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Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-29)
doc Camp Christmas card (ddr-densho-13-29)
This is the interior of a Christmas card that was designed by a camp inmate.
Entrance to Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-15-44)
img Entrance to Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-15-44)
Shown here (left to right) are several administration buildings, guardhouses, and the guard tower.
Japanese American in front of a vanity (ddr-densho-15-47)
img Japanese American in front of a vanity (ddr-densho-15-47)
Yoneko Tanaka from Seattle did her best to make her austere barrack apartment homelike. She constructed the vanity from scrap lumber.
Hospital pharmacy (ddr-densho-15-87)
img Hospital pharmacy (ddr-densho-15-87)
Mr. Izui (left) and a colleague inside the hospital pharmacy.
Japanese Americans playing horseshoes (ddr-densho-15-54)
img Japanese Americans playing horseshoes (ddr-densho-15-54)
Norio Mitsuoka (left) and (first name unknown) Hikida playing a game of horseshoes.
Laundry room (ddr-densho-15-71)
img Laundry room (ddr-densho-15-71)
The Minidoka concentration camp was divided into thirty-six blocks, each with its own communal laundry facility, like the one shown here.
Japanese Americans inside barracks (ddr-densho-15-123)
img Japanese Americans inside barracks (ddr-densho-15-123)
Left to right: Norio Mitsuoka, Bob Ikeda, and Tak Hori sit inside Yoneko Tanaka's barracks.
Two Japanese Americans in their barracks apartment (ddr-densho-15-58)
img Two Japanese Americans in their barracks apartment (ddr-densho-15-58)
Grandma Yorozu, who at eighty-four years of age was one of the oldest Japanese Americans at Minidoka, and Fusa Yorozu inside their barracks apartment.
Japanese American making furniture (ddr-densho-15-63)
img Japanese American making furniture (ddr-densho-15-63)
Barracks apartments were furnished only with a coal-burning stove and a cot. Consequently, many camp inmates made furniture from scrap lumber.
Japanese American shoveling coal into a heater (ddr-densho-15-72)
img Japanese American shoveling coal into a heater (ddr-densho-15-72)
Camp inmate shoveling coal into the block's central heater, which will warm water for the laundry and bath facilities.
North side of the Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-15-45)
img North side of the Minidoka concentration camp (ddr-densho-15-45)
This is possibly Block 16 of the Minidoka concentration camp. The long building on the left was the recreational hall. The torii, or bird perch, on the right was made by camp inmates. A row of barracks is in the background.
Family in camp (ddr-densho-15-53)
img Family in camp (ddr-densho-15-53)
Ben Ikeda is second from left and his brother, Robert, is next to him. To the far right is their youngest brother, name unknown.
Japanese Americans carrying plywood (ddr-densho-15-55)
img Japanese Americans carrying plywood (ddr-densho-15-55)
Yoneko Tanaka (left) and Norio Mitsuoka carry away lumber to make furniture.
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