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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doc A Year at Gila Anniversary Booklet (ddr-densho-469-8)

Includes the legend of Gila, a history of the beginning of the Gila River, facts, and maps of the Gila River, as well as summaries of Gila's River's various organizations, departments, work, and activities.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-469-8/

doc Reclassification assignment (ddr-densho-469-4)

A reclassification assignment for Kazuo Otani to a new section.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-469-4/

doc Check transmittal (ddr-densho-469-7)

A receipt and check to cover services for October 1942, addressed to Kazuo Otani.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-469-7/

doc Second Year at Gila (ddr-densho-469-9)

A summary of the second year spent by camp inmates at the Gila River Relocation Center. Topics on the second year of the camp include the camp's administration, involvement in the war, predominant religions, schools, agriculture, recreation, and population, ending with a timeline of events.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-469-9/

img Butcher shop (ddr-densho-93-33)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Butcher shop, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel Adams.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-33/

img Japanese American making clothing patterns (ddr-densho-93-5)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Bert K. Miura (pattern making).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-5/

img Japanese Americans sewing (ddr-densho-93-7)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Sumiko Shigematsu, foreman of power sewing machine girls, Manzanar Relocation Center, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-7/

img Electrical crew (ddr-densho-93-8)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Line crew at work in Manzanar.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-8/

img Co-op warehouse (ddr-densho-93-29)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Warehouse, M. Ogi, manager; S. Sugimoto, manager of co-op; Bunkichi Hayashi, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel Adams.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-29/

img Commercial artist (ddr-densho-93-1)

Original Ansel Adams caption: "Ahio Matsumoto, commercial artist." (Note: first name is misspelled; should be, "Akio")

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-1/

img Poultry farm (ddr-densho-93-34)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Poultry farm, Mori Nakashima, Manzanar Relocation Center, / photograph by Ansel Adams.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-34/

img Japanese American woodworker (ddr-densho-93-4)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Hidimi Tayenaka (woodworker), Manzanar Relocation Center, California. (Note: original caption contains misspelling. "Hidimi" should be, "Hidemi".)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-4/

img Help wanted signs (ddr-densho-93-47)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Phil Hara relocation: in charge of work-offer signs / photograph by Ansel Adams.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-47/

img Hog farm (ddr-densho-93-41)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Hog farm, Manzanar Relocation Center, California / photograph by Ansel Adams.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-41/

img Camp co-op store (ddr-densho-93-28)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Co-op store (Segregees), Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel Adams.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-28/

img Japanese Americans bundling clothing (ddr-densho-93-6)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Bert K. Miura and Toshiko Kadonada, bundling and shipping, Manzanar Relocation Center, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-6/

img Japanese American with harvested squash (ddr-densho-93-35)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Benji Iguchi with squash, Manzanar Relocation Center / photograph by Ansel Adams.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-35/

img Japanese Americans in front of camp newspaper office (ddr-densho-93-2)

Original Ansel Adams caption: Roy Takeno (Editor) and group reading Manzanar paper in front of office, Yuichi Harata, Nabuo Samamura, Manzanar Relocation Center, California. (Note: original caption contains misspellings. "Harata" should be, "Hirata", and "Nabuo Samamura" should be, "Nobuo Sawamura".)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-93-2/

img Toshio Oku photo album (ddr-csujad-3-22)

Photo album is a collection of landscape and panoramic photos of Tule Lake incarceration camp, holiday greeting cards, photos of a fire, graduation portrait of Toshio Oku, group photo of the Electrical Department, and inside the print shop of the Newell Star. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tos_01_001_023

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-3-22/

img Newell Star printers (ddr-csujad-3-20)

Group photograph, including Toshio Oku, of the publication printers in the print shop of the Newell Star weekly newspaper printed for the Tule Lake segregation camp. The group has printed stacks of Vol. III, no. 2 of the Newell Star next to them. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-3-20/

img Toshio Oku printing (ddr-csujad-3-21)

Toshio Oku prints the weekly newspaper at Tule Lake using a mimeograph machine. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tos_01_001_022

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-3-21/

img Electrical Department warehouse 348 (ddr-csujad-3-1)

Posed group photo of the Electrical Department in front of a building at Tule Lake with department sign. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: tos_01_001_001

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-3-1/