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389 items
Wooden plates given to Tomoye and Susumu Tomine (ddr-ajah-2-939)
img Wooden plates given to Tomoye and Susumu Tomine (ddr-ajah-2-939)
Creator unknown
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-2-939/
Searchlight Serenade (ddr-densho-1024-6)
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/
The Art of Gaman: The Story Behind the Objects (ddr-densho-1024-33)
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/
Harusame Spring Rain (ddr-densho-1024-83)
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/
America in the Making (ddr-csujad-29-10)
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/
Bear pin and earrings (ddr-densho-539-155)
img Bear pin and earrings (ddr-densho-539-155)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-155/
Collection of shell art (ddr-densho-539-6)
img Collection of shell art (ddr-densho-539-6)
Includes description of items
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-6/
Bouquet of violets made from shells (ddr-densho-539-152)
img Bouquet of violets made from shells (ddr-densho-539-152)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-152/
Collection of other materials for shell art (ddr-densho-539-9)
img Collection of other materials for shell art (ddr-densho-539-9)
Includes description of items
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-9/
Collection of leaves and wire for shell art (ddr-densho-539-8)
img Collection of leaves and wire for shell art (ddr-densho-539-8)
Includes description of items
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-8/
Certificate of Attendance, Topaz Art School, for Misao Kitagawa (ddr-densho-539-52)
doc Certificate of Attendance, Topaz Art School, for Misao Kitagawa (ddr-densho-539-52)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-52/
Box with small pink shells (ddr-densho-539-150)
img Box with small pink shells (ddr-densho-539-150)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-150/
Fake leaves (ddr-densho-539-159)
img Fake leaves (ddr-densho-539-159)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-159/
Bear pin, earrings, and ribbon (ddr-densho-539-154)
img Bear pin, earrings, and ribbon (ddr-densho-539-154)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-154/
Paper patterns and other craft materials (ddr-densho-539-160)
img Paper patterns and other craft materials (ddr-densho-539-160)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-160/
Handmade brooches (ddr-densho-539-158)
img Handmade brooches (ddr-densho-539-158)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-158/
Bouquet of pansies made from shells (ddr-densho-539-151)
img Bouquet of pansies made from shells (ddr-densho-539-151)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-151/
Pin with shells arranged like flowers (ddr-densho-539-153)
img Pin with shells arranged like flowers (ddr-densho-539-153)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-153/
Containers of shells (ddr-densho-539-157)
img Containers of shells (ddr-densho-539-157)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-157/
Containers of shells used for shell art (ddr-densho-539-7)
img Containers of shells used for shell art (ddr-densho-539-7)
Includes description of items
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-7/
Jar of white shells (ddr-densho-539-156)
img Jar of white shells (ddr-densho-539-156)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-539-156/
Letter from Masako Tada to Marion Blomgren (ddr-densho-540-24)
doc Letter from Masako Tada to Marion Blomgren (ddr-densho-540-24)
Masako Tada discusses her daily life in the Midoka concentration camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-540-24/
doc "That Damned Fence" (ddr-densho-122-436)
Anonymous poem written in camp
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-436/
doc "Song of Cheyenne" in Japanese (ddr-densho-122-440)
Written by Mr. Yanagisako and Mr. Sumida
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-440/
doc "Song of Cheyenne" (ddr-densho-122-439)
Poem written by Eddie Yanagisako and Kenroku Sumida
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-122-439/
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