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img Painting of Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-36)

"A butane tank was used to strike the gong that summoned us to mess hall. Santa Fe internment camp."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-36/

img Painting of the Santa Fe canteen (ddr-manz-2-27)

Caption: "Mr. Arai, Mr. Funahashi." Caption on reverse: "A canteen for the convenience of Santa Fe's internees."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-27/

img Painting of the Takamura Family's pet hawk (ddr-manz-2-1)

Caption: "Our pet hawk died on May 22. The following day Mr. Sato of Chula Vista died. But same day over 80 of us internees were released."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-1/

img Painting of Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-25)

Caption on reverse: "Panorama of Santa Fe Internment Center. Drawn on writing paper - with anxiety - during early days when I was not sure that drawings of any kind were permitted."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-25/

img Painting of men making wooden clogs (ddr-manz-2-30)

Caption on reverse: "We made wooden clogs to send to our families at other centers."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-30/

img Painting of an adobe house (ddr-manz-2-32)

Caption: "An adobe house inside our Sata [sic] Fe Camp."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-32/

img Painting of men observing cloud formations (ddr-manz-2-38)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-38/

img Painting of a cloud formation over hills (ddr-manz-2-3)

Caption: "At evening I sketched this beautiful, unusual cloud formation. All at [sic] us noticed it. We wondered whether these might mean that we would be at peace."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-3/

img Painting of a sunset at Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-21)

Caption on reverse: "Santa Fe's sunsets were beautiful!"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-21/

img Painting of the administration office at Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-26)

Caption: "Mr. Ohkado, Mr. Nozaki R., Mr. Kitagawa M." Caption on reverse: "Administration Office Santa Fe Internment Center."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-26/

img Painting of men listening to music (ddr-manz-2-22)

Caption: "Mr. Murayama, Mr. Hoshimiya. Enjoying the recording music."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-22/

img Painting of a scene at Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-24)

Caption: "Santa Fe Internment Camp."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-24/

img Painting of the mess hall line (ddr-manz-2-18)

Caption on reverse: "The early birds and the mess hall lineup."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-18/

img Painting of men relaxing after dinner (ddr-manz-2-20)

Caption on reverse: "Relaxing after super."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-20/

img Painting of barracks at Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-35)

Caption: "This was the Santa Fe barrack No. 5 where I stayed."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-35/

img Sketch of baseball scenes (ddr-manz-2-34)

Caption: "Mr. Higashikuze. Our umpire Mr. Higashikuze knew the rules but the players dint [sic] it. However we all had a good time."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-34/

img Sunrise at Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-23)

Caption on reverse: "Dawn in the winter."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-23/

img Painting of a baseball game (ddr-manz-2-2)

Caption: "Our guard in the watch tower became a spring baseball fan at Santa Fe."

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

img Painting of men in the sewing room (ddr-manz-2-28)

Caption: "Mr. Kamimura, Mr. Kamel, Mr. Kishi." Caption on reverse: "Sewing room."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-28/

img Painting of internees leaving Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-37)

Caption: "June 1942. Ending months of uncertainty, we were released from Santa Fe internment camp to return to our families at relocation centers. Everyone cheered as we left camp. Now there was hope we would return home."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-37/

img Painting of the shower room at Santa Fe Internment Camps (ddr-manz-2-31)

Caption on reverse: "We made bath tubs in the shower room out of wooden fish boxes."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-31/

img Painting of internees arriving at Manzanar (ddr-manz-2-41)

Caption: "Home sweet home for men coming home to Manzanar from beet furlough."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-41/

img Painting of a mess hall scene (ddr-manz-2-19)

Caption on reverse: "Chow time at the mess hall. Santa Fe."

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

img Painting of internees on the train leaving Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-39)

Caption: "We stopped briefly at a small town - Needles, they said. To our pleasant surprise, Japanese workers brought us boxes of food."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-39/

img Painting of internees waiting to transfer to buses (ddr-manz-2-40)

Caption: "Mojave, Calif. We waited for our bus here for seven long hours in a desert windstorm - after we disembarked from the trin."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-2-40/