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img Group clearing trees (ddr-ajah-6-219)

Caption below photo: Clearing land outside of the camp confines. They probably used the wood to heat their barracks. Jerome, Arkansas, November 1943. Written on photo front: Nov. 43

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img Goro Sato family at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-216)

Caption below photo: Sato family of Alameda, CA., in Jerome, Arkansas. When Jerome closed in June 1944, they moved tot the incarceration camp at Gila, Arizona. Photo January 1943

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-124)

Excerpt: "Thanks a lot for the letter. It looks as if you got off to rather bad start in the Army." Sent from Minnesota, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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img Japanese Americans moving to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-803)

Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Military Police assist evacuees entering the chair cars for the June 13th trip to the Gila River Center.

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img Hospital building (ddr-densho-37-805)

Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. One of the hospital wings showing the heating plant area. One wing is in use and the other is under construction.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-128)

Excerpt: "Thanks for your letters. It sure sounds like the army life is teaching you quite a few things." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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img Harvesting mustard (ddr-densho-37-528)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Residents of the Rohwer Relocation Center harvest a truck load of mustard on the extensive acreage they have helped cultivate near-by.

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img Japanese Americans picking sports teams (ddr-densho-37-543)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Dick Kunishima, Coach and former California High School Athletic Director, tears his team apart between halves of a Stockton - Santa Anita Game.

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img Camp entrance (ddr-densho-37-798)

Original WRA caption: Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Last glimpse of the Jerome Center as residents leave by train to take up their residents at another center.

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img Community enterprises store no. 1 (ddr-csujad-38-258)

Photographed are staff members of the community enterprises store no. 1 in the Jerome camp in Arkansas. Includes Yoshiye Dorothy Naohara, a cousin of George Naohara. The caption reads: Jerome, Arkansas, 1944. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_14_003

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img Dorothy Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-264)

Photographed is Yoshiye Dorothy Naohara posing in front of barracks at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. It is given to Mitzi Masukawa at the Poston camp. Autographed by Dorothy Naohara. The caption reads: Arkansas. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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img Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-261)

Photographed are barracks of the Jerome camp in Denson, Arkansas. The caption reads: Denson, Arkansas. The handwritten note on the back side reads: Block 36, 38. Hospital in back ground by smoke sta__. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 14. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-141)

Excerpt: "Please forgive me for not writing more often. I guess a little excitement of being home causes me to forget!" Sent from Los Angeles, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-129)

Excerpt: "Received your letter during the latter part of last week but unable to write you sooner due to an excuse of exams." Sent from Minnesota, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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doc Stockon El Joaquin Vol. III No. 7 (September 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-196-31)

Selected article titles: "Destination -- Arkansas!! W.D.C. Orders Released; Oct. 3. 1st Exodus Date" (p. 1), "Delta Land, Rich" (p. 1), "Heavy Rainfall. Same Temperature" (p. 2), "Rich Delta Land, Promising" (p. 2).

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img Japanese Americans building a barrack porch (ddr-densho-37-407)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee Arkansas. A typical street scene. Wood for fuel is piled in the barracks street and a crew of evacuees is building on a front porch.

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img Japanese Americans harvesting mustard (ddr-densho-37-408)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. One of many truck loads of mustard being harvested by the residents of the Rohwer Relocation Center on the land cultivated by the evacuees.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-133)

Excerpt: "Thank you for all of the letters. It's a good thing you never forget to drop a few lines each week." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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img Wood carving class (ddr-densho-37-551)

Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. In a wood carving class, this center resident, a former Californian of Japanese ancestry works on a patriotic carving out from a natural hardwood formation.

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doc Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-125)

Excerpt: "Thank you very much for your letter. Right now you won't get the letters I have written because I'm out of stamps." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, possibly to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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img Canteen store no. 1 (ddr-csujad-38-260)

Photographed are staff members of the community enterprises store no. 1 in the Jerome camp in Arkansas. Includes Yoshiye Dorothy Naohara, a cousin of George Naohara. The caption reads: Canteen store no. 1, Denson, Arkansas, 1944. Title from caption. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 14. See this object in the California State …

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img Usami Terada (ddr-csujad-4-7)

A photograph of Usami Terada around age 21. It is taken at the Rohwer incarceration camp in McGehee, Arkansas. It depicts Usami Terada standing in front of one of the barracks in the camp. The inscription on the backside reads: Usami Terada, March 1944, Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. See this object in the California State …

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img Emiko [Amy] Terada (ddr-csujad-4-8)

A photograph of Emiko Amy Terada around age 19. It is taken at the Rohwer incarceration camp in McGehee, Arkansas. It depicts Emiko Amy Terada standing in front of a building in the camp. The inscription on the backside reads: Emiko Terada, March 1944, Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. See this object in the California State …

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img Sato family at Jerome Camp (ddr-ajah-6-215)

Caption below photo: The Sato families of Alameda, CA., in Jerome Arkansas, January 1943. Kimiko was married to Goro, Etsuko was married to Toshio. Goro and Toshio are brothers. Written on photo front: Jan. 1943

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doc Postcard to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-206)

Excerpt: "Joe, received your letters but have been too busy to answer because of the coming final exams of one-and-a-half hours each." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Camp Robinson, Arkansas.

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