Food

The eating facilities in the camps were large mess halls with long lines and crowded tables. Group living tended to erode family solidarity, as teenagers escaped parental authority by eating with friends rather than family. The quality of the food was poor and milk and fresh meat were constantly in short supply. Inexpensive foods such as wieners, dried fish, pancakes, macaroni and pickled vegetables were served often. The diets of the camp inmates improved only after they began growing some of their own food.

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 19 (May 11, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-68)

Selected article titles: "Treasury Department Move Aids Resettlers" (pp. 1-2), "Action Taken on Casualty List Schemes" (p. 2), and "Philadelphia: Teamsters Union Admits Japanese" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-68/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 32 (August 10, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-80)

Selected article titles: "Meningitis Case: Great Effort Made to Save Tule Baby" (pp. 1-2), "July: Harvest Yields 372,580 Pounds of Vegetables" (p. 2), "Resettlers May Obtain Materials" (p. 2), and "Allowances for GI's Dependents" (p. 4).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-80/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 24 (August 10, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-30)

Selected article titles: "Canada Gives Postwar Policy on Japanese" (p. 1), "Patrolmen: Reorganized Force Asks Residents' Cooperation" (pp. 1-2), and "WRA Announces Revision of Food Ration Quotas" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-30/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 23 (June 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-72)

Selected article titles: "Food Committee to Be Elected" (p. 1), "Eight Violators Given Jail Terms" (p. 1), "Doubt Constitutionality of 2 Sections of New Law" (p. 2), and "Japanese in LA Hold Memorial Day Services" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-72/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 15 (June 8, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-22)

Selected article titles: "Voluntary Terminations Asked in Families of Two" (p. 2) and "Hayward Assures Ample Supply of Vegetables" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-22/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 20 (May 18, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-69)

Selected article titles: "New Acts of Terrorism Are Disclosed by WRA" (p. 2), "Sugar Allotment Cut Announced" (p. 2), "New Steps Assist House Hunters" (p. 3), and "Employment in April Shows Slight Increase" (p. 4). Page 1 of the edition is missing.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-69/

doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 7 (April 20, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-12)

Selected article titles: "82 in Center Receive Notices to Report for Physical Exams: Base Hospital to Be Utilized" (p. 1), "More Arrivals Expected as Segregation Plan Resumed" (p. 1), and "Red Cross Gifts Distributed to CA and Japanese Library" (p. 2).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-284-12/

img Mess hall (ddr-densho-37-247)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-247/

img Child waiting for mess hall meal (ddr-densho-37-518)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. It is a long time between meals at the mess hall for a hungry man, so the cracker box at the Kobayashi barracks gets a frequent raiding.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-518/

img Mess hall food (ddr-densho-37-413)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Meals are being served cafeteria style at this War Relocation Authority Center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-413/

img Farmers tending to cauliflower plants (ddr-densho-37-2164)

More information included on back of photograph.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-2164/

img Japanese Americans in mess hall (ddr-densho-37-738)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-738/

img Japanese American preparing lunch (ddr-densho-37-330)

Original WRA caption: Dave K. Yoshida, from Seattle, Washington former Chef for Benjamin Franklin Hotel. Kitchen crew preparing lunch. Menu: Baked macaroni with Spanish sauce, spinach, pickled beets, bread-pudding, tea, bread & butter.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-330/

img Preparing lunch in a home economics kitchen (ddr-densho-37-1122)

Included annotation: T-408, Preparing Lunch at Home Economic Kitchen.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1122/

img Japanese Americans making tofu (ddr-densho-37-154)

Original WRA caption: The paste-like crushed bean mash is cooked thoroughly in the big vat shown in the picture and constantly stirred. This tofu (pronounced To-o-fu) factory is operated by the Tule Lake Co-op.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-154/

img Mess hall interior (ddr-densho-37-804)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. The interior of the mess hall in Block 7 in the early afternoon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-804/

img Crowd eating breakfast at Canal (ddr-densho-37-899)

Included annotation: F-5, Segregants breakfast canal.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-899/

img Japanese American cooking (ddr-densho-37-593)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Student Mary Sakai, former resident of Stockton, California, is shown putting sliced carrots in a double boiler in preparation for the drying process.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-593/