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Collection Harry Hiroshi Imamura Collection (ddr-densho-253)

The Harry Hiroshi Imamura Collection consists of 7 paintings by Harry Hiroshi Imamura. These paintings capture the journey to and life in Manzanar concentration camp, California. Mr. Imamura began painting in the 1970s after he sold his truckstop restaurant, the East Valley Cafe.

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img Ten-minute rest stop (ddr-densho-253-5)

Caption: "Ten-minute rest stop permitted the Japanese to stretch briefly. Halts were made at two-hour intervals. Some Japanese strolled into sagebrush, others tinkered with motors, smoked, talked."

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img Internees filled mattress tickings (ddr-densho-253-3)

Caption: "Internees filled matress tickings with straw as the last daylight fades over the Sierras. Upon these ticks, covering metal Army cots, Japanese slept. Only essential furniture was supplied. Additional comforts were fashioned in Manzanar workshops."

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img Journey's end (ddr-densho-253-2)

Caption: "Journey's end is Manzanar, attained by the desert-dusty convoy as the long shade of the Sierras reaches across Owens Valley from the west."

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img Convoy to Manzanar (ddr-densho-253-4)

Caption: "A car loaded with furniture and luggage on the road to Manzanar."

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img Across the Mojave Desert (ddr-densho-253-7)

Caption: "Across the Mojave Desert the four-mile-long convoy cut northward, following the arrow-straight flight of the Sierra Highway to the cool, snow-topped mountains. Pacing the procession at 30 m.p.h. was a jeep with red headlights. Behind it rolled a staff sedan carrying the provost marshal in command of the convoy. Behind that follows a press car. …

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img Military police monitoring a convoy (ddr-densho-253-1)

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img Dinner was served (ddr-densho-253-6)

Caption: "Dinner was served - and consumed standing up owing to lack of tables and chairs. Camp steward Arthur Hirano, former New York restauranteur. His first menu consisted of beef stew, steamed rice, string beans, peas, apricots, bread and jelly. His customers were appreciative."

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doc Crystal City Chatter Issue 114 (ddr-densho-537-113)

Issue 114 includes articles about the Day of Remembrance; information for a book about Kooskia camp, the story of the Imakitas from the Marshall Islands, and more.

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doc Crystal City Chatter Issue 111 (ddr-densho-537-110)

Issue 111 includes letters to the editor, a tsunami survivor's story, a request for information about members, and more.

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 23 (June 8, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-72)

Selected article titles: "Food Committee to Be Elected" (p. 1), "Eight Violators Given Jail Terms" (p. 1), "Doubt Constitutionality of 2 Sections of New Law" (p. 2), and "Japanese in LA Hold Memorial Day Services" (p. 3).

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doc Property storage list (ddr-sbbt-2-37)

A lists of names and locations for stored property. Yoshimura, J.; Nomura, S.; Okamoto, M.; Ujimoto, N.; Yamanaka, K.; Mizuta, S.; Matsui, J.; Tsutsumi, N.; Yoshimura, M.; Miyake, Y.; Miyake, H.; Izui; Shioyama, K.; Matsuda, Haruye; Hirokane, T.; Iwamura, K.; Suzuki, Y.; Kuromiya, S.; Edamura, H.; Kokita, K.; Takahashi, T.; Morinaga, T.; Shimizu, N.; Fukuhara, H. …

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 29 (September 14, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-35)

Selected article titles: "8000 Attend Undokai; Ward VIII Wins Title" (pp. 1, 6), "First Escheat Action Filed in Orange County" (p. 1), and "WRA Policy on Eye Glass Indemnity Given" (p. 1).

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. II, No. 41 (October 12, 1945) (ddr-densho-284-89)

Selected article titles: "'Justice Dept. Officials Here Not in Position to Give Advice'--Williams" (pp. 1-2), "Closing of WRA Centers Running Ahead of Time" (p. 1), "Att. at Granada Gives Advice to Property Owner" (p. 5), and "Relocators May Now File Death Pension Claims" (p. 5).

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doc Crystal City 50th anniversary reunion program (ddr-densho-537-133)

The program includes personal essays about mass removal by numerous families in addition to other reunion information.

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doc The Newell Star, Vol. I, No. 28 (September 7, 1944) (ddr-densho-284-34)

Selected article titles: "LA Police Drops Judo Training from Curriculum" (pp. 1-2), "Response Favorable on Job Termination Policy" (p. 1), and "Renunciation Bill Under Review--Myer" (p. 1).

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doc Tulean Dispatch Vol. II No. 7 (July 8, 1942) (ddr-densho-65-318)

Selected article titles: "No Change in WRA Policy -- Meyer. Dispatch Interviews New National Chief" (p. 1), "Total Colonists, 9166: 'White Zone' Men Next" (p. 1), "Notify Tule Lake Address to Your Bank" (p. 1), "Diet Stations for Kids Open" (p. 4), "Red Cross Training Class to Open Here" (p. 4), "Writers to Form Literary Group" …

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doc Amache Senior High School commencement exercises (ddr-densho-390-7)

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doc Crystal City directory (ddr-densho-537-132)

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