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Family and friend at the beach (ddr-densho-2-31)
img Family and friend at the beach (ddr-densho-2-31)
Left to right: Patsy Yorita, Peggie Yorita, and Emily Nishimura holding Jimmie Yorita at Des Moines beach.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-31/
Japanese American making shell jewelry (ddr-densho-2-58)
img Japanese American making shell jewelry (ddr-densho-2-58)
Peggie Yorita making jewelry from shells found within the confines of the Tule Lake concentration camp. Making jewelry was a popular pastime for the Japanese Americans. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake bed. As a result, shells were available for people to fashion into jewelry for …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-58/
Japanese Americans in front of canteen (ddr-densho-2-38)
img Japanese Americans in front of canteen (ddr-densho-2-38)
Peggie Yorita and her friend, Fumie Hariguchi, stand in front of Canteen 30.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-38/
Japanese American in a camp truck (ddr-densho-2-43)
img Japanese American in a camp truck (ddr-densho-2-43)
Peggie Yorita sits in a truck used at the Minidoka concentration camp. Peggie Bain believes that the trucks and farming equipment shown in this photo were being readied for sale since the camp was about to close.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-43/
Japanese American making jewelry (ddr-densho-2-61)
img Japanese American making jewelry (ddr-densho-2-61)
Peggie Yorita makes jewelry from shells found at the Tule Lake concentration camp. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake bed, where people found shells for making jewelry to sell to camp personnel. Shells were scarce, and digging became competitive. To beat the rush, some peopel got …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-61/
Two Japanese Americans picking strawberries (ddr-densho-2-26)
img Two Japanese Americans picking strawberries (ddr-densho-2-26)
Shown here are Peggie Yorita and Sho Nakagawa of the Yamashita Shipping Company in a strawberry field.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-26/
Woman in a tomato field (ddr-densho-2-21)
img Woman in a tomato field (ddr-densho-2-21)
Peggie Yorita holds a bucket of tomatoes from her parents' farm.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-21/
Mother and children (ddr-densho-2-24)
img Mother and children (ddr-densho-2-24)
Peggie Yorita stands with her two children, Patsy and Jimmie, on her parents' farm.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-24/
Mother and daughter on family farm (ddr-densho-2-12)
img Mother and daughter on family farm (ddr-densho-2-12)
Mother and daughter Patsy and Peggie Yorita on the family farm.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-12/
Japanese Americans digging for shells (ddr-densho-2-48)
img Japanese Americans digging for shells (ddr-densho-2-48)
Left to right: Peggie Yorita, Margaret Frost (wife of one of the camp's teachers), Kumataro Nishimura, and his wife, Kadju, dig and sift for shells at the Tule Lake concentration camp. Kumataro made the sieve by hand from scrap lumber and wire from a door screen. The shells were bleached and used for jewelry-making, which was …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-48/
Family and friends on farm (ddr-densho-2-1)
img Family and friends on farm (ddr-densho-2-1)
The Nishimura family and friends on their farm in Seattle, Washington. Left to right: Kumataro Nishimura, Kadju Nishimura, Emily Herold holding Mary Nakashige, Peggie Yorita, Patsy Yorita, Tom Nishimura, Jiro Matsumura, Harry Oki (behind Matsumura), Hanni Nishimura, and Alex Ando.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-1/
Nisei woman gardening (ddr-densho-2-62)
img Nisei woman gardening (ddr-densho-2-62)
Peggie Yorita.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-62/
Woman and daughter in front of car (ddr-densho-2-20)
img Woman and daughter in front of car (ddr-densho-2-20)
Peggie Yorita and her daughter, Patsy.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-20/
Three men at rest (ddr-densho-2-29)
img Three men at rest (ddr-densho-2-29)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-29/
Woman in front of housing project home (ddr-densho-2-16)
img Woman in front of housing project home (ddr-densho-2-16)
Peggie Yorita at her parents' housing project home.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-16/
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