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img Carved letter M pin (ddr-densho-475-163)

Wood carving of the letter M with a safety pin attached through wire to the back. Presumably made by Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in Poston

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-163/

img Carved wood heart with M attached to chain (ddr-densho-475-162)

Wood carving of a flat heart with the letter M and attached to a chain. Presumably made by Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in Poston.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-162/

img Carved wood heart with M (ddr-densho-475-161)

Wood carving of a heart with the letter M. Presumably made by Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in Poston.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-161/

img Carved duck pin (ddr-densho-475-151)

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-151/

img Leaf pin carving (ddr-densho-475-150)

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-150/

img Carved wood heart (ddr-densho-475-157)

Wood carving of a heart. Presumably made by Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in Poston.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-157/

img Carved peacock pin (ddr-densho-475-152)

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-152/

img Carved wood heart with inner yellow heart (ddr-densho-475-159)

Wood carving of a heart with a smaller yellow heart set inside the larger one. Presumably made by Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in Poston.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-159/

img Carved brown sparrow bird pin (ddr-densho-475-155)

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

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-155/

img Metal vase with flower design (ddr-ajah-2-940)

Part of Tomine family collection. Includes inscription of name Michiyuki Enomoto

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-940/

img Group of men posing for photograph (ddr-ajah-2-889)

Caption below photo: Shu-Yo-Jyo Nai Uta Tomo "The Singing Group in Camp". Utai chanting group, Santa Fe camp,, 1943 (translation of kanji on the photo border at left)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-889/

img Group of men at Crystal City (ddr-ajah-2-933)

Crystal City, Texas Calligraphy group, 1945

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-933/

img Art by Susumu Tomine from Topaz (ddr-ajah-2-938)

Includes jewelry, sketches, small carvings

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-938/

img Wooden plates given to Tomoye and Susumu Tomine (ddr-ajah-2-939)

Creator unknown

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-939/

av Searchlight Serenade (ddr-densho-1024-6)

A 2012 documentary film on Japanese American swing dance bands in the World War II concentration camps. Produced by Claire Reynolds for KEET, a Eureka, California, based public television station serving California's northern coast, the hour long documentary debuted on October 30, 2012. The film was funded by grants from the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-6/

av The Art of Gaman: The Story Behind the Objects (ddr-densho-1024-33)

A short documentary film created by Rick Quan in 2010 to accompany the traveling exhibition, The Art of Gaman: Arts and Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946 which features arts and crafts created by Japanese American internees while living in World War II concentration camps. The film includes stories about the inmates who created …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-33/

av Harusame Spring Rain (ddr-densho-1024-83)

A young Japanese American dancer, embittered by being sent to a World War II concentration camp, is confronted by a child with dreams of becoming a dancer herself. This dramatic story follows the dancer as she overcomes her anger and frustrations to help the child attain her dreams. The late director, Jose de Vega infused the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1024-83/

img America in the Making (ddr-csujad-29-10)

Manzanar Elementary Department's program "America in the Making." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1339_P03"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-10/