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Drawing of the social hall at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-11)
Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This structure in Tanforan served many purposes. It is adjacent to the huge grandstand and tangent by a stairway. Upstairs in the hall, the internees held dances, badminton, and it was used as a place where visitors could come and see their evacuated friends. The ground level which is under the …
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Drawing of recreation hall #6 at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-16)
Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "The barrack in the foreground was the recreation #6 building. Each area possessed its own rec hall. Competition was keen among them. From out the open window would [?] the sound of ping pong games in progress, little children screaming in laughter or just screaming, girls daring the boys to a …
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Drawing of Mess Hall #8 at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-26)
Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This is the mess hall which served our area. The trees in the background served as a fringe to the race track. Hiding views of possible distaste from those watching the show. The tired looking stove pipes belched forth black soot all the day long. I was amazed at the 'variety; …
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Group of women in cooks aprons outside mess hall (ddr-densho-493-53)
Caption on page below photo: Cooks 1944. Written on photo front: Mary Sakai
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Requisition for mess hall supplies, Form C-WRA-43 (ddr-csujad-55-683)
Requisition form for food and baking supplies at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Form C-WRA-43. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0685
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Ellen Ogawa and Barbara McElligot in the mess hall. (ddr-densho-336-83)
The 1951 Lake Sequoia Retreat summer camp. Left to right: Ellen Ogawa, Barbara McElligot.
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Couple cutting wedding cake at a camp mess hall. (ddr-densho-560-29)
Inscription on photo front: Dearest Mae - Always, Tad and Nancy. Message on back from Nan to Mae with small sketches
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Mercedian Vol. I No. 20 (August 21, 1942) (ddr-densho-191-20)
Selected article titles: "The Managing Editor Says: This is 30 to Mercedian" (p. 2), "Mess Hall Contest Winners" (p. 2), "'Grand Finale' to be Held Sunday Night" (p. 3).
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Shichisaburo Makino, a New York World's Fair clerk (ddr-njpa-4-1022)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Shichisaburo Makino. New York World's Fair, Japan's Hall of Nations display. Clerk in charge of decoration. Visited on the way back home by Ryuden Maru."
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Celebration of Tenchosetsu (ddr-densho-259-142)
Caption by Homer Yasui: "Picture of the celebration of Tenchosetsu at the [Hood River] Japanese Community Hall Tenchosetsu was the formal celebration of the birthday of the Japanese emperor."
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Christmas decorations (ddr-densho-37-679)
Original WRA caption: Christmas decorations in Dining Hall 34. In the background is a painted scene of the area around the center. The model buildings are a typical block.
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Girls at Japanese dance class (ddr-densho-34-159)
Traditional Japanese dance lessons were taught to the girls in the community at the local Japanese Hall. Port Blakely is located on the southeast end of Bainbridge Island, Washington.
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Japanese American Courier Vol. 11, No. 539 (May 14, 1938) (ddr-densho-96-574)
Selected article titles: "Fresno Gathering to Draw JACL Men" (p. 1), "Pink Tea" (p. 2), "Hang-Overs" (p. 3), "Rally Tonight by Booster Club at Washington Hall" (p. 4)
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Four girls on balcony of church (ddr-ajah-6-387)
Caption below photo: Etsuko Yoshida, far left, poses with friends atop the second floor of Mary Helm Hall, at the Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in Alameda, CA., 1936
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Yasue and Mitsue Ozeki (ddr-ajah-6-853)
Caption below photo: Yasue Ozeki (left) and sister Mitsue Ozeki Yatabe pose in front of Mary Helm Hall (Japanese Methodist Episcopal Church, South) in Alameda, CA. circa April 1947
Narrator Wally Yonamine
Nisei-han male. Born June 24, 1925, in Maui, Hawaii. Grew up in a small village on a sugar plantation. Played football in high school, transferring to Honolulu. Signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 1947, but ended football career with an injury. In 1951, signed with the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants, the first American to play in …
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A Community Building (ddr-densho-430-148)
Seven drafts "A Community Building" by Kichio Allen Arai, which details plans for a Nisei community hall in Seattle. The paper is part of Arai's school work at Harvard University.
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Supplement Series 8 (November 18, 1942) (ddr-densho-97-249)
Selected article titles: "Mess Hall Workers to be Paid Friday, Saturday" (p. 1), "All Residents Now Eligible for Clothing Allowance" (p. 1), "Forum to Discuss 'Issei-Nisei Cooperation'" (p. 1).
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Untitled (ddr-janm-15-11)
1 ink drawing on paper: Mess hall scene showing various families at meal time with three children looking towards the viewer. The style of drawing is reminiscent of woodblock prints.
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Masao and Midori at Gila River (ddr-densho-553-3)
Photograph of Masao Kawauchi (left) with daughter Midori (Kawauchi) Hall (right) visiting the site of the fishpond Masao built by the family's barrack at the Canal Camp in Gila River.