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img Photograph of Kango Takamura working on a painting (ddr-csujad-47-69)

Photograph of Kango Takamura painting a bird resting on a branch at Manzanar incarceration camp. He is in traditional robes and surrounded by additional supplies and paint brushes. The background is a woven screen with flowers and grasses depicted on it. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0104

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-69/

img Photograph of a silk embroidered picture of a bird sitting on a branch (ddr-csujad-47-74)

Photograph of a silk embroidered bird sitting on a branch with leaves and several berries, which was created at the Manzanar camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0110

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-74/

img Photograph of two girls standing in front of a display of stencil decorated items (ddr-csujad-47-70)

Photograph of two girls standing in front of a display of stencil decorated items at Manzanar. The items include aprons, blouses, bags and some linens. The stenciled patterns depict various animals and flowers. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0106

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-70/

img Photograph of gift ideas created at Manzanar and exhibited with other textiles (ddr-csujad-47-73)

Photograph of gift ideas created at Manzanar and exhibited with other textiles. The displayed items include handkerchiefs, small pillows and pin cushions. Most of the patterns depict flowers, with some butterflies and nautical themes as well. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0109

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-47-73/

doc Manzanar From Inside Out (ddr-csujad-19-2)

Text of address by Roy Nash, Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Project, given to the Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, on July 31, 1942 for the purpose of "interpret[ing] the actuality of a War Relocation Center housing 10,000 evacuees" in view of perceptions of mistreatment of incarcerees in California. Sections of the speech include …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-19-2/

doc College summer service in a relocation center (ddr-csujad-18-5)

Call for college students to meet a "desperate need" by serving as group work leaders supporting community activities, arts and recreation, church vacation Bible schools, and boys and girls clubs in either the Gila River or Manzanar Incarceration Camp; flier states that such service would provide the students with the opportunity to "serve significantly in these …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-18-5/

doc Youth, no. 3 (August 1943) (ddr-csujad-42-178)

A literary publication, "Wakodo = Youth" no. 3, published by Gila Young People's Association in the Gila River incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_01_86_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-178/

img Outdoor stage at the Gila River incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-42-223)

Photographed are audiences and an outdoor stage at the Gila River incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_02_06_005

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-223/

img Outdoor stage at the Gila River incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-42-221)

Photographed are audiences and an outdoor stage at the Gila River incarceration camp. The caption reads: Outdoor stage at the Gila River incarceration camp. Title from caption. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tak_02_06_003

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-42-221/

doc Song lyrics (ddr-csujad-7-31)

Several pages of well known popular song lyrics from the era. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_Song Lyrics

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-31/

doc Rhythm show program (ddr-csujad-7-30)

Program for a play/concert put on by high school students at Amache. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_Rhythm Show Program

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-30/

doc Written piece: "Halloween Dance" (ddr-densho-102-29)

This piece was written by Kara Kondo, and is part of a series titled "Sketches from Evacuation."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-102-29/

doc Poem written in camp (ddr-densho-126-1)

Jim Yoshihara wrote the poem "Damned Fence" while incarcerated at Minidoka.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-126-1/

img Children's Christmas play (ddr-densho-152-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-152-1/

img Nisei man playing the guitar (ddr-densho-157-78)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-78/

img Nisei man playing the guitar (ddr-densho-157-76)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-76/

doc Letter from an Issei man (ddr-densho-157-172)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-157-172/

img Loneliness at Poston (ddr-csujad-29-179)

Photograph of a watercolor painting depicting the Poston camp. Photograph titled: "Loneliness at Poston." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P121

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-179/