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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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Daikon seed ranch (ddr-densho-37-1391)
img Daikon seed ranch (ddr-densho-37-1391)
Included annotation: F-503, Daikon Seed Ranch (Harvesting).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1391/
Starboard view of South Dakota ship model (ddr-densho-37-1366)
img Starboard view of South Dakota ship model (ddr-densho-37-1366)
Included annotation: X-304, completed South Dakota, Starboard side view.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1366/
Japanese American working on farm (ddr-densho-37-780)
img Japanese American working on farm (ddr-densho-37-780)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Irrigating thinned lettuce on the project farm.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-780/
Close up of a battleship model (ddr-densho-37-1352)
img Close up of a battleship model (ddr-densho-37-1352)
Included annotation: T-302, Close up showing the parts.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1352/
Japanese American workers waiting in line (ddr-densho-37-421)
img Japanese American workers waiting in line (ddr-densho-37-421)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A line up of evacuee workers waiting for their identification tags which are to be used in conjunction with the first pay day at this War Relocation Authority Center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-421/
Camp hog farm (ddr-densho-37-834)
img Camp hog farm (ddr-densho-37-834)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A close up of hogs feeding at the temporary location of the hog farm at this center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-834/
Cotton pickers waiting to leave (ddr-densho-37-948)
img Cotton pickers waiting to leave (ddr-densho-37-948)
Included annotation: R-7, cotton pickers are ready to leave Ad. Bldg. parking.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-948/
Japanese Americans harvesting beans (ddr-densho-37-38)
img Japanese Americans harvesting beans (ddr-densho-37-38)
Original WRA caption: Harvesting pole beans in a field adjacent to the Minidoka Relocation Center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-38/
Japanese Americans harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-317)
img Japanese Americans harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-317)
Original WRA caption: An evacuee is shown with a crate of spinach. His smile seems to show that he is proud of the high quality of his crop.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-317/
Camp hospital (ddr-densho-37-37)
img Camp hospital (ddr-densho-37-37)
Original WRA caption: High school students working part time as nurses' aides in the hospital and as orderlies.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-37/
Harvesting at a daikon seed ranch (ddr-densho-37-1393)
img Harvesting at a daikon seed ranch (ddr-densho-37-1393)
Included annotation: F-506, Daikon Seed Ranch (Harvesting).
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1393/
Model shop display (ddr-densho-37-1203)
img Model shop display (ddr-densho-37-1203)
Included annotation: O-201, Part of display, Shop Model Shop.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1203/
Japanese American working on camp newspaper (ddr-densho-37-461)
img Japanese American working on camp newspaper (ddr-densho-37-461)
Original WRA caption: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. In the press room of the Cody Enterprise, Bill Hosokawa, Editor of the Sentinel, Heart Mountain Relocation newspaper, pulls a galley proof. Aside from being editor of the paper, Bill, on press night, sets type, prepares makeup, locks forms, and performs all the tasks pertinent to …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-461/
Japanese American clearing land (ddr-densho-37-707)
img Japanese American clearing land (ddr-densho-37-707)
Original WRA caption: An evacuee drives a heavy tractor pulling a triangle of heavy railroad irons breaking off sagebrush. This is one of the methods of clearing off land of the sagebrush adjacent to the Minidoka Relocation Center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-707/
Japanese Americans clearing a field (ddr-densho-37-698)
img Japanese Americans clearing a field (ddr-densho-37-698)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-698/
Picking strawberries (ddr-densho-37-1403)
img Picking strawberries (ddr-densho-37-1403)
Included annotation: G-508, Strawberry Ranch.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1403/
Gila River building destroyed by fire (ddr-densho-37-2141)
img Gila River building destroyed by fire (ddr-densho-37-2141)
Written on back: Gila River Fire - Camp #1, Mar-5 1944. Included annotation: 210-CB-BB, Fire at Gila River camp.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-2141/
Japanese Americans picking peas (ddr-densho-37-141)
img Japanese Americans picking peas (ddr-densho-37-141)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-141/
Dietitian aids classroom (ddr-densho-37-1210)
img Dietitian aids classroom (ddr-densho-37-1210)
Included annotation: P-202, Dietician [sic] Aides.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-1210/
Japanese Americans harvesting mustard (ddr-densho-37-408)
img Japanese Americans harvesting mustard (ddr-densho-37-408)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. One of many truck loads of mustard being harvested by the residents of the Rohwer Relocation Center on the land cultivated by the evacuees.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-408/
Japanese Americans harvesting cabbages (ddr-densho-37-807)
img Japanese Americans harvesting cabbages (ddr-densho-37-807)
Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Dermott, Arkansas. Cutting cabbages which have been left for winter harvest.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-807/
Japanese Americans unloading supplies (ddr-densho-37-535)
img Japanese Americans unloading supplies (ddr-densho-37-535)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Volunteer crews unloading supplies on a railroad siding for transportation to the warehouse at this relocation center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-535/
Japanese American cooking (ddr-densho-37-106)
img Japanese American cooking (ddr-densho-37-106)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-106/
Japanese American butcher (ddr-densho-37-531)
img Japanese American butcher (ddr-densho-37-531)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Sam Takeda, a former west coast butcher, cutting a beef quarter in the refrigeration room at the Rohwer Center. With meat rationing strictly adhered to, only experienced butchers are employed in distributing the limited meat supply to mess hall kitchens. They are recurited from center residents, former west …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-531/
Two figures picking cotton (ddr-densho-37-955)
img Two figures picking cotton (ddr-densho-37-955)
Included annotation:S-5, some pickers.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-955/
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