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Heart Mountain Relocation Project Fourth Community Council, 26th session (June 1, 1945) (ddr-csujad-45-29)
The council minutes feature plans to issue a bulletin in regards to differentiation of freight movements during relocation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMRC_01-01_058
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Photograph of the Manzanar administrative buildings with a flag flying (ddr-csujad-47-156)
Photograph of the Manzanar administrative buildings with a flag flying in the center courtyard. The snow-covered Sierra Nevada is in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0272
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Questions? Answers here (ddr-csujad-47-27)
A man and woman at Manzanar incarceration camp looking at a sign on a barrack that reads:"Information" beneath that sign is a vertical sign with Japanese writing. At the base of the barrack is a wooden sign that reads "BLK 1 BLDG 9." Two men are exiting the barrack standing by the doorway. Caption reads: Questions? …
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Photograph of Lucille Bouche in front of the Department of Education (ddr-csujad-47-168)
Photograph of Lucille Smith Bouche and another standing in front of the Department of Education office at Manzanar incarceration camp. The sign next to the door reads, "Apt. 3." A chain and a lock is hanging on the door and there are wooden steps with a doormat in front. See this object in the California State …
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Photograph of children at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-231)
Photograph of four young children on a blanket with toys in front of a building at Manzanar incarceration camp. Their toys include a stuffed panda bear and a clown. The building behind them is probably the hospital. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0375
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Photograph of girls sitting on a stump in front of a building at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-230)
Photograph of two young girls sitting on a stump in front of a building at Manzanar incarceration camp. One of the girls is holding an animal. The building is possibly the hospital. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0374
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Photograph of block managers meeting at Manzanar Town Hall (ddr-csujad-47-78)
Photograph of the Block Managers meeting at Manzanar Town Hall. Ralph P. Merritt, project director, is in the back row in the middle. The group is posed in front of an American flag. There are at total of 35 people, only one is a woman. Kazuo Shoji is also in the photograph. See this object in …
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Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair with Thelma McBride standing next to him near a pond in Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-251)
Photograph of Peter Hondo in a wheelchair with Thelma McBride squatting down next to him near a pond in Manzanar incarceration camp. A mess hall and barracks are visible in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0396
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Photograph of snow-covered Manzanar street with barracks on both sides (ddr-csujad-47-53)
Photograph of snow-covered Manzanar street with barracks on both sides after the storm has passed. The snow-covered Mount Williamson can be seen in the background with all of the camp covered in snow as well. Tracks from vehicles can be seen in the snow, and a few people can be seen walking in the distance. See …
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Photograph of a tractor motor being used to pump water at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-59)
Photograph of a farm tractor being used to operate a water pump at Manzanar incarceration camp. Several administrative buildings can be seen in the background with additional machinery and a farm truck. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0094
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Photograph of four people posing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-257)
Photograph of two women and two men posing in front of a building at Manzanar incarceration camp. An attached shed to the hospital is visible behind them. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0403
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Photograph of the lathe house for the guayule experiments with snow on the ground (ddr-csujad-47-51)
Exterior view of the lathe house for the guayule rubber experiments under the direction of Walter T. Watanabe, who has a staff of 22 workers at this War Relocation Authority Center. The initial shipment of 100,000 seedlings came from Salinas Experiment Station. This photograph was taken in the winter shortly after a snowstorm in Manzanar. See …
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Photograph of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-340)
Photograph of the hospital at Manzanar incarceration camp taken from across the street with a vehicle parked in front. The snow-covered Sierra Nevada are visible in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0499
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Photograph of a woman sitting on a rock in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-256)
Photograph of a woman sitting on a rock in the hospital garden at Manzanar incarceration camp. An entrance to the hospital can be seen behind her. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0402
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Photograph of a group of people posing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-208)
Photograph of a group of women who worked at the Manzanar hospital posing in the hospital garden at the Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0352
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Photograph of children at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-229)
Photograph of four young children on a blanket with toys in front of a building at Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind them is a set of steps and door to a building, possibly the hospital. The toys include a panda bear and a clown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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Photograph of Peter Hondo and Thelma McBride in a park at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-252)
Photograph of Peter Hondo and Thelma McBride in a park at Manzanar incarceration camp with several buildings and a covered water tank in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0397
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Photograph of a couple posing in front of a car near the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-258)
Photograph of a couple posing in front of a car at Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind them the hospital garden and building are visible. The car is a WRA vehicle with license plate, "US WRA M123." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0406
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Photograph of children standing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-228)
Photograph of three small children sitting on a bench in the hospital garden at Manzanar incarceration camp. Two of the children have bows in their hair. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0372
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Issuing G.I. blankets (two to each evacuee) (ddr-csujad-47-29)
Photograph of Government Issue (G.I.) blankets being given to the incarcerees at Manzanar. Each person was given two blankets. The unfinished walls and rafters of the ceiling can be seen in the building. Caption reads: Issuing G.I. blankets (two to each evacuee). Title from caption, which was taken from the original photo album. See this object …
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Photograph of blocks 6 and 12 under construction (ddr-csujad-47-38)
Photograph taken at Manzanar Incarceration Camp, of the camp under construction. Cleared land with an open trench runing along the center of the picture, two pipes are laying in the foreground of the picture. Barracks are under construction in rows on either side of the open trench. In the background are the snow-covered Sierra Nevada. See …
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Photograph of B. R. Chamberlain next to his car in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-112)
Photograph of Albert R. Chamberlain standing next to a government 1940s era car in Death Valley National Park. The U.S. Government license plate is E024. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0197
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Photograph of a man and L. Josephine Hawes posing next to a car near the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-260)
Photograph of a man wearing a three-piece suit and tie with L. Josephine Hawes next to a car at the Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind them the hospital garden and building are visible. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0408
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Photograph of G.I. blankets being issued to incarcerees (ddr-csujad-47-28)
Interior photograph of eight males, some teenage boys, carrying bundles of wool blankets at Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind them are bundles of blankets that are stacked to the rafters. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0055
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Volunteers dig ditches (ddr-csujad-47-37)
Photograph of men digging an irrigation channel at Manzanar incarceration camp. About 12-13 men with pickaxes and shovels digging and clearing brush. They are beside an irrigation ditch. The Sierra Nevada are to the left in the background with a little snow on their peaks. Car parked to the left with a man holding a camera …