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img Pleasant Grove School (ddr-csujad-55-2601)

Black and white photograph of Pleasant Grove School. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2765

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2601/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, April 10, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-449)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Managers meeting. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0451

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-449/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, October 9, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-287)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0289

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-287/

doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Chairmen meeting, April 13, 1944 (ddr-csujad-55-450)

Minutes from the Heart Mountain Block Managers meeting. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0452

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-450/

img Last San Francisco family arriving at Tanforan (ddr-densho-151-158)

Original caption: San Bruno, California. The last family off of the bus from San Francisco, have just arrived at this assembly center which will be their home until relocation centers inland have been established and are ready for occupancy.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-158/

img Closing barn on day of mass removal (ddr-densho-151-194)

Original caption: Centerville, California. Nailing the hayloft door on the morning of evacuation. Farmers and other evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-194/

img Farewell letter posted in Chinatown shop (ddr-densho-151-118)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Letter of appreciation posted in window of Pacific Dry Goods Company, 434-440 Grant Avenue, in San Francisco's Chinatown. Evacuees of Japanese descent will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-118/

img Library (ddr-densho-151-434)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. One of the barrack buildings houses the library for evacuees at this War Relocation Authority center. The librarian is a college graduate of Japanese ancestry who employs modern methods in library procedure.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-434/

img Japanese American reading in library (ddr-densho-151-436)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. A corner in the library at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. This section contains books in the Japanese lanuage, most of which are translations of English classics.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-436/

img Japanese Americans playing baseball (ddr-densho-151-394)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Baseball players in a huddle. This game is very popular with 80 teams having been formed to date. Most of the playing is done in the wide firebreak between blocks of barracks.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-394/

img Pregnant Japanese American visiting doctor (ddr-densho-151-418)

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Young expectant mother (center) receives check-up from her doctor (left) in the medical clinic, now housed in a temporary building, at this War Relocation Authority Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-418/

img Nisei boy sitting with baggage (ddr-densho-151-265)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Young high school boy of Japanese ancestry at Wartime Civil Control Administration station awaiting evacuation bus. He is a member of the first contingent of over 600 persons to be evacuated from San Francisco.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-265/

img Japanese Americans carving wood (ddr-densho-151-338)

Original caption: San Bruno, California. Father and son while away the hours carving small wooden animals for the children in front of their home in the barracks. They have been living at the Assembly center for approximately two weeks.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-338/

img Japanese American laborer (ddr-densho-151-459)

Original caption: Near Stockton, California. Field laborer of Japanese ancestry on a large-scale corporation ranch a few days prior to evacuation. These laborers earned from $750.00 to $1000 per year, plus living accomodations and their own little gardens.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-459/

img Farewell letter posted in Chinatown restaurant (ddr-densho-151-117)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Farewell letter posted in show window of T.Z. Shiota, importer in San Francisco's Chinatown, prior to evacuation of residents of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-117/

img Japanese Americans boarding train (ddr-densho-151-295)

Original caption: Woodland, Yolo County, California. The train is about to depart which will take these evacuees of Japanese ancestry, from this rich agricultural district, to the Merced Assembly center about 125 miles away. Many leave close friends behind.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-295/

vh Melvyn Juhler Interview (ddr-manz-1-83)

White male. Born July 7, 1939, in Salinas, California. Parents owned and operated a farm in the Salinas area prior to World War II. During the war, father helped neighboring Japanese American farmers by taking care of their land.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-83/

vh Lilly Kodama Interview (ddr-densho-1001-19)

Nisei female. Born 1935 in Bainbridge Island, Washington. Grew up on Bainbridge Island before being removed with family to Manzanar concentration camp, California, in 1942. Later transferred to Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho, and eventually returned to Bainbridge with family.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1001-19/

img Group of women outside Shizuko Imagire's sewing school (ddr-ajah-6-136)

Caption below photo: California Certified Imagire Women's Sewing School / Shizuko Imagire's first dress shop and sewing school at 1618 Park Street in Alameda, CA. Photo is of her fourth graduating class, circa 1926. She is standing front row, center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-136/

img Group of women outside Shizuko Imagire's sewing school (ddr-ajah-6-135)

Caption below photo: California Certified Imagire Women's Sewing School / Shizuko Imagire's first dress shop and sewing school at 1618 Park Street in Alameda, CA. Photo is of her third graduation class, circa 1925. She is standing front row, center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-6-135/

img America in the Making (ddr-csujad-29-10)

Manzanar Elementary Department's program "America in the Making." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: 1339_P03"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-10/

img [Family at Japanese marketplace] (ddr-csujad-29-94)

Photograph of three individuals at a Japanese market. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P009

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-94/

img [Family holiday portrait] (ddr-csujad-29-92)

Photograph of George Nakagana, presumably with his family. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P007

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-92/

img [Family portrait] (ddr-csujad-29-90)

Photograph of George Nakagana, presumably with his family. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P005

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-90/

img [Family portrait] (ddr-csujad-29-91)

Photograph of George Nakagana, presumably with his family. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P006

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-91/

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