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img Two Issei gardening outside their barracks (ddr-densho-2-53)

Kumataro and Kadju Nishimura garden outside their barracks.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-53/

img Issei man holding two children (ddr-densho-2-54)

Kumataro Nishimura holding children.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-54/

img Issei couple (ddr-densho-2-55)

Kadju and Kumataro Nishimura.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-55/

img Young man sitting on roof (ddr-densho-2-56)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-56/

img Nisei soldier (ddr-densho-2-57)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-57/

img Japanese American making shell jewelry (ddr-densho-2-58)

Peggie Yorita making jewelry from shells found within the confines of the Tule Lake concentration camp. Making jewelry was a popular pastime for the Japanese Americans. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake bed. As a result, shells were available for people to fashion into jewelry for …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-58/

img Japanese American and friend sifting for shells (ddr-densho-2-59)

Patsy Yorita (left) and Neal Frost, (son of a teacher at the Tule Lake concentration camp), sift dirt for shells. The shells were used by people in the camp to make jewelry. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake bed, where people found shells for making jewelry …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-59/

img Japanese American and friend digging for shells (ddr-densho-2-60)

Jimmie Yorita (right) digs for shells used by people in camp to make jewelry. His sister, Patsy (left), and Neal Frost, son of one of the camp's teachers, sift the dirt. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake bed, where camp inmates found shells for making jewelry …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-60/

img Japanese American making jewelry (ddr-densho-2-61)

Peggie Yorita makes jewelry from shells found at the Tule Lake concentration camp. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake bed, where people found shells for making jewelry to sell to camp personnel. Shells were scarce, and digging became competitive. To beat the rush, some peopel got …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-61/

img Nisei woman gardening (ddr-densho-2-62)

Peggie Yorita.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-62/

img Nisei soldier with friends (ddr-densho-2-63)

Soldier Ben Matsumoto is surrounded by inmates at the Minidoka concentration camp. The following people can be identified: Kaz Tsujimoto (wearing the white V-neck sweater) and his brother, Stan, is to his left holding the cigarette. Hiro Nishimoto is in front and Ben Tsujimoto is on the far right.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-63/