Mitsuoka Collection ddr-densho-15
120 items
120 items
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Migrant farmworker (ddr-densho-15-28)
Norio Mitsuoka, age eighteen, was from Seattle. He is shown here picking onions. Mitsuoka made $1 a day and worked from sunrise to sunset.
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Oyster processing machine (?) (ddr-densho-15-31)
This photo was taken at the Yamashita oyster farm. The machine might have been used to process oyster shells.
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Oyster processing machine (?) (ddr-densho-15-32)
This machine from the Yamashita oyster farm might have been used to process oyster shells.
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Men on ship's deck (ddr-densho-15-33)
These Japanese Americans are on their way to work in the Alaskan canneries. The man lying down on the far left is Mike Hirahara. The three men closest to the camera from top to bottom are Min Kanazawa, (first name unknown) Sano, and George Nojiri.
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Skiing trip (ddr-densho-15-35)
Left to right: Norio Mitsuoka, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroshi Kanazawa, and Todd Fujihira enjoy spring skiing on Mount Baker.
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Four men on mountain (ddr-densho-15-36)
Left to right: Hiroshi Watanabe, Hiroshi Kanazawa, Todd Fujihira, and Norio Mitsuoka.
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Cabin quarters (ddr-densho-15-37)
Yozo Sato reads during the voyage to Alaska. Sleeping on a bunk was a luxury. Most passengers had to sleep on cots.
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Men leaving for Alaska (ddr-densho-15-38)
These Japanese Americans are en route to Alaska to work in the canneries. Several can be identified: "Turk" Fujiya and Jim Yoshida stand fifth and sixth from the left; Ben Uyeno and George Yano stand third and second from the right. Ben Uyeno later became a well-known doctor in Seattle's Japanese American community. He was interviewed …
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Men on ship's deck (ddr-densho-15-39)
These Japanese Americans are relaxing on deck on their way to Alaska to work in the canneries. The man glancing at the camera is George Izui, whose family ran the Panama Drugstore in Seattle's Nihonmachi.
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Cannery workers (ddr-densho-15-41)
These workers are at Shear Water Bay near Kodiak Island. They appear to be playing cards. Left to right: unidentified, Tom Matsudaira (cannery foreman), "Cannon" Watanabe, (first name unknown) Yamasaki, and Paul Sakai.
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Departure from the canneries (ddr-densho-15-42)
These workers are in Shear Water Bay near Kodiak Island. They are about to leave the canneries.
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Interior of cannery (ddr-densho-15-43)
Interior of the cannery before it was opened for the season. Note that several of the machines are disassembled.
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Entrance to Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-15-44)
Shown here (left to right) are several administration buildings, guardhouses, and the guard tower.
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North side of the Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-15-45)
This is possibly Block 16 of the Minidoka concentration camp. The long building on the left was the recreational hall. The torii, or bird perch, on the right was made by camp inmates. A row of barracks is in the background.
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Japanese American family (ddr-densho-15-46)
Sam (left) and Fumie Taniguchi and their two daughters.
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Japanese American in front of a vanity (ddr-densho-15-47)
Yoneko Tanaka from Seattle did her best to make her austere barrack apartment homelike. She constructed the vanity from scrap lumber.
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Japanese Americans in front of barracks apartment (ddr-densho-15-48)
Tak Hori (left) and Hana Matsuo pose with her children.
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Two children outside barracks (ddr-densho-15-49)
Two of Hana Matsuo's children pose with the fire-station dog.
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Interior of camp office (ddr-densho-15-52)
Yoneko Tanaka (seated, facing the camera) working in the camp's co-op office.