Kango Takamura Collection ddr-manz-2
76 items
76 items
![Painting of Manzanar High School (ddr-manz-2-51)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/c0/6e/c06ecc47e15aea852589d5402c7d6ede.jpg)
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Painting of Manzanar High School (ddr-manz-2-51)
Caption: "Manzanar High School. Studies took on great importance in these barrack classrooms. This was a day before the week-end holiday."
![Painting of roll call at Manzanar High School (ddr-manz-2-52)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2a/d2/2ad28ccfee7c3b77e51c819f5a442782.jpg)
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Painting of roll call at Manzanar High School (ddr-manz-2-52)
Caption: "Roll call is taken. This was the first day of school he study hall. Converted from a former mess ahll, resounded with laughter as Mr. Vanderjagt aide would call a name a squeaky soprano would respond 'Here,' only to be followed by an off-pitch bass 'Heah.'"
![Painting of students going to class (ddr-manz-2-53)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/fe/85/fe858a8e732038abac9feebe807cc05a.jpg)
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Painting of students going to class (ddr-manz-2-53)
Caption: "Students hurry to the classes as the belling's on this foggy morning."
![Painting of the Manzanar High School 1943 graduation (ddr-manz-2-54)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/d3/6c/d36c02a04f88c44f85a487af136d2846.jpg)
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Painting of the Manzanar High School 1943 graduation (ddr-manz-2-54)
Caption: "Approximately 200 students graduated at second Manzanar High School commencement."
![Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-55)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/25/2d/252dce7dec2b3ae69bca56780af7c93c.jpg)
![Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-56)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/51/fa/51faf3ee939039b786b50016a2eb7a5b.jpg)
![Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-57)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ce/55/ce55e6d46e6731c541ed68b6db888283.jpg)
![Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-58)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a2/e5/a2e5bb08be3a9495dcc97bc68b6a081e.jpg)
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Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-58)
Caption on reverse: "New Year's 'mochi' on Block 35. We especially appreciated this custom in camp during wartime."
![Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-59)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/94/b3/94b373c296e9380b440af5b71f5ca704.jpg)
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Sketch of mochitsuki (ddr-manz-2-59)
Caption: "Mochi-Tsuki. Making rice cakes. New Year custom."
![Painting of the clothing allowance distribution (ddr-manz-2-60)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/79/72/797209a7b71b9f7e0c9c7e2b33858d9f.jpg)
![Painting of Japanese Americans leaving for a different camp (ddr-manz-2-61)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/1a/36/1a3655369d14c4b6d78134bc808fe844.jpg)
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Painting of Japanese Americans leaving for a different camp (ddr-manz-2-61)
Caption: "Bainbridge people bidding farewell as they leave for Minnedoka [sic] relocation camp."
![Painting of Japanese Americans making improvements to barracks (ddr-manz-2-62)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/56/ea/56ea166762a197a347b75bf51bf579b6.jpg)
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Painting of Japanese Americans making improvements to barracks (ddr-manz-2-62)
Caption: "Residents installed plaster boards inside barracks. This was the room of Mr. and Mrs. Kurahashi."
![Painting of Manzanar on New Year's Day (ddr-manz-2-63)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/2a/f4/2af4566f7edb76ab99f061b36442f164.jpg)
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Painting of Manzanar on New Year's Day (ddr-manz-2-63)
Caption on reverse: "At leisure on New Year's afternoon on Block 35."
![Sketch of a couple knitting and carving wood (ddr-manz-2-64)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/a1/fb/a1fb0d0c7ccd3b04fa2ba321f06ff2bc.jpg)
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Sketch of a couple knitting and carving wood (ddr-manz-2-64)
Caption: "She is knitting. He is carving wood. They enjoy their hobbies."
![Painting of Manzanar in snow (ddr-manz-2-65)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/78/0f/780f93b6fdfaa777aea3e5be0e8d1b37.jpg)
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Painting of Manzanar in snow (ddr-manz-2-65)
Caption: "Snow in January 1944, block 35 at Manzanar."
![Painting of Manzanar in snow (ddr-manz-2-66)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/bf/90/bf908d02fe374311bd94b8ecd4eb785c.jpg)
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Painting of Manzanar in snow (ddr-manz-2-66)
Caption on reverse: "Oil for the barracks in blizzard and snow at Manzanar."
![Painting of farmers harvesting watermelons (ddr-manz-2-67)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/93/ec/93ecbda276e213818b3687ae417bab2c.jpg)
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Painting of farmers harvesting watermelons (ddr-manz-2-67)
Caption: "The resients [sic] transformed dusty semi-arid land into green truck farms, growing vegetable crops of all kinds. I sketched this scene of workers harvesting large, ripe, sweet watermelons."
![Painting of the Manzanar farm (ddr-manz-2-68)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f9/55/f955140fa4121ed14d6433efa760069a.jpg)
![Painting of farmers harvesting okra (ddr-manz-2-69)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/48/54/4854a05af828398c23138e0735d9a67c.jpg)
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Painting of farmers harvesting okra (ddr-manz-2-69)
Caption: "Farm workers harvest crop of Manzanar grown okra."
![Illustrations of guayule leaf types (ddr-manz-2-70)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/ba/53/ba5352131588fa4ebf642595aa319c42.jpg)
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Illustrations of guayule leaf types (ddr-manz-2-70)
Caption: "Guayule shrub and leaf types. Some of the leaf types can be used to distinguish one strain from another."
![Painting of a biologist working with guayule (ddr-manz-2-71)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e2/f3/e2f356d09d811c7a12e4fe48fc615369.jpg)
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Painting of a biologist working with guayule (ddr-manz-2-71)
Caption: "A biologist hybidizes [sic] Guayule trying to produce plants superior in quality then those existing now."
![Painting of Manzanar (ddr-manz-2-72)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/f3/10/f3104f0b8d1af7f7f4e9b0faa9f43652.jpg)
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Painting of Manzanar (ddr-manz-2-72)
Caption on reverse: "After the Rain - an abandoned baby cart."
![Sketch of the Manzanar auditorium and community hall (ddr-manz-2-73)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/e8/3a/e83a79c2784c56a6c61f27de34ff8752.jpg)
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Sketch of the Manzanar auditorium and community hall (ddr-manz-2-73)
Caption: "The Manzanar auditorium and community hall nears completion."
![Internees playing cards in Barracks 5, Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-74)](https://ddr.densho.org/media/cache/83/3f/833f24faf3fe40f73f4519b80612f835.jpg)
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Internees playing cards in Barracks 5, Santa Fe Internment Camp (ddr-manz-2-74)
Caption: "Mr. Okaski, Mr. Suglyama, Mr. Tsuyuki, Mr. Hagio, Mr. Yamamoto, Mr. Tanaka, Mr. Hatori, Mr. Yamada, Mr. Musashi, Mr. Takamura." Caption on reverse: "Our roommates in Barracks No 5. Santa Fe Interment [sic]."