Emil Sandquist Family Collection
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
COLLECTION ID
ddr-densho-452
DESCRIPTION
The Sandquist collection consists of a portrait of Emil Sandquist, a board game with two sets of instructions, and a letter written in both English and Japanese. The letter is from Emil Sandquist to his son, Robert "Bobby" Sandquist, from the Portland Assembly Center.
INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE
1942
BULK UNIT DATE
1942
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
1 Board game, 2 sets of instructions, 1 letter and 1 photograph
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
CREATORS
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the Emil Sandquist Family Collection, Densho
RIGHTS
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
3 Objects
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Free the Prisoner board game and instructions (ddr-densho-452-1)
Game was crafted in the Portland Assembly Center for the camp director's son, Robert "Bobby" Sandquist. The "Father" piece is missing from the game.
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Letter to Robert "Bobby" Sandquist from Emil Sandquist (ddr-densho-452-2)
The letter is from Emil Sandquist containing well wishes to his son Robert "Bobby" Sandquist. Emil tells Bobby to take care of his mom and wishes Bobby could play with the Japanese boys at the Portland Assembly Center. The letter is written in English and translated into Japanese by Reverend Francis M. Hayashi.
