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16 items
16 items

Collection
Ralph P. Merritt Collection (ddr-densho-343)
The Ralph P. Merritt Collection is a part of the Eastern California Museum holdings. This portion of the collection consists of photographs from an album belonging to Josephine Hawes, Chief Nurse at Manzanar concentration camp. The photographs document the lives of the staff and Japanese American incarcerees at Cow Creek and Manzanar. Topics included: hospital staff, …

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Photograph of a couple posing in front of a door at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-127)
Photograph of a couple posing in front of a door at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0212

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Photograph of a front door at Cow Creek Camp with a pine bough decoration (ddr-csujad-47-108)
Photograph of a front door decorated with a pine bough at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0193

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Photograph of a building with a ladder in front at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-110)
Photograph of a building with a ladder in front at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0195

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Photograph of Death Valley with an irrigation wheel in the foreground (ddr-csujad-47-107)
Photograph of an irrigation wheel and pipe at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0192

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Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-136)
Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0221

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Photograph of Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-348)
Photograph of Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. The photograph is taken from the east looking west toward the Panamint range. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_1191

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Photograph of Mrs. Moroika and son Ned posing in front of a door at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-128)
Photograph of Mrs. Moroika and son Ned posing in front of a door at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0213

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Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by four children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-131)
Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by four children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0216

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Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by five children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-132)
Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by five children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0217

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Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-135)
Photograph of two women an a young child posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0220

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Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-130)
Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0215

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Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-129)
Photograph of Jean and Togo Tanaka with daughter Iye posing in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0214

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Photograph of Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-106)
Photograph of Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection. Several army trucks can be seen parked in front of one of the buildings and a line of laundry in the lower right corner. See this object in the …

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Photograph of B.R. Chamberlain, Ned and Harry Morioka and two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-138)
Photograph of Albert R. Chamberlain, Ned and Harry Morioka and two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Ned and Harry are holding the handles of two wheelbarrows which hold the other two children. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar …

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Photograph of Ned and Harry Morioka with two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley (ddr-csujad-47-137)
Photograph of Ned and Harry Morioka with two other children posing in front of the infirmary at Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Ned and Harry are sitting on the steps and the other two children are in wheelbarrows. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their …