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img Japanese Americans taking art classes (ddr-densho-151-479)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. In the Art School at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-479/

img Japanese American artist (ddr-densho-93-11)

Original Ansel Adams caption: C.T. Hibino, artist, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel Adams.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-11/

doc Pencil sketch of Abalone Hill (ddr-densho-350-11)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-350-11/

doc Sketch of Castle Rock at night (ddr-densho-350-8)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-350-8/

doc Watercolor painting of Castle Rock (ddr-densho-350-10)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-350-10/

doc Watercolor painting of Tule Lake (ddr-densho-350-9)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-350-9/

doc Painting of Abalone Hill and barracks (ddr-densho-350-12)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-350-12/

img Pencil sketch of Abalone Hill with barracks and poetry (ddr-densho-350-13)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-350-13/

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 .

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-9/

img An actor in costume (ddr-manz-4-137)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-137/

img Scene from a play (ddr-manz-4-135)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-135/

doc Hand painted postcard sent to Rev. Shinjo Nagatomi (ddr-manz-4-91)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-91/

doc Drawing on fabric (ddr-manz-4-50)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-50/

img Rev. Shinjo Nagatomi with actors in a play (ddr-manz-4-134)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-134/

img A crowd laughing during a play (ddr-manz-4-136)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-4-136/

img Carved wood heart with two carved hearts (ddr-densho-475-160)

Wood carving of a heart with two conjoined hearts set inside the larger one. Back side of heart has indent where pin used to be. Presumably made by Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in Poston

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-160/

img Five girls performing (ddr-densho-475-228)

Black and white photograph of five unidentified teen girls singing into a microphone. Several rows of men are seated behind them with an American flag on the wall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-228/

img Carved pin of two birds (ddr-densho-475-156)

Wood carving of two birds with a safety pin inserted in the back. Presumably made by Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in Poston.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-156/

img Five girls performing (ddr-densho-475-227)

Black and white photograph of five unidentified teen girls singing into a microphone. Several rows of men are seated behind them with an American flag on the wall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-227/

img Stage dancers (ddr-densho-475-258)

Blurry black and white photograph of four dancers with fans in Japanese dress on stage.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-258/

img Play performers (ddr-densho-475-259)

Blurry black and white photograph of two women in kimono and makeup holding large fish-shaped objects on a stage. An unidentified man in suit is standing off to the side.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-259/

img Stage (ddr-densho-475-12)

Black and white photograph of an outdoor stage with a painted backdrop that includes kanji and katakana. Crude wooden railings in the dirt line the front of the stage. A man stands under a large tree.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-12/