Arts and literature
World War II
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Concentration camps
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Arts and literature
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Arts and crafts in camp,
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Hideo Date,
Taneyuki Dan Harada,
George Matsusaburo Hibi,
Hisako Hibi,
Hiroshi Honda,
George Hoshida,
Literature in camp,
Jishiro Miyauchi,
Seizo Murata,
Music in camp,
Chiura Obata,
Henry Sugimoto,
Trek (newspaper),
Yoshiko Yamanouchi,
Jack Chikamichi Yamasaki,
George Yoshida
393 items
393 items
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Tule Lake musical group, 'The Downbeats' (ddr-densho-298-68)
Caption in album: "Downbeats after Segregation. Hayao Miyamoto; Johnny Doi; Geo. Nakao; Geo. Sumida; Geo. Goto; Kay Yoshida."
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Portrait of the band in Tule Lake (ddr-densho-298-46)
Caption in album: "The Band in Tule Lake Center. Back row: Sam (Blackie) Mayeda, drums; Bud Johnson, bass; Kenny Kobukata, 2nd trumpet; Frank Suzuki, 1st trumpet; Sam Himoto, [?]. Leader and vocalist - Riki (Dick [?])."
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The Downbeats (ddr-densho-298-45)
Caption in album: "'Downbeats' - 1942. Front row: Piano (?); Richey, guitar; Al Nitta, tenor sax; George Nakao, alto sax; Tosh Makishima, 3rd sax."
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Heart Mountain concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-322)
Request for two fans for dancing.
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Gila River concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-284)
Request for Japanese writing brush and sumi ink.
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Topaz concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-14)
Request for sketch pads.
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Heart Mountain concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-341)
Request for flash light batteries and film.
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Gila River concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-283)
Request for ointment, Japanese writing brush, and sumi ink.
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Topaz concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-15)
Request for sketch pads.
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Tule Lake concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-32)
Request for an alarm clock, fude [brush for calligraphy], and sumi [ink].
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Poston (Colorado River) concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-484)
Request for a Japanese writing brush and sumi ink.
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Manzanar concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-386)
Request for Japanese fude, sumi-e brush.
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Jerome concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-368)
Request for writing brushes and sumi-e ink.
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Letter sent to T.K. Pharmacy from Gila River concentration camp (ddr-densho-319-285)
Request for Japanese writing brush and sumi ink.
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Young girl in traditional costume (ddr-densho-321-43)
Captioned: "To Fujii family / from / Maiko [?] / Apr. 1944, 4 yrs old / Denson Ark."
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Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-1)
This scrapbook is reconstructed from a scrapbook Hisa Nimura Horiuchi first made while she was incarcerated at Tule Lake Concentration Camp. The art was drawn by Hisa's brother Nobuya Nimura.
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Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-24)
A sketch and map showing how Castle Rock dominated the skyline of Tule Lake concentration camp.
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Page of Hisa Nimura Horiuchi Scrapbook (ddr-densho-325-23)
Sketches of Tule Lake concentration camp