Minidoka

img Japanese American departure from camp (ddr-densho-39-16)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-16/

img Japanese Americans preparing for a performance (ddr-densho-39-53)

Japanese Americans from the Minidoka concentration camp prepare for a Japanese dance or theater performance.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-53/

img Two young children in camp (ddr-densho-39-44)

Irene (left) and Hiroshi Ito walking near the laundry in Block 44.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-44/

img Japanese Americans working on a farm (ddr-densho-39-12)

Original museum description: Photograph, black and white glossy of a farm on the outskirts of the Minidoka internment camp. Workers are all women, five of whom are on the left side with one standing and two women squatting on the right. Other women are working in the back. (Info from original museum description) Japanese Americans raised …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-12/

img Issei woman collecting coal in camp (ddr-densho-39-29)

The climate at Minidoka was harsh. Each barrack apartment was equipped with a coal-burning heater that resembled a potbelly stove. This camp inmate is gathering coal for her heater.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-29/

img Memorial service for a Nisei soldier [?] (ddr-densho-39-10)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-10/

img Japanese American soldiers leaving camp (ddr-densho-39-36)

Original museum description: Photograph, black and white glossy, shows soldiers leaving Minidoka in a covered army truck while people wait to say goodbye. The scene is outside the camp guardhouse that was the entry/exit point for the camp. Two soldiers are seated in the truck while a third leans out. Another soldier is on the ground …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-36/

img Buddhist funeral (ddr-densho-39-19)

The elaborate floral wreaths and arrangements for this Buddhist funeral service were probably fashioned from paper by the camp inmates, since they did not have easy access to fresh flowers.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-19/

img High school students (ddr-densho-39-32)

Original museum description: Photograph, black and white glossy, shows high school students at Minidoka internment camp at a table, four standing and three seated, probably at their high school from indications on the wall. (Info from original museum description)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-32/

img High school girls studying (ddr-densho-39-37)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-37/

img Japanese Americans gardening (ddr-densho-39-46)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-46/

img Hospital nursery (ddr-densho-39-54)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-54/

img Schoolchildren (ddr-densho-39-38)

Original museum description: Photograph, black and white glossy of a scene in Minidoka, Idaho[,] internment camp showing school children marching or parading near the barracks. There are two women white teachers and another adult woman at the rear. Some of the children are carrying American flags, and the flagpole in the back is at half staff. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-38/

doc Reveille Volume 1, Number 3 (ddr-densho-390-135)

The third issue of the Reveille includes articles about upcoming events, updates on new buildings, a short story, scouting in other camps, sports, a salute to Tom Sasaki, and more.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-390-135/

img Rev. and Mrs. H.N. Sugimaro on their wedding day (ddr-densho-395-16)

Rev. and Mrs. H.N. Sugimaro pose for the camera on their wedding day, in front of a display of flowers, at the Minidoka concentration camp. Written on front: To Mr. and Mrs. Bito [sic]; Rev. H.N. and Mrs. Sugimaro; Aug. 4, 1945 on Minidoka, Idaho.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-395-16/

img Japanese Americans with Christian missionaries (ddr-densho-35-202)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-202/

img Current view of the Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-35-29)

This is the remainder of the Minidoka concentration camp. Currently, the area is used for agriculture. According to a former camp inmate, this chimney is from a room that was used as a waiting area for camp visitors.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-29/

img Current view of the Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-35-27)

This is the remainder of the Minidoka concentration camp, which was located in the wastelands of Idaho. Currently, the area is used for agriculture. A few structures as well as several monuments mark the site of the camp's 1942 location.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-27/

img Current view of the Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-35-28)

Remainder of the Minidoka concentration camp. Currently, the area is used for agriculture. According to a former camp inmate, this chimney is from a room that was used as a waiting area for camp visitors.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-28/

img Current view of the Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-35-30)

Remains of the Minidoka concentration camp. According to a former camp inmate, this is the entry to a waiting room for camp visitors.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-30/

img Former site of Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho (ddr-densho-35-32)

The Minidoka concentration camp was located in the wastelands of southern Idaho. Currently, very few structures remain and the land is used for agriculture. Part of the camp existed in this area in the 1940s.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-32/

img Current view of the Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-35-31)

Remains of the Minidoka concentration camp. According to a former camp inmate, the chimney was part of a waiting room for camp visitors. The irrigation canal on the right is where Japanese Americans used to swim.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-31/

img Office workers at Minidoka (ddr-densho-348-6)

Group photograph of office workers taken in the Administration Building at Minidoka concentration camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-348-6/

doc Memoirs 1944 (ddr-densho-348-11)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-348-11/

img Four sisters (ddr-densho-348-8)

Four sisters, Mary, Imelda, Mary Jane, and Irene who all returned to Minidoka concentration camp from the East Coast for their brother Francis "Bako" Kinoshita's funeral.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-348-8/

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