Reflections on the past

img Original administrative office buildings at Tule Lake (ddr-densho-345-125)

A series of photographs taken by Harry Gamble and his team at Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps as part of their research. This research was then used to lobby for Tule Lake and not Manzanar be the camp to be designated a National Historic Landmark.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-345-125/

img Remolded internee barrack (ddr-densho-345-137)

A series of photographs taken by Harry Gamble and his team at Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps as part of their research. This research was then used to lobby for Tule Lake and not Manzanar be the camp to be designated a National Historic Landmark. A former Tule Lake internee barrack remolded into a single …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-345-137/

img Foundation for Tule Lake voluntary fire station (ddr-densho-345-116)

A series of photographs taken by Harry Gamble and his team at Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps as part of their research. This research was then used to lobby for Tule Lake and not Manzanar be the camp to be designated a National Historic Landmark.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-345-116/

img Tule Lake military police building (ddr-densho-345-148)

A series of photographs taken by Harry Gamble and his team at Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps as part of their research. This research was then used to lobby for Tule Lake and not Manzanar be the camp to be designated a National Historic Landmark.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-345-148/

img Tule Lake mess hall (ddr-densho-345-127)

A series of photographs taken by Harry Gamble and his team at Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps as part of their research. This research was then used to lobby for Tule Lake and not Manzanar be the camp to be designated a National Historic Landmark.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-345-127/

img Entrance to stockade of Tule Lake (ddr-densho-345-133)

A series of photographs taken by Harry Gamble and his team at Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps as part of their research. This research was then used to lobby for Tule Lake and not Manzanar be the camp to be designated a National Historic Landmark. The fence posts, fence and jail inside the stockade are …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-345-133/

img Tule Lake guard tower tops and military police station (ddr-densho-345-99)

A series of photographs taken by Harry Gamble and his team at Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps as part of their research. This research was then used to lobby for Tule Lake and not Manzanar be the camp to be designated a National Historic Landmark. The two guard tower tops and military police station were …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-345-99/

img Tule Lake guard tower top (ddr-densho-345-101)

A series of photographs taken by Harry Gamble and his team at Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps as part of their research. This research was then used to lobby for Tule Lake and not Manzanar be the camp to be designated a National Historic Landmark. A guard tower top discovered on a private residence near …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-345-101/

img Sewage treatment plant for Tule Lake (ddr-densho-345-114)

A series of photographs taken by Harry Gamble and his team at Manzanar and Tule Lake concentration camps as part of their research. This research was then used to lobby for Tule Lake and not Manzanar be the camp to be designated a National Historic Landmark.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-345-114/

doc Handmade book (ddr-densho-339-21)

A handmade book reflecting on Doris Saito's time at Heart Mountain.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-339-21/

doc Hideo Iyeki's reflections on incarceration (ddr-densho-392-63)

Hideo Iyeki's impression on incarceration and life in Tanforan Assembly Center and Topaz concentration camps. Transcribed by Minoru Aoki Iyeki.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-63/

img Day of Remembrance celebration (ddr-densho-35-59)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-59/

img Puyallup memorial sculpture (ddr-densho-35-58)

This memorial sculpture is dedicated to Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-58/

img Puyallup memorial sculpture (ddr-densho-35-56)

This memorial sculpture is dedicated to Japanese Americans incarcerated at the Puyallup Assembly Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-35-56/

doc Letter to Family (ddr-densho-402-8)

Letter discusses progress of restoration project of Manzanar.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-402-8/

doc Poem: Seeing videotape of my grandchildren riding the merry-go-round (ddr-densho-383-567)

Prob. Written by Tamako Inouye Tokuda.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-567/

doc Letter to Philip Gotanda from Tom (ddr-densho-383-506)

Re: Gotanda's play "Song For A Nisei Fisherman"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-506/

doc Tama Inouye Tokuda's memories of growing up in Seattle (ddr-densho-383-570)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-570/

doc Program for play "A Song For A Nisei Fisherman" (ddr-densho-383-507)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-507/

doc Testimony of Marshall M. Sumida before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians (ddr-densho-379-53)

Portions of testimony of Marshall Sumida before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-379-53/

doc Seattle Post-Intelligencer: "Wartime Evacuation Japanese Dark Period" (ddr-densho-483-134)

Article in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer commemorating the 25th anniversary of the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-134/

doc World War II Magazine: Kenji's Story: A child's memory of life in an American internment camp (ddr-densho-483-139)

Narrative article written by Kenji Ima describing his personal experiences at Minidoka during World War II. Published by HistoryNet.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-483-139/

doc [Newspaper clipping titled:] My family's wartime experience (ddr-csujad-55-2008)

Commentary published in "Nichi Bei times" regarding Otani's reflections on her experience during World War II and her father's experience being fired from his job as a railroad worker. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2111

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2008/

doc Journey into yesterday: the way we were: reunion Poston II High School class of 1943, '44, '45 (ddr-csujad-55-2721)

Pamphlet of Poston II High School reunion, class of 1943, 1944, and 1945. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2885

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2721/

doc Nisei volunteers for the U.S. Army (ddr-csujad-55-1863)

Essay by Lieutenant Colonel Roy Takai about his experience being forcefully removed to Poston incarceration camp, serving in the armed forced during World War II, and the controversy surrounding voluntary enlistment among Nisei in incarceration camps. From the Poston II Reunion Program. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1866

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1863/

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