Camp soap factory
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-37-610 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i37-00610)
PARENT COLLECTION
National Archives and Records Administration Collection
DESCRIPTION
Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. At the Jerome Relocation Center, where some 8,000 west coast residents of Japanese ancestry now reside, Mr. K. Oyama, former California cosmetics manufacturer, set up a soap factory in a corner of a school block laundry, rendering the waste meat fats from the center kitchens. This factory has produced some 7,000 pounds of soap for center use. Left to right: Mr. I. Telashita, Mrs. K. Oyama, Mrs. M. Nishikawa, and Mr. K. Oyama.
DATE
11-Mar-43
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Parker, Tom (photographer)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration
RIGHTS