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Japanese Americans making camouflage nets (ddr-densho-151-413)
img Japanese Americans making camouflage nets (ddr-densho-151-413)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Making camouflage nets for the War Department. This is one of several War and Navy Department projects carried on by persons of Japanese ancestry in relocation centers.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-413/
Japanese American working in garden (ddr-densho-151-425)
img Japanese American working in garden (ddr-densho-151-425)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. William Katsuki, former professional landscape gardener for large estates in Southern California, demonstrates his skill and ingenuity in creating from materials close at hand, a desert garden alongside his home in the barracks at this War Relocation Authority center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-425/
Camp garden (ddr-densho-151-476)
img Camp garden (ddr-densho-151-476)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. There are many evidences of skill and ambition within this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry, as seen by the flower garden under construction in the foreground. This family was in the nursery business before evacuation.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-476/
Japanese Americans resting near creek (ddr-densho-151-399)
img Japanese Americans resting near creek (ddr-densho-151-399)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Family groups enjoying the mountain creek which flows along the outer border of this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-399/
Japanese Americans making camouflage nets (ddr-densho-151-474)
img Japanese Americans making camouflage nets (ddr-densho-151-474)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Making camouflage nets for the War Department. This is one of several War and Navy Department projects carried on by persons of Japanese ancestry in relocation centers.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-474/
Japanese Americans working in garden (ddr-densho-151-371)
img Japanese Americans working in garden (ddr-densho-151-371)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry are growing flourishing truck crops for their own use in their "hobby gardens". These crops are grown in plots 10 x 50 feet between blocks of barrack at this War Relocation Authority center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-371/
Field crew foreman (ddr-densho-151-390)
img Field crew foreman (ddr-densho-151-390)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Johnny Fukazawa, foreman of fields Numbers 3, 4, 5, and 6, heading a 20-man field crew on the farm project, says there are many problems they have to solve in their agricultural work at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-390/
Barracks with American flag (ddr-densho-151-57)
img Barracks with American flag (ddr-densho-151-57)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation center, Manzanar, California. Street scene of barrack homes at this War Relocation Authority Center. The windstorm has subsided and the dust has settled.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-57/
Japanese Americans clearing land (ddr-densho-151-37)
img Japanese Americans clearing land (ddr-densho-151-37)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. More land is being cleared of sage brush at the southern end of the project to enlarge this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-37/
Lath house (ddr-densho-151-384)
img Lath house (ddr-densho-151-384)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Exterior view of the lath house of guyaule rubber experiment project in which seedlings are grown under controlled conditions with a staff of 22 workers, under the direction of Walter T. Watanabe. The initial shipment of 100,000 seedlings came from the Salinas Experiment Station. Note decorative desert garden.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-384/
Two Japanese American orphans (ddr-densho-151-442)
img Two Japanese American orphans (ddr-densho-151-442)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. The two youngest of the 65 evacuee orphans in the Childrens' Village at this War Relocation Authrority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-442/
Portrait of a Japanese American (ddr-densho-151-376)
img Portrait of a Japanese American (ddr-densho-151-376)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Karl Yoneda, Block Leader at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. He is married to a Caucasian and they have a child four years old. The family are spending the duration at this center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-376/
Art class (ddr-densho-151-438)
img Art class (ddr-densho-151-438)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Class is being held in the Art School at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Instruction is given in oil and water-color, life-drawing and sketching, lettering, poster-making and fashion drawing.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-438/
Young Japanese American with baseball bat (ddr-densho-151-471)
img Young Japanese American with baseball bat (ddr-densho-151-471)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuee boy waiting at the entrance of the Recreational Hall at this War Relocation Authority center. He is anxious for the baseball team to assemble.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-471/
Japanese American doctor (ddr-densho-151-424)
img Japanese American doctor (ddr-densho-151-424)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Doctor James Goto, Medical Director of Japanese ancestry is in charge of all medical work at this War Relocation Authority center. He has had six years of experience as House Surgeon in the Los Angeles General Hospital, prior to evacuation.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-424/
Japanese Americans in front of barracks (ddr-densho-151-373)
img Japanese Americans in front of barracks (ddr-densho-151-373)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees family of Japanese ancestry relax in front of their barrack room at the end of day. The father is a worker on the farm project at this War Relocaton Authority center. Note the chair which was made of scrap lumber, and the wooden shoes known as Getas made …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-373/
Manzanar Free Press office (ddr-densho-151-478)
img Manzanar Free Press office (ddr-densho-151-478)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Staff of the Manzanar Free Press at work. This is the local mimeographed paper of happenings at this War Relocation Authority center published by evacuees interested in this work. Most of the items are written in English, with but one page translated into Japanese.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-478/
Temporary hospital barracks (ddr-densho-151-70)
img Temporary hospital barracks (ddr-densho-151-70)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Emergency hospital housed in temporary quarters at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancesrty. The modern new hospital is almost ready for occupancy as shown in Photo C-851.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-70/
Japanese Americans working in field (ddr-densho-151-391)
img Japanese Americans working in field (ddr-densho-151-391)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Field laborers hoeing corn on the farm project at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-391/
Our World (1944) (ddr-densho-291-11)
doc Our World (1944) (ddr-densho-291-11)
The 1944 yearbook for Manzanar High School.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-291-11/
Final Accountability Roster of Evacuees at Relocation Centers, 1944-1946, Manzanar (ddr-densho-305-7)
doc Final Accountability Roster of Evacuees at Relocation Centers, 1944-1946, Manzanar (ddr-densho-305-7)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-305-7/
Toy Loan Library (ddr-densho-342-4)
doc Toy Loan Library (ddr-densho-342-4)
Booklet describing the Manzanar Toy Loan Project organized by Ruth Beckwith, Senior Elementary Teacher.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-342-4/
Letter to Anne Margrave from J.M. Kidwell (ddr-densho-342-30)
doc Letter to Anne Margrave from J.M. Kidwell (ddr-densho-342-30)
Letter from J.M. Kidwell, Director, Service Division, Owens Valley Reception Center, to Anne Margrave, Librarian of the Inyo County Free Library of Independence, California, regarding planning a library for Manzanar.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-342-30/
Letter from Dick Narita (ddr-densho-342-24)
doc Letter from Dick Narita (ddr-densho-342-24)
Letter from Dick Narita to the Los Angeles County Library asking for a library to be set up at Manzanar.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-342-24/
Letter to Anne Margrave from Thomas M. Temple (ddr-densho-342-38)
doc Letter to Anne Margrave from Thomas M. Temple (ddr-densho-342-38)
Letter from Thomas M. Temple, Chief Community Services Division, Manzanar, to Anne Margrave, Librarian of the Inyo County Free Library of Independence, California, regarding planning a library for Manzanar.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-342-38/
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