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img Japanese Americans threshing peas (ddr-densho-37-594)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Threshing green eating peas for seed. Eleven acres of peas are grown here for their seed, and yield 10 to 12 sacks per acre. This is an extremely high yield.

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img Participants in a harvest festival (ddr-densho-37-2166)

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img Japanese Americans working on camp newspaper (ddr-densho-37-465)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Evacuee artists who work on the Tulean Dispatch.

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img Japanese American workers waiting in line (ddr-densho-37-421)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A line up of evacuee workers waiting for their identification tags which are to be used in conjunction with the first pay day at this War Relocation Authority Center.

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img Boarded-up store formerly run by Japanese Americans (ddr-densho-37-304)

Original WRA caption: Stores and homes formerly inhabited by Japanese. Some of them are now used by Chinese people. Note boarded up windows and doors.

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img Camp hog farm (ddr-densho-37-834)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A close up of hogs feeding at the temporary location of the hog farm at this center.

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img Japanese Americans harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-317)

Original WRA caption: An evacuee is shown with a crate of spinach. His smile seems to show that he is proud of the high quality of his crop.

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img View of barracks (ddr-densho-37-171)

Original WRA caption: View of barracks looking east down the main fire break.

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img Japanese Americans harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-316)

Original WRA caption: Trucking crated spinach from the fields to the packing shed. All vegetables which are not needed here are washed, iced and crated and sent to other relocation centers.

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img Japanese Americans waiting in line for mess hall (ddr-densho-37-812)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Ready to pass into dining room at Manzanar, a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Japanese American baggage (ddr-densho-37-426)

Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. The baggage, belonging to evacuees who have just arrived from the assembly center at Puyallup, Washington, is sorted and trucked to their barrack apartments.

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img Butcher house (ddr-densho-37-347)

Original WRA caption: A view in the slaughter house and butcher shop. Hogs, which are grown in the evacuee run hog farm, are slaughtered here, for consumption by the residents of the center.

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img Harvest Festival Parade (ddr-densho-37-399)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. A view of some of the school children who participated in the Harvest Festival Parade held at the Gila River center on Thanksgiving Day.

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img Muddy conditions (ddr-densho-37-767)

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img Japanese Americans cutting seed potatoes (ddr-densho-37-353)

Original WRA caption: Seed potato cutting at the cutting sheds of the Tule Lake Relocation Center farm. 7,500 sacks of potatoes will be cut by 48 workers in 2-1/2 weeks. This will be enough seeds to plant the 600 acres.

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img Japanese American carpenter (ddr-densho-37-383)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Cabinet worker's saw is expertly used by Jime Kabayashi, 62, on the interior construction of general store Number 2 at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese descent. Jime, prior to evacuation, had resided in Sacramento for 24 years and has been a carpenter for …

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img Japanese Americans playing golf (ddr-densho-37-473)

Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Golfing enthusiasts enjoy a friendly game of golf at the Manzanar Golf Course. Thee golfers, and other fellow evacuees, when clearing the brush and constructing their own course, took advantage of the natural topography in laying out the nine holes. As can be seen, all greens are sand, …

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img Flower nursery (ddr-densho-37-607)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. A sign at the flower nursery, where much experimentation is being done to develop strains of flowers which will thrive in hot dry climates.

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img Sleeping nursery school children (ddr-densho-37-369)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Nursery school children taking a midafternoon nap. Note the piles of shoes placed at the head of each bed.

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img Japanese American farmers eating lunch (ddr-densho-37-363)

Original WRA caption: A view in the lunch shed at the farm. Trucks from the kitchens bring hot lunches to the workers.

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img Labor Day parade (ddr-densho-37-375)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. A parade was held by evacuees to celebrate labor day. Great originality in costuming was shown.

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