Rosie Maruki Kakuuchi Collection

PARTNER

Manzanar National Historic Site
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COLLECTION ID

ddr-manz-10

DESCRIPTION

The Rosie Maruki Kakuuchi Collection is comprised of photographs from Rosie Maruki and her family's experiences primarily during World War II at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Materials include snapshots of family members and friends in camp as well as some postwar photos of the family in Los Angeles and immigration documents from Rosie's Issei parents.

INCLUSIVE UNIT DATE

1918-1947

BULK UNIT DATE

1942-1945

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

CONTRIBUTOR

Manzanar National Historic Site

CREATORS

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of Manzanar National Historic Site and the Rosie Maruki Kakuuchi Collection

RIGHTS

161 Objects

Group of women in front of a car (ddr-manz-10-1)
img Group of women in front of a car (ddr-manz-10-1)
Original caption: "Gazelles 1942. Teruko Kuwata, Kimi Okubo, Pee Wee Kusunoki, Fujiko Takahashi, Grace. Front - Nellie Lujan, Florence Nemoto, Rosie Maruki, Heme Hashimoto."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-1/
Group of women in front of a car (ddr-manz-10-2)
img Group of women in front of a car (ddr-manz-10-2)
Original caption: "Gazelles 1942."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-2/
Young people sitting on a hillside (ddr-manz-10-3)
img Young people sitting on a hillside (ddr-manz-10-3)
Original caption: "Gazelles 1942."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-3/
Members of a women's basketball team in front of a car (ddr-manz-10-4)
img Members of a women's basketball team in front of a car (ddr-manz-10-4)
Original caption: "Leone Miyazaki, Coach."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-4/
Signed photograph of a woman sitting in a chair (ddr-manz-10-5)
img Signed photograph of a woman sitting in a chair (ddr-manz-10-5)
Handwritten note on front: "To my darling, Always yours, Gracie, 1943."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-5/
Portrait of a woman (ddr-manz-10-6)
img Portrait of a woman (ddr-manz-10-6)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-6/
Signed photograph of a woman (ddr-manz-10-7)
img Signed photograph of a woman (ddr-manz-10-7)
Original caption: "Yoneko Yamamoto, Santa Monica, CA." Handwritten note on front: "To Gracie, Most sincerely, Yone."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-7/
Portrait of a woman (ddr-manz-10-8)
img Portrait of a woman (ddr-manz-10-8)
Original caption: "Gertrud Smith, Jefferson HS, Los Angeles, CA."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-8/
Signed photograph of a woman on a porch (ddr-manz-10-9)
img Signed photograph of a woman on a porch (ddr-manz-10-9)
Original caption: "Susie Takemoto Fukuzaki. Grand Junction, Colorado." Handwritten note on front: "Dearest Grace, Love, Suzie."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-9/
Calico Cats club photograph (ddr-manz-10-10)
img Calico Cats club photograph (ddr-manz-10-10)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-10-10/

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