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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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Hauling in cotton (ddr-densho-37-964)
img Hauling in cotton (ddr-densho-37-964)
Included annotation: S-7, Hauling in their pick, 3,530 lbs. of cotton.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-964/
Gila River fire camp (ddr-densho-37-2139)
img Gila River fire camp (ddr-densho-37-2139)
Written on back: Gila River Fire - Camp #1, Mar 5, 1944. Included annotation: 210-CB-BB, Fire at Gila River camp.
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Camp store (ddr-densho-37-359)
img Camp store (ddr-densho-37-359)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A view showing the recently completed Store Number 2 at this War Relocation Authority center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-359/
Japanese Americans cooking (ddr-densho-37-107)
img Japanese Americans cooking (ddr-densho-37-107)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-107/
Dietitian aids classroom (ddr-densho-37-1209)
img Dietitian aids classroom (ddr-densho-37-1209)
Included annotation: P-201, Dietician [sic] Aides.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1209/
Japanese Americans harvesting onions (ddr-densho-37-710)
img Japanese Americans harvesting onions (ddr-densho-37-710)
Original WRA caption: High school boys and girls of Hunt pull onions on the project farm during harvest vacation.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-710/
Men inspect seed onions (ddr-densho-37-1398)
img Men inspect seed onions (ddr-densho-37-1398)
Included annotation: G-502, Seed Onions.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1398/
Coal loading operation (ddr-densho-37-508)
img Coal loading operation (ddr-densho-37-508)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Coal loading machine in operation at Granada Relocation Center.
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Growing carnations (ddr-densho-37-1404)
img Growing carnations (ddr-densho-37-1404)
Included annotation: G-507, Carnation shed.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1404/
Back of check for Roy Okuda (ddr-densho-37-1167)
img Back of check for Roy Okuda (ddr-densho-37-1167)
Included annotation: E-204, copy of check.
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Japanese American dragline operator (ddr-densho-37-530)
img Japanese American dragline operator (ddr-densho-37-530)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Larry Sato, a former southern California dragline operator, back at his old trade on a dragline at the Rohwer Relocation Center. The task of maintaining the center and its facilities, and distribution of fuel, food supplies, etc., is carried on by workers recruited from center residents, former west …
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Men in the plumbing shop (ddr-densho-37-2157)
img Men in the plumbing shop (ddr-densho-37-2157)
Written on back: Plumbing Shop.
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Staff working at Butte (ddr-densho-37-865)
img Staff working at Butte (ddr-densho-37-865)
Included annotation: B-8, OPA working staff at Butte
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Japanese American spinning thread (ddr-densho-37-529)
img Japanese American spinning thread (ddr-densho-37-529)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. There is provision for weaving and spinning at Rohwer Relocation Center. This man has grown his own cotton on a little plot by his barrack. Here he is spinning it into thread preparatory to weaving it.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-529/
View of a cauliflower seed patch (ddr-densho-37-1396)
img View of a cauliflower seed patch (ddr-densho-37-1396)
Included annotation: F-508, Seed Cauliflower.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1396/
Hog farm (ddr-densho-37-80)
img Hog farm (ddr-densho-37-80)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A view of hogs at the temporary hog farm at this relocation center.
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Laboratory (ddr-densho-37-220)
img Laboratory (ddr-densho-37-220)
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Japanese Americans making tofu (ddr-densho-37-155)
img Japanese Americans making tofu (ddr-densho-37-155)
Original WRA caption: The precipitate is put into forms and pressed. Later it is cut into smaller cakes and kept in water as shown. Tofu is a kind of "bean curd" considered essential to the Japanese diet. Other pictures in this group show the various processes in the manufacture of this product. To preserve it is …
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Dentist (ddr-densho-37-221)
img Dentist (ddr-densho-37-221)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-221/
Follow up memo regarding church ministers receiving salaries (ddr-densho-356-916)
doc Follow up memo regarding church ministers receiving salaries (ddr-densho-356-916)
Memo to James Lindley from John Provinse following up to update the list of ministers at Amache receiving a salary from his church.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-916/
Instructions for monthly statistical reports from welfare section (ddr-densho-356-996)
doc Instructions for monthly statistical reports from welfare section (ddr-densho-356-996)
Detailed instructions for the creation of monthly statistical reports.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-996/
Monthly Statistical Reports (ddr-densho-356-995)
doc Monthly Statistical Reports (ddr-densho-356-995)
Statistical reports for the months of October, November, and December of 1942.
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Memo regarding Relocation Counseling (ddr-densho-356-969)
doc Memo regarding Relocation Counseling (ddr-densho-356-969)
Memo to Caseworkers regarding Relocation Counseling, requesting caseworkers obtain specific information regarding resettlement plans during their initial interview for both indefinite leave and seasonal leave. Topics to cover include: where, nature of work, and plans for resettling family.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-969/
Memo to James Lindley from R.B. Conzzens authorizing Yuriko Domoto's work travel (ddr-densho-356-873)
doc Memo to James Lindley from R.B. Conzzens authorizing Yuriko Domoto's work travel (ddr-densho-356-873)
Carbon copy of memorandum to James Lindley, Project Director of Granada Relocation Project from R. B. Cozzens, Field Assistant Director. Memorandum dictates that military travel permits for Richard Sato, Robert Sasaki and Yuriko Domoto are enclosed and for travel to Manzanar on August 27, 1943. The memo also notes that Yuriko's return travel permit will be …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-873/
Work schedule, map, and list (ddr-densho-356-952)
doc Work schedule, map, and list (ddr-densho-356-952)
All stapled together were a work schedule for the Case Workers in Public Welfare, two maps of Granada, and a list of block managers dated January 22, 1943
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-952/
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