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Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-256)
img Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-256)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Construction of this War Relocation Authority center has commenced. Approximately 10,000 evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed here for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-256/
Japanese American inside barracks (ddr-densho-37-485)
img Japanese American inside barracks (ddr-densho-37-485)
Original WRA caption: Salinas Assembly Center, Salinas, California. Barracks interior at assembly center where persons of Japanese ancestry lived temporarily after evacuation from the west coast in the spring of 1942.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-485/
New assembly center arrivals (ddr-densho-151-9)
img New assembly center arrivals (ddr-densho-151-9)
Original WRA caption: Turlock, California. These children have just arrived at Turlock Assembly center. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to a War Relocation Authority center for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-9/
Young Japanese American outside barracks (ddr-densho-151-283)
img Young Japanese American outside barracks (ddr-densho-151-283)
Original caption: Sacramento, California. Another of the young students of Japanese ancestry just evacuated who has completed two years at the San Jose College. Her ambition is to become a nurse.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-283/
Students walking to barracks (ddr-densho-151-360)
img Students walking to barracks (ddr-densho-151-360)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Pre-school children on the way to their barrack homes from morning class at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-360/
Japanese Americans waiting for doctor (ddr-densho-151-423)
img Japanese Americans waiting for doctor (ddr-densho-151-423)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees waiting their turn to be called by the nurse at the medical clinic at this War Relocation center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-423/
Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-221)
img Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-221)
Original caption: Turlock, California. Heads of families of Japanese ancestry are gathered about the table where their hand- baggage is being inspected for contraband before being admitted into the Assembly center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-221/
Preschool class (ddr-densho-151-332)
img Preschool class (ddr-densho-151-332)
Original caption: San Bruno, California. Pre-school evacuee children at this assembly center number 25 with six volunteer student teachers being trained by a Mills College graduate, all of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-332/
View of Stockton Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-254)
img View of Stockton Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-254)
Original caption: Stockton, California. Part of the Stockton Assembly center as seen at noon on a hot day. This center has been open to evacuees of Japanese ancestry for one week.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-254/
Japanese Americans waiting to register for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-239)
img Japanese Americans waiting to register for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-239)
Original caption: Byron, California. Laborers of Japanese ancestry from a large-scale asparagus ranch are at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station awaiting their return to be interviewed prior to evacuation.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-239/
Family inside barracks (ddr-densho-151-416)
img Family inside barracks (ddr-densho-151-416)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. A typical interior scene in one of the barrack apartments at this center. Note the cloth partition which lends a small amount of privacy.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-416/
Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-133)
img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-133)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. The residents of Japanese ancestry appear at 2031 Bush Street for information on evacuation. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-133/
Japanese Americans saying goodbye (ddr-densho-151-42)
img Japanese Americans saying goodbye (ddr-densho-151-42)
Original WRA caption: Woodland, California. Filled with evacuees of Japanese ancestry, the special train is ready to depart from this rich agricultural section for the Merced Assembly Center, 125 miles away.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-42/
Family preparing to board bus (ddr-densho-151-266)
img Family preparing to board bus (ddr-densho-151-266)
Original caption: San Francisco, California. San Francisco residents of Japanese ancestry being checked by registration numbers and family groups prior to boarding buses which will take them to an Assembly center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-266/
Issei woman waits with baggage (ddr-densho-151-210)
img Issei woman waits with baggage (ddr-densho-151-210)
Original caption: Centerville, California. This evacuee stands by her baggage as she waits for evacuation bus. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-210/
Issei woman and children waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-169)
img Issei woman and children waiting for bus (ddr-densho-151-169)
Original caption: Hayward, California. A mother with her American-born-and-educated children awaiting evacuation bus. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-169/
Letter to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-99)
doc Letter to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-99)
Excerpt: "Here today it is Christmas. It doesn't seem like Christmas at all & the days don't ever seem to change at all." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-99/
Letter to a Nisei man from his sister (ddr-densho-153-141)
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.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-141/
Letter to a Nisei man (ddr-densho-153-46)
doc Letter to a Nisei man (ddr-densho-153-46)
Excerpt: "Pardon me for the long delay in answering your last letter which I received some three weeks ago." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois. Letter is incomplete.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-46/
Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-202)
doc Postcard to two Nisei brothers from their sister (ddr-densho-153-202)
Excerpt: "Gee, they had the six-man tackle game with the Jr. High & regular eleven- man tackle game with the Sr. High." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-202/
Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-83)
doc Letter to a Nisei man from his brother (ddr-densho-153-83)
Excerpt: "Your last two letters were of extreme interest to me and I kept reading them over and over to no end." Sent from Manzanar concentration camp, California, to Chicago, Illinois.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-153-83/
Princesses head for Spring Garden Show (ddr-densho-433-201)
doc Princesses head for Spring Garden Show (ddr-densho-433-201)
A newspaper article about two women competing to be crowned queen of the California Spring Garden Show. Kimiko Fujii hands contestant, Donna Bishop, a bouquet of carnations in the included photograph.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-433-201/
Postcard to Yuri Tsukada from Betty (ddr-densho-356-394)
doc Postcard to Yuri Tsukada from Betty (ddr-densho-356-394)
Postcard to Yuriko Domoto Tsukada from Betty that teases stories from a trip to California. Item tied together with all objects between ddr-densho-356-321 and ddr-densho-356-413.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-356-394/
Art Hansen Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-295)
vh Art Hansen Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-295)
White male. Born October 10, 1938, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Education History: BA, MA, Ph.D. at University of California, Santa Barbara. Work History: Professor of History and Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton (1966-Present); Visiting Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1979-1980; Editor, Oral History Review, 1980-1987; President, Southwest Oral History Association (1991-1992); …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-295/
Art Hansen Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-310)
vh Art Hansen Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-310)
White male. Born October 10, 1938, in Hoboken, New Jersey. Education History: BA, MA, Ph.D. at University of California, Santa Barbara. Work History: Professor of History and Asian American Studies, California State University, Fullerton (1966-Present); Visiting Professor, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, 1979-1980; Editor, Oral History Review, 1980-1987; President, Southwest Oral History Association (1991-1992); …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-310/
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