Work and jobs
Both Issei and Nisei took jobs within the camps, at wages set not to exceed soldiers' pay: $12 per month for unskilled labor, $16 for skilled labor, and $19 for professional employees. WRA staff was paid much more for the same jobs. Though public opinion mandated such low pay, dissatisfied Japanese Americans objected to losing their right to make a decent living. They had to use their sparse income for necessities, such as warm clothing and shoes.
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Photograph of Yone Akite and Lucille Carney standing in front of the Sierra Nevada (ddr-csujad-47-269)
Photograph of Yone Akite and Lucille Carney with two other women at Manzanar incarceration camp. They are standing in front of trees and the Sierra Nevada. They are all wearing winter coats. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0418
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Photograph of several nurses at a Manzanar hospital staff picnic with tables in the background (ddr-csujad-47-237)
Photograph of several nurses sitting on the ground at a Manzanar hospital staff picnic. Several additional people can be seen behind them. In the background are a line of tables with pots and trays stacked on them. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0382
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Photograph of a group of men tilling a Manzanar farm with the Sierra Nevada in the background (ddr-csujad-47-55)
Photograph of a group of incarcerees pulling a harrow through a field near the Manzanar incarceration camp. Seven men are pulling the harrow, one is guiding it, and the other is supervising. The Sierra Nevada can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0090
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Photograph of a construction crew standing in front of a U.S. Army ambulance at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-184)
Photograph of a construction crew (twelve men) standing in front of a U.S. Army ambulance at Manzanar incarceration camp. Several barracks can be seen in the background. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0320
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Photograph of hospital staff standing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-254)
Photograph of female hospital staff posing in front of the Manzanar hospital. Ten women are visible wearing skirts, blouses and cardigans. An entrance and front steps are visible behind them. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0400
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Photograph of women at a Manzanar hospital staff picnic (ddr-csujad-47-289)
Photograph of four women sitting on a bench in front of a storage container near Manzanar incarceration camp at a hospital staff picnic. Second from right is Connie. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0438
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Photograph of a man in a robe standing with the Sierra Nevada in the background (ddr-csujad-47-246)
Photograph of a man in a robe standing with the Sierra Nevada in the background at Manzanar incarceration camp. Utility poles can be seen in the background. The writing on the robe reads, "MD, USA." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0391
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Photograph of Dr. Little with hospital nurses (ddr-csujad-47-317)
Photograph of Dr. Morse and Christine Little posing with other hospital nurses as the Little family gets ready to depart the Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind the group is a car and trailer loaded with the families belongings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0472
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Photograph of a nurse posing in front of a tree at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-190)
Photograph of a nurse posing in front of a tree at Manzanar incarceration camp. She is wearing her nurse's uniform. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0326
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Photograph of Morse Little and his son (ddr-csujad-47-302)
Photograph of Morse Little and his son, both drinking from bottles, near the Manzanar incarceration camp at a hospital staff picnic. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0451
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Photograph of Dr. Little with hospital nurses (ddr-csujad-47-318)
Photograph of Dr. Morse and Christine Little posing with other hospital nurses as the Little family gets ready to depart the Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind the group is a car and trailer loaded with the families belongings. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0473
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Photograph of nurses posing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-200)
Photograph of three nurses posing in front of a building at Manzanar incarceration camp, possibly the hospital. A screen covered window on tar-papered walls is visible behind a tree. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0336
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Photograph of a group of women in front of staff housing (ddr-csujad-47-172)
Photograph of the residents of the newly-constructed bachelorette dorms standing in the snow in front of staff housing at Manzanar incarceration camp. From left to right: Nona Winchester (secretary), Edith Cox (teacher), ____, Lena Harrison (teacher), Susan Shoaf (secretary), Martha Shoaf (teacher), Ione Bermaye (teacher), and Gretchen Ingalls (teacher). The snow-covered Inyo Mountains can be seen …
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Photograph of a lab technician in the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-201)
Photograph of a male lab technician sitting in front of his microscope. Other equipment can be seen on the workstations. He is in the laboratory of the Manzanar hospital. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0337
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Photograph of Yone Akite, R.N., posing in front of a tree at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-189)
Photograph of Yone Akite, R.N., posing in front of a tree at Manzanar incarceration camp. She is in her nurse's uniform. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0325
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Photograph of four women posing next to a building with two cars in the background at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-197)
Photograph of four women posing next to a building with two cars in the background at Manzanar incarceration camp. Two of the women are wearing long flowery dresses. An administrative building can be seen in the behind the cars. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0333
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Photograph of Dr. Agnes V. Barlett sitting on a rock in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-319)
Photograph of Dr. Agnes V. Barlett sitting on a rock in the hospital garden at Manzanar incarceration camp. Behind her the hospital and an attached shed is visible. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0474
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Photograph of women standing in front of a car (ddr-csujad-47-323)
Photograph of two women standing in front of a car with the Inyo mountains in the background at Manzanar incarceration camp. One of them is Thelma McBride, a nurse at the Manzanar hospital. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0478
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Photograph of Irene Gavigan leaning over an infant at Manzanar (ddr-csujad-47-227)
Photograph of Irene Gavigan leaning over an infant who is laying on a blanket at Manzanar incarceration camp. The building behind is possibly the hospital. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0371
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Photograph of hospital staff posing in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-255)
Photograph of female hospital staff posing in front of the Manzanar hospital. Ten women are visible wearing skirts, blouses and cardigans. The front three are kneeling and the other seven are standing behind them. An entrance is visible behind them. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0401
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Photograph of a man in a robe sitting on a rock wall in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-245)
Photograph of a man in a robe wearing slippers sitting on a rock wall in the hospital garden at Manzanar incarceration camp. The hospital is visible behind him with a manhole cover in the foreground. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0390
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Photograph of Dagmar Quarnstrom and the hospital staff aides in front of the Manzanar hospital (ddr-csujad-47-193)
Photograph of Dagmar Quarnstrom and the hospital staff aides in front of the Manzanar hospital at the Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0329
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Photograph of Edna Anderson, Bernice Sibner, and Christine Little at a Manzanar hospital staff picnic (ddr-csujad-47-301)
Photograph of Edna Anderson, Bernice Sibner, and Christine Little near the Manzanar incarceration camp at hospital staff picnic. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0450
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Photograph of Mitzie, the secretary and interpreter for PHN (ddr-csujad-47-185)
Photograph of Mitzie, the secretary and interpreter for PHN, at Manzanar incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0321
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Photograph of Dr. and Mrs. Jiro Muramoto with daughter posing in front of the Manzanar hospital, with a nurse standing in the entrance (ddr-csujad-47-220)
Photograph of Dr. and Mrs. Jiro Muramoto with daughter posing on the grass in the hospital garden at Manzanar incarceration camp. In the background, with a nurse standing in the entrance of an open door. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0364