1754 items
1754 items
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Hunt High School students (ddr-densho-37-17)
Original WRA caption: Students of the Hunt High School at the Minidoka Relocation Center, receive final grades from Miss Jones.
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Nisei military volunteers (ddr-densho-37-329)
Original WRA caption: A family group picture of the Sakura family. Left to right are, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sakura and their baby, Frederick Scott Sakura, 10 weeks old; Chester is holding Chester, Jr., age 2; John David, age 7, is standing in [front] of Mrs. Chester Sakura; Gerald 3-1/2 is in front of Kenny; Mrs. …
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Japanese Americans swimming in irrigation canal (ddr-densho-37-326)
Original WRA caption: Swimming hole located south of warehouse area adjacent to the North Side Irrigation Canal which may be seen at upper right. Water flows from canal into pool and out again. The average depth of the pool is 6 feet.
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Elementary school flagpole dedication (ddr-densho-37-718)
Original WRA caption: Dedication of the flag pole at the Stafford Elementary School conducted by the Boy Scouts of the Hunt troop. The Stafford School is one of two elementary schools in the Minidoka Relocation Center.
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Land reclamation farm (ddr-densho-37-31)
Original WRA caption: Land reclamation farm. Mr. Kamaya and [Camp Director] Stafford in Gobo field.
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Family outside barracks (ddr-densho-37-673)
Original WRA caption: Sakamoto family picture on golden wedding anniversary of Joseph Gerald Osamu Sakamoto and Mary Ann Tsuchi Sakamoto, both 80, at the Minidoka Relocation Center on December 11, 1943. Married in Japan, they came to the U.S. in 1894. Mr. Sakamoto was an early Seattle hotel proprietor. His son, James Y. Sakamoto, 40, is …
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Camp farm (ddr-densho-37-676)
Original WRA caption: Part of farm adjacent to Minidoka Relocation Center.
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Japanese American preparing lunch (ddr-densho-37-330)
Original WRA caption: Dave K. Yoshida, from Seattle, Washington former Chef for Benjamin Franklin Hotel. Kitchen crew preparing lunch. Menu: Baked macaroni with Spanish sauce, spinach, pickled beets, bread-pudding, tea, bread & butter.
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Military volunteers (ddr-densho-37-663)
Original WRA caption: Volunteers for induction into the U.S. Army to serve in a special combat team of Japanese-Americans. At foot of flag pole stand H.L. Stafford, project director and right, Philip Schafer, assistant project director.
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Japanese Americans harvesting corn (ddr-densho-37-711)
Original WRA caption: Harvesting the first corn crop at the Minidoka Relocation Center from fields which were covered with sagebrush last spring. Note the sleeves and the cloth and head cloth work by the evacuee woman on the left to protect her from the sun.
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Panoramic view of camp (ddr-densho-37-746)
Original WRA caption: A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the center, shows partially completed barracks.
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Elementary school flagpole dedication (ddr-densho-37-719)
Original WRA caption: Dedication of the flag pole at the Huntville Elementary School conducted by the Boy Scouts of the Hunt troop. The Huntville School is one of two elementary schools in the Minidoka Relocation Center.
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Registration of camp transferees (ddr-densho-37-56)
Original WRA caption: Transferees from Tule Lake Relocation Center being registered for housing immediately after inspection of baggage. It was arranged so that the people arriving by truck from the rail siding unloaded their baggage for inspection and received their housing assignments at the same time and then got back on the trucks for delivery to …
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Camp new arrivals (ddr-densho-37-425)
Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. Gereald, 5, David, 6 and Chester Sakura, Jr., 1 1/2 brothers. These little evacuees, along with 600 others from the Puyallup assembly center, have just arrived here and will spend the duration at the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center.
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Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-63)
Original WRA caption: A group of the 254 evacuees transferred from the Minidoka relocation center to the Tule Lake center boards the train at Hunt siding after riding the five miles from the center in trucks.
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Japanese Americans at a party (ddr-densho-37-756)
Original WRA caption: Mabel Nishimura and George Fujikawa enjoying the last farewell party together. George is leaving for Tule Lake center.
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Transferees' baggage (ddr-densho-37-758)
Original WRA caption: Baggage of Tule Lake transferees sorted and piled accordingly at Hunt siding. Most of the baggage was delivered to the owners the same day.
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Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-423)
Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority Center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp shows partially completed barracks.