PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-janm-18-6 (2019.13.6)

PARENT COLLECTION

Sohei (John) Hohri and Harold Landon Letters Collection

DESCRIPTION

Letter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon, dated April 24, 1942. Letter in pencil on unlined paper, written in all capital letters. First page consists of drawings: a gymnast upside down on the rings, an arm holding up the date like a plate of food, a sketch of a letter from Donald Lindsey with a pole vaulter, a laughing face, and a hand holding the letter. He includes his Manzanar address in large letters at the bottom of the page. The second page is filled with softball drawings, and a large full body drawing of John wearing a glove and leaning on a bat. At the bottom of the page, he writes how they beat the West LA Warriors 25-4 and 11-5. Pages three and four are filled with drawings of pole vaulting, a home visit, baseball, pleading with a teacher, horse shoes, "flashback of Emerson days" with two boys pitching/hitting a baseball, and two boys on the ground fighting. Page five includes a drawing of Harold as a Letterman; he is depicted in a "U" jacket, smiling, holding a vaulting pole, and wearing two medals. At the bottom of the page there is a happy face looking at the medals, "U" letters, pins, and trophy.

CONTRIBUTOR

Japanese American National Museum

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Harold Landon Family in Memory of Sohei Hohri, 2019.13)

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