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vh Yosh Nakagawa Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-172-22)

Attending school in a concentration camp along with Native Americans from Alaska

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-172-22/

img Group sitting in field (ddr-densho-383-246)

Toshimi Nishimura standing at back right. Bob Higashida on far left with George Tokuda next to him, in front. Possibly taken in Alaska.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-383-246/

img Men playing go (ddr-densho-15-26)

These Japanese Americans are seen traveling to Alaska to work in the canneries. The man on the left facing the camera is Mr. Abe.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-26/

doc Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. 46, No. 8, August 2009 (ddr-sjacl-1-589)

Selected article titles: "Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Centennial" (p. 1, 3), "12th Annual Aki Omatsuri" (p. 1), "The Will of a Samurai" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sjacl-1-589/

img Two men washing canned salmon (ddr-densho-15-90)

Fred Kosaka (left) and (first name unknown) Takehara wash cans of salmon that have just been cooked. Washing was necessary to remove debris produced during the cooking process.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-90/

img Two men fishing for trout (ddr-densho-15-91)

Fred Kosaka (top) and (first name unknown) Sano fish for Dolly Varden, a type of trout. The two men were in Alaska to work in the canneries.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-91/

img Salmon cannery (ddr-densho-15-88)

Mike Petrakov unloads salmon onto a conveyor belt for processing. Many Japanese Americans also worked for this same cannery.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-88/

img Workers traveling to canneries (ddr-densho-15-21)

These cannery workers are aboard the steamship "Aleutian" on its way to Alaska. Three individuals are identified: Hiroshi Yamada (middle front), Hiro Nishimura (right front), and Kenny Nakatani (back right).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-21/

img Cannery workers (ddr-densho-15-20)

These workers are sitting on plywood in front of the cannery.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-20/

img Canned salmon (ddr-densho-15-89)

The cans of salmon have been set out to cool after being cooked and cleaned.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-15-89/

Wada, Famous Jap Musher, Comes Into His Own in North. After Spending Nearly Twenty Years in Alaska, and Making Many Extraordinary Journeys, He Strikes Gold. (July 21, 1912) (ddr-densho-56-214)

doc Wada, Famous Jap Musher, Comes Into His Own in North. After Spending Nearly Twenty Years in Alaska, and Making Many Extraordinary Journeys, He Strikes Gold. (July 21, 1912) (ddr-densho-56-214)

The Seattle Daily Times, July 21, 1912, pp. 14, 15

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-56-214/