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Assembly center gate (ddr-densho-151-56)
img Assembly center gate (ddr-densho-151-56)
Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. A sign at the main entrance of the Tanforan Assembly center, through which all traffic passes. The gate is guarded and controlled by United States soldiers.
Elementary school class (ddr-densho-151-361)
img Elementary school class (ddr-densho-151-361)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. These young evacuees are attending the first elementary school at this War Relocation Authority center. There are six grades with volunteer teachers and voluntary attendance.
View of Stockton Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-7)
img View of Stockton Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-7)
Original WRA 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.
Close-out sale at nursery (ddr-densho-151-305)
img Close-out sale at nursery (ddr-densho-151-305)
Original caption: Berkeley, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry are closing out their businesses in preparation for the coming evacuation. They will be moved into War Relocation Authority centers to spend the duration.
John Wakamatsu Interview (ddr-manz-1-75)
vh John Wakamatsu Interview (ddr-manz-1-75)
Sansei male. Born August 2, 1952, in Los Angeles, California. In this interview, discusses his father's life as a Nisei and soldier in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team during World War II.
Postcard from Joseph G. Beeaon to Mr. George Naohara, November 2, 1942 (ddr-csujad-38-553)
doc Postcard from Joseph G. Beeaon to Mr. George Naohara, November 2, 1942 (ddr-csujad-38-553)
A postcard from Joseph G. Beeaon, Employment Investigator to George Nobuo Naohara. It responds to Goerge Naohara's application for induction into the Jerome camp, Arizona after the work in Idaho. It informs that he will be notified by the Regional Office in San Francisco, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
Taenaka family, portrait (ddr-csujad-25-209)
img Taenaka family, portrait (ddr-csujad-25-209)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page is a portrait of the Taenaka family taken in the late 1920s. Includes: Chiyoko, Kamie, Saiko, Tamesaburo, Toshikuni, Haruko, Ukichi, and Yaeko Taenaka. It is most likely taken in the late 1920s in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State Universities …
Information on teaching positons in the Manzanar Japanese relocation area (ddr-csujad-48-44)
doc Information on teaching positons in the Manzanar Japanese relocation area (ddr-csujad-48-44)
Notice by Roy Nash and Genevieve W. Carter regarding information on teaching positions at "Manzanar Japanese Relocation Area," with a handwritten note on the last page for a meeting with Leon C. High at the Winnedumah Hotel in Independence, California. Transcription is found in item: ecm_wells_9044. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
Nisei football players outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-19)
img Nisei football players outside a barrack (ddr-csujad-44-19)
A group photograph of young Nisei men incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are presumably football players and posing in two rows outside a barrack. The men in the back row are standing and the men in the front row are kneeling. Photo inscription on back: "C Football." See this object in the California State Universities …
Photograph of the rock pond at block 24 between barracks 5 and 6 (ddr-csujad-47-2)
img Photograph of the rock pond at block 24 between barracks 5 and 6 (ddr-csujad-47-2)
Photograph of rock pond, block 24, between barracks 5 and 6, circa 1940s, "a view of the garden strip arranged by William Katsuki, former landscape gardener from Southern California, alongside his home in the barracks at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
Men running on dirt track (ddr-csujad-44-15)
img Men running on dirt track (ddr-csujad-44-15)
A photograph of three men running on a dirt track in an open field at Tule Lake, California. The men are running away from the camera, each in his own lane. In the distance are barracks, mountains, and crowds of people at the end of the track. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
Nisei women working at desk in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-45)
img Nisei women working at desk in front of barrack (ddr-csujad-44-45)
A photograph of four Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are all seated at one large desk in front of a barrack and looking down at books and papers on the desk in front of them. Two of them are writing with pens. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
Kamie Taenaka and her family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-220)
img Kamie Taenaka and her family in Japan (ddr-csujad-25-220)
A page of the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are five photographs of Kamie Taenaka and her family in Japan. Includes a photograph of Kamie Taenaka taken in El Monte, California in 1913. Her family members include: Sadae Umeda [Shibuya], Mohei Umeda, and Sumie Shibuya. See this object in the California State Universities …
Nisei, UC Berkeley (ddr-csujad-25-315)
img Nisei, UC Berkeley (ddr-csujad-25-315)
A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Pasted on the page are photographs of Japanese American students at the University of California, Berkeley. The inscription on one of the photographs reads, "To Alice, from Malian Komuro." The photographs are probably taken in the early 1900s. See this object in the California State Universities …
Tamie and Haruko Taenaka (ddr-csujad-25-257)
img Tamie and Haruko Taenaka (ddr-csujad-25-257)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the pages are eight photographs taken in El Monte, California. Include Kamie and Haruko Taenaka. Photographs also include Durfee's house, and a ranch with horses and cattle, where the Taenakas work. The photographs are probably taken in 1913. See this object in the California State Universities …
Taenaka family portraits (ddr-csujad-25-251)
img Taenaka family portraits (ddr-csujad-25-251)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are two portraits of the Taenaka family taken in 1918 and 1920 in Los Angeles, California. Left photograph includes: Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Yaeko, Ukichi, and Toshikuni; Right photograph includes: Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Yaeko, and Toshikuni. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
Nisei, UC Berkley (ddr-csujad-25-316)
img Nisei, UC Berkley (ddr-csujad-25-316)
A page from a photo album including Japanese family photographs. Pasted on the page are photographs of Japanese American students at the University of California, Berkeley. The photographs are probably taken in the early 1900s. Also included is a postcard of "Gajoen" in Tokyo, Japan. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-232)
img Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-232)
A page from the Taenaka family photo album. Pasted on the page are two photographs including a portrait of the Taenaka family taken between 1921 and 1922. It captures Tamesaburo, Kamie, Haruko, Ukichi, Toshikuni, and Chiyoko Taenaka. It is most likely taken in Los Angeles, California. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
Alien's travel permit (to be used only in cases of terminal departure), WRA-394 (ddr-csujad-38-546)
doc Alien's travel permit (to be used only in cases of terminal departure), WRA-394 (ddr-csujad-38-546)
An alien's travel permit, WRA-394, for Tomosuke Masukawa, an incarceree in the Poston camp, Arizona. It certifies that his travel to Glendale, California, has been permitted by the Department of Justice and is singed by Project Leave Officer in the camp. The item is imperfect. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
Advice of personnel action, Form OEM-1, Fumio F. Takano (ddr-csujad-42-129)
doc Advice of personnel action, Form OEM-1, Fumio F. Takano (ddr-csujad-42-129)
A personnel action form issued by War Relocation Authority, United States Department of the Interior. It records Fumio Fred Takano's temporary appointment as a freight handler in Southern California area, effective from February 13, 1946. The remarks note: "Not to exceed May 12, 1946, close of business." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
Large group of Nisei men and women with a teacher (ddr-csujad-44-24)
img Large group of Nisei men and women with a teacher (ddr-csujad-44-24)
A large group photograph of young Nisei men and women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California, with their teacher. The group is posing in three rows outside a barrack. The back two rows are men and women standing and the front row in women seated in chairs. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
Nisei women's basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-10)
img Nisei women's basketball team (ddr-csujad-44-10)
A photograph of six young Nisei women standing in a row in front of a basketball goal at Tule Lake, California. The woman in the middle is holding a basketball. They are presumably basketball team members. A water tower is behind them in the distance. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
Home Makerettes (ddr-csujad-44-43)
img Home Makerettes (ddr-csujad-44-43)
A photograph of five young Nisei women incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. They are the members of a women's club, the Home Makerettes. They are standing outside posing together for the camera. Barracks are visible behind them. Photo inscription on back: "The Home Makerettes." Title from inscription. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
Nisei man standing next to carnival game (ddr-csujad-44-53)
img Nisei man standing next to carnival game (ddr-csujad-44-53)
A photograph of a Nisei man incarcerated at Tule Lake, California. He is standing next to a homemade carnival game consisting of a hoop with strings attached on top of a pole. A sign behind the man reads "goal-hi." Groups of people are walking past the man. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
Seaside Avenue looking south southeast (ddr-csujad-43-256)
img Seaside Avenue looking south southeast (ddr-csujad-43-256)
Photograph number SP-5992 of Seaside Avenue on Terminal Island. Note on the back side of photograph reads: Looking south southeast from the south side of Seaside Avenue. Five hundred feet easterly from Tuna Street, showing existing fire station in right hand background. Terminal Island, Calif. [California]. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
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