko Tanaka from Seattle did her best to make her austere barrack apartment homelike. She constructed the vanity from scrap lumber.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-47/
Hospital pharmacy (ddr-densho-15-87)
img Hospital pharmacy (ddr-densho-15-87)
Mr. Izui (left) and a colleague inside the hospital pharmacy.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-87/
Interior of camp store (ddr-densho-15-69)
img Interior of camp store (ddr-densho-15-69)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-69/
Japanese Americans playing horseshoes (ddr-densho-15-54)
img Japanese Americans playing horseshoes (ddr-densho-15-54)
Norio Mitsuoka (left) and (first name unknown) Hikida playing a game of horseshoes.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-54/
Japanese Americans at Shoshone Falls (ddr-densho-15-67)
img Japanese Americans at Shoshone Falls (ddr-densho-15-67)
Left to right: Norio Mitsuoka, Tom (last name unknown), and Robert Ikeda at Shoshone Falls, near the Minidoka concentration camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-67/
Children outside barracks (ddr-densho-15-50)
img Children outside barracks (ddr-densho-15-50)
The Nakao children.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-50/
Laundry room (ddr-densho-15-71)
img Laundry room (ddr-densho-15-71)
The Minidoka concentration camp was divided into thirty-six blocks, each with its own communal laundry facility, like the one shown here.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-71/
Japanese Americans inside barracks (ddr-densho-15-123)
img Japanese Americans inside barracks (ddr-densho-15-123)
Left to right: Norio Mitsuoka, Bob Ikeda, and Tak Hori sit inside Yoneko Tanaka's barracks.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-123/
Two Japanese Americans in their barracks apartment (ddr-densho-15-58)
img Two Japanese Americans in their barracks apartment (ddr-densho-15-58)
Grandma Yorozu, who at eighty-four years of age was one of the oldest Japanese Americans at Minidoka, and Fusa Yorozu inside their barracks apartment.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-58/
Japanese Americans at Shoshone Falls (ddr-densho-15-66)
img Japanese Americans at Shoshone Falls (ddr-densho-15-66)
These Japanese Americans enjoying a day at Shoshone Falls near the Minidoka concentration camp were allowed to leave the camp on an approved day pass. Left to right: Tom (last name unknown), Ted Kamada, Yoneko Tanaka, unidentified, Norio Mitsuoka, and Kiyoko (last name unknown).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-66/
Interior of camp bathroom (ddr-densho-15-73)
img Interior of camp bathroom (ddr-densho-15-73)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-73/
Japanese Americans at Shoshone Falls (ddr-densho-15-64)
img Japanese Americans at Shoshone Falls (ddr-densho-15-64)
Japanese Americans from the Minidoka concentration camp visit Shoshone Falls. This area was a popular destination for camp inmates on a day pass. Left to right: Yoneko Tanaka, Fusako Shimizu, Ayako (last name unknown), and Lily Hori.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-64/
Japanese American making furniture (ddr-densho-15-63)
img Japanese American making furniture (ddr-densho-15-63)
Barracks apartments were furnished only with a coal-burning stove and a cot. Consequently, many camp inmates made furniture from scrap lumber.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-63/
Japanese Americans at Shoshone Falls (ddr-densho-15-68)
img Japanese Americans at Shoshone Falls (ddr-densho-15-68)
Shoshone Falls was an easy day trip for Japanese Americans from the Minidoka concentration camp. Camp inmates were allowed to leave Minidoka on short excursions with approval from camp administrators. Left to right: unidentified, unidentified, Ted Kamada, and Yoneko Tanaka.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-68/
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