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High school graduation (ddr-densho-37-33)
img High school graduation (ddr-densho-37-33)
Original WRA caption: Students of the Hunt High School dress in caps and gowns for Commencement exercises.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-33/
Basketball champions (ddr-densho-37-717)
img Basketball champions (ddr-densho-37-717)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-717/
Group in camp's Catholic church (ddr-densho-37-685)
img Group in camp's Catholic church (ddr-densho-37-685)
Original WRA caption: The Most Reverend Edward J. Kelley, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Boise, Idaho, visited the Catholic church at the Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho, on October 19 to conduct confirmation services for this class of children and adults. The Reverend L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll missionary, who is pastor of the Hunt church, is …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-685/
Japanese Americans gathering and burning sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-722)
img Japanese Americans gathering and burning sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-722)
Original WRA caption: Children of the Stafford Elementary School picking up sagebrush and piling and burning in one of the farm fields near the school cleared out of raw sagebrush. Children planted and took care of vegetable crops in this area.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-722/
Nisei serviceman with wife and daughter (ddr-densho-37-751)
img Nisei serviceman with wife and daughter (ddr-densho-37-751)
Original WRA caption: T/4 Taniguchi visits his wife and daughter at the Minidoka Relocation Center before returning to his unit in the Pacific. Taniguchi volunteered for the Army in 1942 when he and his family were at Tule Lake before it became a segregation center. He served in the China-Burma-India theatre and served on load to …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-751/
Japanese Americans clearing sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-703)
img Japanese Americans clearing sagebrush (ddr-densho-37-703)
Original WRA caption: A farm rake pulled by a Fordon-Ferguson tractor gathers up sagebrush previously bladed off by a road patrol.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-703/
Camp beauty shop (ddr-densho-37-16)
img Camp beauty shop (ddr-densho-37-16)
Original WRA caption: High school girls working part time in [the] beauty shop, which is operated by the Minidoka Consumers Cooperative.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-16/
Flag dedication (ddr-densho-37-682)
img Flag dedication (ddr-densho-37-682)
Original WRA caption: Dedication of the project flag and flagpole in the administration area. Attended by representatives of American Legion post of Twin Falls, Idaho and by civic officials of Twin Falls and Jerome, Idaho.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-682/
Farm workers' mess hall (ddr-densho-37-731)
img Farm workers' mess hall (ddr-densho-37-731)
Original WRA caption: Shown is the farm mess hall where the farmers had their meals for a short time. Built sometime in 1944 it is acclaimed by many to be the most cleanest and having the prettiest surroundings.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-731/
Family on barracks steps (ddr-densho-37-661)
img Family on barracks steps (ddr-densho-37-661)
Original WRA caption: Mack Kaneko and family
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-661/
Japanese Americans arriving by train (ddr-densho-37-824)
img Japanese Americans arriving by train (ddr-densho-37-824)
Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. A train bringing approximately six hundred evacuees from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington. Buses, used to transport these people to the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center, are waiting at the siding.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-824/
Japanese American clearing land (ddr-densho-37-706)
img Japanese American clearing land (ddr-densho-37-706)
Original WRA caption: An evacuee drives a heavy tractor pulling a triangle of heavy railroad irons breaking off sagebrush. This is one of the methods of clearing off land of the sagebrush adjacent to the Minidoka Relocation Center.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-706/
Honor Roll billboard (ddr-densho-37-736)
img Honor Roll billboard (ddr-densho-37-736)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-736/
Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-58)
img Japanese Americans relocating to a different camp (ddr-densho-37-58)
Original WRA caption: A Minidoka Relocation Center evacuee and an evacuee being transferred to the Tule Lake Center grasp hands in a final farewell as the train carrying 254 evacuees to the Tule Lake Center prepares to leave.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-58/
Japanese American weightlifter (ddr-densho-2-66)
img Japanese American weightlifter (ddr-densho-2-66)
Kaz Tsujikawa lifts weights as his friends look on.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-66/
Japanese Americans behind homemade pond (ddr-densho-2-65)
img Japanese Americans behind homemade pond (ddr-densho-2-65)
Shown here are Japanese Americans from Block 26 in front of their handcrafted fish pond.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-65/
Hunt High School graduation (ddr-densho-2-64)
img Hunt High School graduation (ddr-densho-2-64)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-64/
Mother and son in a camp graveyard (ddr-densho-2-52)
img Mother and son in a camp graveyard (ddr-densho-2-52)
This photo was taken at the Minidoka concentration camp's graveyard. The rocks in the background were probably used for grave markers. The tombstone shown here was more elaborate than most. This graveyard no longer exists. When the camps were closed, Japanese Americans often exhumed the remains of family members for reburial back home.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-52/
Minidoka camp queen and her court (ddr-densho-2-34)
img Minidoka camp queen and her court (ddr-densho-2-34)
Minidoka concentration camp queen and her court. Left to right: Unidentified, Aiko Heyamoto, Grace Kawata, unidentified, and Ann Nakamura.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-34/
Camp garden (ddr-densho-2-69)
img Camp garden (ddr-densho-2-69)
This garden was designed by Mr. Kogita (first name unknown), second from the left. Peggie Yorita is on the far left.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-69/
Block 41 Christmas display (ddr-densho-2-39)
img Block 41 Christmas display (ddr-densho-2-39)
This Block 41 Christmas display, made by Japanese Americans from scrap materials, won third prize during a competition in 1944.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-39/
Memorial service (ddr-densho-2-70)
img Memorial service (ddr-densho-2-70)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-70/
Block 26 garden and pond (ddr-densho-2-68)
img Block 26 garden and pond (ddr-densho-2-68)
Japanese Americans from Block 26 fashioned this garden and pond.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-68/
May Day queen and king (ddr-densho-2-67)
img May Day queen and king (ddr-densho-2-67)
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-67/
Nisei soldier with friends (ddr-densho-2-63)
img Nisei soldier with friends (ddr-densho-2-63)
Soldier Ben Matsumoto is surrounded by inmates at the Minidoka concentration camp. The following people can be identified: Kaz Tsujimoto (wearing the white V-neck sweater) and his brother, Stan, is to his left holding the cigarette. Hiro Nishimoto is in front and Ben Tsujimoto is on the far right.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-2-63/
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