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img Camp guardhouse (ddr-densho-39-35)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-39-35/

doc Minoru Iyeki's recounting of an incident in camp (ddr-densho-392-55)

Minoru Iyeki discusses an incident where her son, Kenneth Iyeki was burned responding to a fire in camp. As a result of this fire he missed his high school graduation ceremony. She also discusses the poor hospital facilities.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-55/

doc Drawing of the social hall at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-11)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This structure in Tanforan served many purposes. It is adjacent to the huge grandstand and tangent by a stairway. Upstairs in the hall, the internees held dances, badminton, and it was used as a place where visitors could come and see their evacuated friends. The ground level which is under the …

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doc Final Report of the Topaz Postal Service Section (ddr-densho-392-82)

Page 4 is missing from this document.

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img Office workers at Minidoka (ddr-densho-348-6)

Group photograph of office workers taken in the Administration Building at Minidoka concentration camps.

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img Office workers at Minidoka (ddr-densho-348-5)

Group photograph of office workers taken at the Administration Building in Minidoka concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-348-5/

doc Mary Kinoshita wartime ID (ddr-densho-348-10)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-348-10/

img Administration building (ddr-densho-37-825)

Original WRA caption: Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. Main administration building.

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img Japanese Americans voting (ddr-densho-37-169)

Original WRA caption: Alice Fujinaga, formerly of Seattle, Washington, is here notarizing and getting absentee ballot.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-169/

img Topaz concentration camp project director (ddr-densho-37-559)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Charles E. Ernst, Project Director, at his desk in the Administrative building at the Topaz Relocation Center.

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img Fire station (ddr-densho-37-35)

Each camp had its own fire station staffed by volunteers.

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img Military policeman patrolling camp fence (ddr-densho-37-483)

Original WRA caption: Arcadia, California. Military police patrol fence around Santa Anita Park assembly center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

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img Administration office workers (ddr-densho-37-172)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee stenographers and clerks at work in Administrative Office.

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img Confiscated sake still (ddr-densho-37-99)

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img Military sentry (ddr-densho-37-402)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Military sentry keeping civilians away from mess hall at Poston I.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-402/

img Gila River concentration camp project director (ddr-densho-37-600)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Douglas K. Todd, Project Director of the Gila Relocation Center. On September 15, two weeks before the Canal Camp at Rivers, Arizona, was to close, only 635 people remained and 370 of these had bus or train reservations for the following week (the Canal Camp once had …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-600/

img Co-op canteen (ddr-densho-37-151)

Original WRA caption: This shows outside of Canteen (general store) operated by the Co-operative Enterprises, Inc. The large size sign says there is to be a big sale of hardware, drugs, cosmetics, etc. The sign, upper right, is a notice of a Buddhist lecture[.] [I]t has no connection with the Co-op.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-151/

img Minidoka Project Director H.L. Stafford (ddr-densho-37-672)

Original WRA caption: H.L. Stafford, project director of Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho, formerly administrative officer in Idaho for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Boise. Mr. Stafford was born in 1893 at Tarkio, Missouri and has lived in Idaho since 1912. Before entering government service, he engaged in farming, banking, and …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-672/

img Ceremonial presentation (ddr-densho-37-668)

Original WRA caption: Tura Nakamura, block manager of block 42-44 presents ceremonial Tai fish to Project Director, H.L. Stafford and Philip Schafer, assistant project director, on behalf of the block managers as a token of appreciation for the manner in which the administration helped to make the Army volunteering program a success.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-668/

img Military Police barracks (ddr-densho-37-800)

Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. "Old Glory" is lowered for the last time over the Military Police barracks at the Jerome Center. Corporal Thomas Savage stands at attention as the emblem begins its descent. As most of the Military Guards had returned to their base at Monticello, Arkansas, formal retreat …

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