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img Sketch of the Manzanar auditorium and community hall (ddr-manz-2-73)

Caption: "The Manzanar auditorium and community hall nears completion."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-73/

img Painting of a woodworking class (ddr-manz-2-50)

Caption: "The boys in the woodcarving class of Mr. Bouche were being praised for their good work that day. The teacher was kept very busy showing his pupils how to hold the chisel."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-50/

img Painting of farmers harvesting okra (ddr-manz-2-69)

Caption: "Farm workers harvest crop of Manzanar grown okra."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-69/

img Painting of a biologist working with guayule (ddr-manz-2-71)

Caption: "A biologist hybidizes [sic] Guayule trying to produce plants superior in quality then those existing now."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-71/

img Sketch of mochituski (ddr-manz-2-5)

Caption: "Making rice cakes (mochi-tsuki). New Year custom. No 2 kitchen. Dec. 31 - 1942."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-5/

img Painting showing guayule harvesting (ddr-manz-2-8)

Caption: "The first successful growing of - guayule rubber plant cuttings."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-8/

img Painting of roll call at Manzanar High School (ddr-manz-2-52)

Caption: "Roll call is taken. This was the first day of school he study hall. Converted from a former mess ahll, resounded with laughter as Mr. Vanderjagt aide would call a name a squeaky soprano would respond 'Here,' only to be followed by an off-pitch bass 'Heah.'"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-52/

img Painting of the clothing allowance distribution (ddr-manz-2-60)

Caption: "Clothing allowance."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-60/

img Painting of the mess hall line (ddr-manz-2-9)

Caption: "Progress after one year. The mess hall line" and "Wall painting by Takamura."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-9/

img Painting of men keeping camp clean (ddr-manz-2-76)

Caption on reverse: "Keeping the camp clean and tidy."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-76/

img Painting of Manzanar in snow (ddr-manz-2-66)

Caption on reverse: "Oil for the barracks in blizzard and snow at Manzanar."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-66/

img Painting of a cooking class at Manzanar High School (ddr-manz-2-48)

"A cooking class. What vitamins do potatoes have? Miss Smith teaches her girls in what used to be the kitchen of mess hall 7."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-48/

img Painting of the Manzanar farm (ddr-manz-2-68)

Caption: "Manzanar Farm."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-68/

img Painting of the Manzanar High School 1944 graduation (ddr-manz-2-11)

Caption: "Manzanar High School commencement of 1944. Our democratic country has people representing all nation[s] - Mr. Ralph P. Merritt."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-11/

img Painting of the rubber extraction process (ddr-manz-2-13)

Caption: "A huge blender speedily stirring gallons of water mixed with chopped guayule, forces rubber out of the wood. This is a mechanical method which has been proved most efficient in extracting rubber from guayule shrubs."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-13/

img Painting of a Manzanar High School gym class (ddr-manz-2-47)

Caption: "Did you ever see such individual dress attire? This is a high school gym class I ran into on the dusty field next to block 7. Facing each other in a circle, they would clap their hands, say something, laugh. Off in the corner another class came dashing by."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-47/

img Painting of spring in Manzanar (ddr-manz-2-16)

Caption: "Saturday afternoon spring scene looking south from Block 8; quiet inside, sand pillars outside Manzanar."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-16/

img Painting of Manzanar (ddr-manz-2-72)

Caption on reverse: "After the Rain - an abandoned baby cart."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-72/

img Painting of a classroom scene (ddr-manz-2-49)

Caption: "'Gee, that angleworm's my name' said Haruo, slouched over the classroom steps as Mr. Lamphere showed his shorthand pupils how to write their name in the Gregg manner."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-49/

img Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-58)

Caption on reverse: "New Year's 'mochi' on Block 35. We especially appreciated this custom in camp during wartime."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-58/

img Painting of an administration scene at Manzanar (ddr-manz-2-43)

Caption: "I visited Dr. Carter today because school has opened and I am to make drawings of class scenes. It seemed a hundred people were rushing in and out of her office. All over her desk; the telephone rang all the time."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-43/

img Painting of Manzanar High School (ddr-manz-2-51)

Caption: "Manzanar High School. Studies took on great importance in these barrack classrooms. This was a day before the week-end holiday."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-51/

img Painting of Manzanar on New Year's Day (ddr-manz-2-63)

Caption on reverse: "At leisure on New Year's afternoon on Block 35."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-63/

img Painting of a scene at Manzanar Grammar School (ddr-manz-2-46)

Caption: "'Teacher, I know - ' At the other end of the same barrack. First graders of Miss Joh sit awkwardly about the mess table. A question has just been asked. Little Hiroshi, on the end slowly lifts his hand 'Teacher, I know.'"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-46/

img Painting of the nursery school at Manzanar (ddr-manz-2-44)

Caption: "It's nap time, but there's more noise than rest. The youngsters wriggle around, won't lie still. The teachers look exhausted. The scam in the foreground turns around. 'Hiya popa, watcha doin'?' Rest time in the nursery class."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-44/