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Fumiko Hayashida
Nisei female. Born January 21, 1911, in Winslow, Washington. Grew up in Japan and the Fletcher's Bay area of Bainbridge Island, Washington. Member of the first group of Japanese Americans to be forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated. Incarcerated at Manzanar concentration camp, California, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, while pregnant and caring for two small children. Subject of famous photo of a mother carrying her sleeping child wearing evacuation tags.
Interviews
Fumiko Hayashida Interview — ddr-densho-1000-15
March 16, 1998.
Bainbridge Island, Washington.
01:54:38 — 42 segments.
01:54:38 — 42 segments.
Fumiko Hayashida Interview — ddr-densho-1001-1
February 25, 2006.
Bainbridge Island, Washington.
01:34:51 — 22 segments.
01:34:51 — 22 segments.
