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img Poston bird carving class (ddr-csujad-35-11)

A group photograph of participants in a bird carving class in the Poston camp in Arizona. They are most likely Issei. A water tank is seen in the background. The handwritten note on the back side reads: April 1945, Poston bird carving class taken in front of barracks, Poston, Arizona. See this object in the California …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-35-11/

img Cover of Tule Lake scrapbook (ddr-csujad-26-54)

Cover page of "Tule Lake scrapbook" (ucsb_mei_0053) created in Tule Lake camp by Japanese American students. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: mei_03_20_002

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-26-54/

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/

doc Seattle Post-Intelligencer (ddr-densho-446-451)

Selected articles: Seattle woman's saga captured in photo (p.1-2); Club Asia (p. 2)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-451/

img Fran Kinoshita crafting (ddr-densho-336-352)

The 1970s Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camps.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-336-352/

img Trudy and Shelley Hiraoka basketweaving (ddr-densho-336-232)

The 1970 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-336-232/

img Model airplane club (ddr-densho-475-744)

Black and white group photo of a model airplane club. Frank Hidenobu Miwa is second to the right in the back row. Donor note: Frank Back row Frank Second from right

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-475-744/

doc Document titled "Alamedans during World War II, Takeno Nakata;s incarceration camp artwork" (ddr-ajah-6-257)

Includes photos of Takeno Nakata's wood carvings and biographical information

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-257/

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/

doc Kaneji Domoto Diary, 1942 (ddr-densho-329-950)

Kaneji's diary from March 6, 1942 - October 7, 1942, spanning the Domoto family's time from being at home in California to about a month after arrival at Amache. Early pages of the diary resemble a notebook loosely structured by date and containing a mixture of daily activities, accounting, notes from work at the nursery, and, …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-329-950/

img Rock feature in mall (ddr-densho-377-2225)

Small, possibly paper, characters sitting atop two rock features in an indoor mall. There is a SEARS in the background.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2225/

img Water feature (ddr-densho-377-2235)

A variety of small figures, including a duck, sitting on rocks around water.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2235/

img Water feature (ddr-densho-377-2236)

A variety of small figures, including a lion, sitting on rocks around water.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2236/

img Water feature at Swansea Mall (ddr-densho-377-2234)

A variety of small figures sitting on rocks around water.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2234/

img Water feature at Swansea Mall (ddr-densho-377-2243)

A giraffe toy stands on a rock in the background.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2243/

img Rock feature at Swansea Mall (ddr-densho-377-2223)

Small, possibly paper, characters sitting atop two rock features in an indoor mall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2223/

img Rock feature in mall (ddr-densho-377-2224)

A small paper character sitting on a rock.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2224/

img Figures on rock feature at Swansea Mall (ddr-densho-377-2228)

Small, possibly paper, characters sitting atop two rock features in an indoor mall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2228/

img Rock feature (ddr-densho-377-2240)

A variety of small figures sitting on rocks inside a mall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2240/

img Rock feature (ddr-densho-377-2231)

Paper characters, including a small mouse, sitting on a rock feature.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2231/

img Water feature at Swansea Mall (ddr-densho-377-2229)

A paper turtle sits on one of the rocks.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2229/

img Rock feature on water (ddr-densho-377-2232)

A paper turtle sits on one of the rocks.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2232/

img Water feature (ddr-densho-377-2233)

A variety of small figures sitting on rocks around water.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2233/

img Rock feature with figures (ddr-densho-377-2239)

Small figures, including a dragon, sitting on a rock feature in a mall.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-377-2239/

doc Yoshito Shibata Autobiography (ddr-densho-356-267)

Autobiography of Yoshito Shibata, details his time in the U.S. Army between 1941 and 1946. In 1941 he was part of the Finance office, in 1942 he attended the Language School at Camp Savage, in 1943 he was deployed to the Pacific Theatre and was stationed there until 1946.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-267/