ddr-fom-1 — War Relocation Authority, Minidoka Collection — Objects

img Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-901)

WRA caption on reverse: "A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp, shows partially completed barracks."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-901/

img Welding class (ddr-fom-1-902)

WRA caption on reverse: "Members of adult education welding class using portable outfit."

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img Carpentry class building a chicken coop (ddr-fom-1-903)

WRA caption on reverse: "Adult education class in carpentry building chicken houses."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-903/

img Welding class (ddr-fom-1-904)

WRA caption on reverse: "Adult education welding class using portable outfit."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-904/

img The Minidoka swimming hole (ddr-fom-1-905)

WRA caption on reverse: "Swimming hole located south of warehouse are adjacent to the North Side Irrigation Canal which may be seen at upper right. Water flows from canal into pool and back out again. The average depth of pool is 6 feet."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-905/

img Auto mechanic class (ddr-fom-1-906)

WRA caption on reverse: "Adult education class in auto mechanics."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-906/

img Flag dedication (ddr-fom-1-907)

WRA caption on reverse: "Dedication of the project flag and flag pole in the administration area conducted by Hunt Boy Scouts. Attended by representatives of American Legion post of Twin Falls, Idaho, civic officials of Twin Falls and Jerome, Idaho, and the Military Police Escort Guarge Company. At left is high school choir. At right are …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-907/

img Students cleaning and preparing an area for rye grass (ddr-fom-1-908)

WRA caption on reverse: "Hunt High School students clean and rake areas between classroom barrack buildings preparatory to planting rye-grass."

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img Field of vegetables planted by students (ddr-fom-1-909)

WRA caption on reverse: "A garden of table vegetables planted by the high school students of Hunt High School."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-909/

img Joseph and Mary Ann Sakamoto (ddr-fom-1-910)

WRA caption on reverse: "Joseph Gerald Osamu Sakamoto, 80, and Mary Ann Tsuchi Sakamoto, 80, on their golden wedding anniversary, Dec. 11, 1943, at the Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Sakamoto came to the United States from Japan in 1894. He was the first Japanese second-hand furniture store proprietor, first Japanese express man …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-910/

img View down a street in Minidoka (ddr-fom-1-911)

WRA caption on reverse: "Looking down a street of the Minidoka Relocation Center. A service flag with two stars can be seen in the window of the first room in the barrack at extreme right."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-911/

img A family arriving from Tule Lake (ddr-fom-1-912)

WRA caption on reverse: "A family from Tule Lake Center arrives at their new home and is welcomed by residents of the block.

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img A recreation hall set up to house people transferred from Tule Lake (ddr-fom-1-913)

WRA caption on reverse: "Recreation Hall in which moveable screens were set up to provide bedrooms for Tule Lake transferees due to shortage of regular barrack space."

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img People transferred from Tule Lake registering for housing (ddr-fom-1-914)

WRA caption on reverse: "Tranferees from Tule Lake Relocation Center being registered for housing immediately after inspection of baggage. It was arranged so that the people arriving by truck from the rail siding unloaded their baggage for inspection and received their housing assignments at the same time and then got back on the trucks for delivery …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-914/

img A boy looking out of a train window (ddr-fom-1-915)

WRA caption on reverse: "Boy accompanying his parents to the Tule Lake Center looks out a window of the special train which carried 254 transferees from the Minidoka Relocation Center."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-915/

img People transferred from Tule Lake registering for housing (ddr-fom-1-916)

WRA caption on reverse: "Tranferees from Tule Lake Relocation Center being registered for housing immediately after inspection of baggage. It was arranged so that the people arriving by truck from the rail siding unloaded their baggage for inspection and received their housing assignments at the same time and then got back on the trucks for delivery …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-916/

img People transferred from Tule Lake registering for housing (ddr-fom-1-917)

WRA caption on reverse: "Tranferees from Tule Lake Relocation Center being registered for housing immediately after inspection of baggage. It was arranged so that the people arriving by truck from the rail siding unloaded their baggage for inspection and received their housing assignments at the same time and then got back on the trucks for delivery …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-917/

img People being transferred to Tule Lake (ddr-fom-1-918)

WRA caption on reverse: "A group of the 254 evacuees transferred from the Minidoka Relocation Center to the Tule Lake Center boards the train at Hunt siding after riding the five miles from the center by truck."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-918/

img Mr. and Mrs. Ben Seikichi with friends (ddr-fom-1-919)

WRA caption on reverse: "Mr. and Mrs. Ben Seikichi, center and right, with two friends. They are here shown packing their personal belongings preparatory to moving to another center."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-919/

img Kikoye Yokagawa and her children preparing to leave for Tule Lake (ddr-fom-1-920)

WRA caption on reverse: "Mrs. Kikoye Yokagawa and her children Kenichi, Emiko and Kaoru are shown packing their personal belongings preparatory to transferring to another center."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-920/

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