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img Lt. Vorobyov (ddr-csujad-38-483)

Photographed are Lt. Vorobyov and other soldiers. The annotation reads: Came to this group to inquire if there were any prisoners for interrogation. LT. Bolvidff [Vorobyov] asked. Reply was "Not to-day!" Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img 318 Sigma Debs (ddr-csujad-38-212)

Photographed are members of a Nisei women's club, 318 Sigma Debs, at the Poston camp in Arizona. They were also baseball players. The caption reads: 318 Sigma Debs. Title from caption. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 7. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_07_008

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img Colorado River (ddr-csujad-38-168)

Photographed are two Nisei men, Fred Yutaka Masukawa and Willie Tateishi, rowing a boat in the Colorado River. Fred Masukawa made the boat. The caption reads: Colorado River. Title from caption. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_02_003

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img Nisei farm workers (ddr-csujad-38-70)

Photographed are Nisei farm workers. It is probably taken in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: we used to play together like this on a day off. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 18. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Handsome guy, Keny Kuwahara (ddr-csujad-38-63)

Photographed is Kenneth Kenji Kuwahara standing in a sugar beet field probably in Rupert, Idaho, or Utah. The caption reads: Handsome guy, Keny Kuwahara. Japanese-English bilingual, Kenji Kuwahara. [In Japanese]. Title from caption. A photo from "George Naohara photo album" (csudh_nao_0001), page 17. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Sgt. Tamura and Sgt. Uyekawa (ddr-csujad-38-492)

A photograph of Sgt. Tamura and Uyekawa standing under apple trees. The caption reads: Sgt. Tamura is shaving his face by an electric shaver while Sgt. Uyekawa is guarding Sgt. Tamura. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img U.S. soldiers swimming in a river (ddr-csujad-38-451)

Photographed are U.S. soldiers swimming in a river. The annotation reads: No bath houses. Therefore, took a dip in the river to wash ourselves. Patrol plane kept an eye out for enemies. Item from: George Naohara scrapbook: Korean War and before leaving Japan (csudh_nao_0600). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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img Emiko Sasaki at the Jerome camp (ddr-csujad-38-277)

Photographed is Emiko Sasaki incarcerated at the Jerome camp in Arkansas. The photo was sent from Sally Sakaye Sasaki at the Jerome camp to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara at the Poston camp in Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 15. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Tule Lake scrapbook painting (ddr-csujad-26-55)

Watercolor painting depicting three figures, two children and one adult, walking towards a road lined with barracks and electrical poles. The painting depicts a mountainous landscape in the background. "Watanabe" is signed in the lower right corner. Tule Lake scrapbook (ucsb_mei_0053), page 3. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Beauty contest (ddr-csujad-26-134)

Seven young Japanese American women pose in formal dresses. Verso of photo reads, "beauty contest." The woman in the center is presumed to be the winner as she is seated, wears a crown, and holds a bouquet. From photo album of Robert Billigmeier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Tule Lake scrapbook illustarted page (ddr-csujad-26-57)

Scrapbook page featuring a pastel and pencil drawing of "Tule Lake Days" depicting a stage performance, a harvest stand, a festival queen, farm workers and a tractor, a school setting with teacher, and a crowd surrounding a train. Tule Lake scrapbook (ucsb_mei_0053), page 5. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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img On Castle Rock above the camp--facing Mt. Shasta (ddr-csujad-26-70)

Photo of three Japanese Americans and four Caucasian people, including Robert Billigmeier, posing with snowballs and a dog. Caption on back of photograph reads, "On Castle Rock above the camp - facing Mt. Shasta." From photo album of Robert Billigmeier. Related photo in sequence ucsb_mei_0122. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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img Family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-221)

A page of the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are six photographs of the Taenakas' relatives in Japan. Include Japanese men, women, and children dressed in kimono. All are most likely taken in Japan in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_09_01_016

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img Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army service uniform (ddr-csujad-25-64)

A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army service uniform with a metal eagle insignia hat. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado, where his parents reside. The same image is found in item: uscb_jia_0121. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_006

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img Wedding (ddr-csujad-25-327)

A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Includes a photograph from a wedding, in a Japanese American couple pose in a Buddhist temple. The bride wears a western wedding gown and the bridegroom wears a suit. Date and location are unknown. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Structural report, disorganization and reorganization, II: disorganization of the family (ddr-csujad-26-19)

Essay on family instability and the breakdown of traditional Japanese familial roles after incarceration including descriptions of incidents at Tule Lake which is used to further the author's agenda. Report compiled as a portion of the Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Study (JERS). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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img Wedding of Oliver Noji [and Kiyo Aiura] (ddr-csujad-26-118)

Oliver Noji marries Kiyo Aiura at Tule Lake. Caption on back of photo reads, " Wedding of Oliver Noji (architecture). The bride is radiant, Oliver looks anxious, as well he might - look whose shoes he has to fill." From photo album of Robert Billigmeier. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …

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img Approximately 200 Indonesians in San Francisco being placed aboard the "Marine Lynx" for deportation to Batavia, Dutch East Indies (ddr-csujad-27-4)

Caption found with the image reads, "Approximately 200 Indonesians being placed aboard the "Marine Lynx" for deportation to Batavia, Dutch East Indies." The ship is anchored in the San Francisco Bay. This image shows men walking up a gangplank onto the boat. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ind_01_01_002

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img Group of women at Minidoka incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-32-12)

Group photograph of women, one is Japanese American and others are Caucasian (possibly teachers), at the Minidoka incarceration camp. Some of them are holding a bouquet of flowers. This photo is featured on page 6 of the Minidoka Incarceration Camp Photograph Album (csudh_ben_001). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …

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doc 400 Japs go to Tule Lake: volunteers en route to harvest crops (ddr-csujad-34-8)

A newspaper clipping. It reports that 400 Japanese American incarcerees were hired from other camps to harvest crops in the Tule Lake camp while the incarcerees in the Tule Lake went on strike. It portraits the Tule Lake incarcerees as "disloyal Japs." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hrs_06_001

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img Grove of the Poston desert (ddr-csujad-35-13)

A photograph of a grove of the Poston desert. Dried sage plants are captured. The handwritten note on the back side reads: A grove of the Poston desert, Colo. River Relocation Center, Poston, Arizona, 1942-1945. Aug. 18th. Title from note. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_13_001

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img Japanese Peruvian baseball team "Asahi" (ddr-csujad-33-19)

A photograph of a Japanese Peruvian baseball team, Asahi. It was taken when the team won the championship. The players hold a champion cup and a Imperial Japanese flag. A photo from an album: Colonisation Japonaise au Perou (csudh_cjp_0001), page 3. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: cjp_01_03_201

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doc Log of books checked out by students in period I, taught by Harry Bentley Wells at Manzanar High School (ddr-csujad-48-120)

Log of books checked out by thirty-nine students in Period 1, taught by Harry Bentley Wells at Manzanar High School. Four names have been added in red colored pencil, three names have been crossed out. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9929. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0929

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doc Project Director's bulletin, no. 48 (March 31, 1943) (ddr-csujad-48-101)

A bulletin from Ralph Merritt addressing the criticism of the Property Control and Warehousing section. The bulletin establishes a numerical requisition register for each Section or Unit and provides the procedure for future requisitions and the tracking thereof. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9910. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …

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doc Receipt for order of graduation announcements and calling cards from Chalfant Press (ddr-csujad-48-77)

Receipt from Chalfant Press for the order graduation announcements and calling cards for Manzanar High School graduation. Receipt dated March 2, 1943, care of H. Bentley Wells. Marked paid on March 15, 1943 by Todd Watkins. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9077. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_wells_0077

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