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Two girls and a puppy (ddr-densho-388-13)
Photograph of two young girls, one holding a puppy in her arms. Caption on the back: "Taken Feb. 14, 1943 Hunt, Idaho. Blk 26-12C"
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-19)
Excerpt: "I slept till 9 for a change. Then after breakfast I went over to play for Episcopal Sunday school..." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-60)
Excerpt: "After writing you a week ago, Barbara Barrett and I went over and helped paint the staff mess hall." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-75)
Excerpt: "At last breathing spell and breath have coincided so that I can bring you up to date since Minneapolis." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-61)
Excerpt: "Lots of things happened last week until I don't know just whether I'm going or coming in my job." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Group photo (ddr-densho-258-135)
A large group of women gathered in Minidoka, with a few more women looking on from a doorway in the background. Caption below: "Minidoka Camp, Idaho."
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Monzaburo Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-118)
Photograph of Monzaburo Isoshima standing in front of a barrack in Minidoka. Caption below the photo reads "Brother Man at Hunt Idaho 1945" in black ink.
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Alien permit for seasonal work leave (ddr-densho-25-18)
In 1943, the Iseri family lived in Weiser, Idaho, under the seasonal work leave program. This program enabled Japanese Americans to apply for permits to live and work on nearby farms. Kisa Iseri, an Issei, had to apply for a special permit in order to join the rest of her family in Idaho. A list of …
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Fusata Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-13)
Photograph of a Fusata Isoshima standing in front of a tall bush. Caption below the photo is "Takeo's Father Fusata (1921)" written in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister …
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Portrait of Takeo Isoshima and Waki Makio (ddr-densho-477-12)
Portrait of Takeo Isoshima (left) with his grandmother Waki Makio (right). Caption below the photo is "Takeo his Grandmother Waki Makio" written in black ink. Caption on bottom of page is "Takeo's Siblings: Sister Yukiko 1913 St. Marie, Idaho Takeo 1915 St. Marie, Idaho Brother Hiroo 1918 Okayama, Japan Sister Chizu 1925 White Fish, Montana Sister …
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Robert Mizukami Interview Segment 17 (ddr-densho-1000-114-17)
Recalling incident of postwar prejudice in Bonners Ferry, Idaho
This is the first in a series of interviews conducted by the Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizen League in collaboration with Densho.
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Tsuguo "Ike" Ikeda Interview II Segment 2 (ddr-densho-1000-124-2)
Active in establishing camp high school, clubs at Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho
As a teenager prior to World War II, began keeping scrapbooks with newspaper articles and memorabilia, a lifetime habit.
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Rev. L. H. Tibesar posing with the Kinoshita family at gates of Camp Minidoka, Idaho (ddr-densho-403-8)
Rev. L. H. Tibesar, Maryknoll and pastor of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, Seattle posed at Minidoka Concentration Camp near Hunt, Idaho. (L to R) Y. M. McLaughlin, Charles Kinoshita, Fred Kinoshita, Mary Kinoshita, Akino Kinoshita, Jean Alexander, Rev. L. H. Tibesar.
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-16)
Excerpt: "Here's another installment which, according to my records brings our total to $105 and wipes out the very helpful loan..." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-73)
Excerpt: "Summer seems officially here today. The past week has been very cold with the most persistent high wind I've seen." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-22)
Excerpt: "Sunday I slept most of the time I wasn't churching or eating or finishing my grades to give out yesterday." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-70)
Excerpt: "Tonight I am quite well caught up, with my grades all ready and the senior grade point averages under way." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-52)
Excerpt: "Monday was calm enough -- Bob Coombs returned from Sacamento in fine shape and we got up to date on news." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Agricultural work leave camp (ddr-densho-37-45)
Original WRA caption: War food camp at Hazelton, Idaho where approximately 100 evacuee men and women, mostly boys and girls, were housed during the 1943 harvest season.
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Photo of a boy with a teddy bear (ddr-densho-483-414)
Black and white photo of a young boy in a winter coat holding a teddy bear. Caption on album page: "Hunt Idaho January 1945" written in pencil
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Minidoka Project Director H.L. Stafford (ddr-densho-37-672)
Original WRA caption: H.L. Stafford, project director of Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho, formerly administrative officer in Idaho for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Boise. Mr. Stafford was born in 1893 at Tarkio, Missouri and has lived in Idaho since 1912. Before entering government service, he engaged in farming, banking, and …
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Letter from a camp teacher to her family (ddr-densho-171-17)
Excerpt: "Monday night we learned at choir that instead of a rehearsal Thursday we were getting a farewell concert for the project." Sent from Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho.
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Construction on Anderson Dam (ddr-densho-258-38)
Wide shot of a construction site with cranes, retaining walls, trucks, scaffolding, and workers. Caption on right: "First stage of Dam 1942. Anderson Dam Idaho. Earth filled dam."
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Katherine Okamura and sons (ddr-densho-477-173)
Photograph of Katherine Okamura with two young boys. The caption below the photo reads "Mitzi's friend at Hunt, Idaho camp Katherine Okamura and her sons" in black ink.
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James Nishimura Interview (ddr-manz-1-33)
Nisei male. Born February 6, 1930, in Seattle, Washington. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Puyallup Assembly Center, Washington, and Minidoka concentration camp, Idaho. While in camp, was allowed to leave to attend high school for one year in the nearby town of Eden, Idaho. After leaving camp, Mr. Nishimura moved to …