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img George Nakashima constructing a model apartment (ddr-fom-1-881)

WRA caption on reverse: "Constructing and decorating model apartment to show possibilities in using scrap materials." George Nakashima was an architect from Seattle, Washington.

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img Henry Tambora working in the radio repair shop (ddr-fom-1-845)

WRA caption on reverse: "Radio repair shop." Henry Tambora was from Portland, Oregon.

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img Japanese American harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-606)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Momayo Yamamoto in the spinach harvesting field at this relocation center.

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img Japanese American carpenter building furniture (ddr-densho-37-358)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Shinkichi Kiyono, 56, carpenter-evacuee from Longview, Washington, is shown using a carpenter's plane which he won as first prize in a furniture contest conducted among the evacuees of Japanese descent at this War Relocation Authority center.

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img Newsreel cameramen in camp (ddr-densho-37-354)

Original WRA caption: (L to R) Frank Vail newsreel cameraman for Pathe and Joe Rucker of Paramount photograph boundary markers.

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img Japanese Americans feeding cows (ddr-densho-37-604)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. M. Fujita is pictured feeding the cows at the dairy farm school. He works days on the hog farm, and spends his evenings at the school to learn milking and the care of the cows. Prior to evacuation, he was a builder of fishing boats at San …

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img Japanese American greeting Eleanor Roosevelt (ddr-densho-37-789)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Mrs. Yamamoto, former P.T.A. president from San Francisco, and now hear of the Canal Women's Club, presents Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt with a bouquet of flowers.

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img Japanese American and handmade cabinet (ddr-densho-37-357)

Original caption: Shinkichi Kiyono, 56, evacuee from Longview, Washington, exhibits the cabinet which won him first prize (a carpenter's plane) in a furniture building contest. All pieces of furniture were made from scrap lumber.

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img Camp classroom (ddr-densho-37-173)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. World History and English, a two hour class taught by Mrs. Hanny Billigmeier.

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img Fifth-grade boys playing (ddr-densho-37-76)

Original WRA caption: These boys of the low fifth grade, taught by Mrs. Rhoda McGarva, are playing "Cock Fight."

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img Japanese American cooking (ddr-densho-37-593)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Student Mary Sakai, former resident of Stockton, California, is shown putting sliced carrots in a double boiler in preparation for the drying process.

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img Kelly Ishimoto watering bell pepper plants (ddr-densho-37-2165)

More information included on back of photograph.

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img Japanese American building a model ship (ddr-densho-37-597)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Wataru Ichinotsubo, former produce market employee form Los Angeles, California, is shown sandpapering the hull of a model into final shape in the model ship factory here. These ships are carefully constructed for the Navy by the Japanese-American craftsmen.

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img Fifth-grade boys playing (ddr-densho-37-75)

Original WRA caption: The boys of the lower fifth grade, taught by Mrs. Rhoda McGarva, shown here are choosing sides for games.

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img Japanese American making plans for a model ship (ddr-densho-37-596)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Tadao Kawate, former drafting student from Los Angeles City College, at work on plans for model ships. Blueprints, drawn to the scale of 50 feet to the inch, are supplied by the Navy but must be redrawn to the scale of 60 feet to the inch before …

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img Camp visit by Eleanor Roosevelt (ddr-densho-37-468)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, accompanied by Dillon Myer, National Director of the War Relocation Authority, visit the Gila River Relocation Center, where they were greeted by crowds of enthusiastic evacuees.

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img Japanese American building a model ship (ddr-densho-37-592)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Chic Yamaguchi, former farm worker from Kingsburg, California, is shown turning a section of one of the model ships on the lathe in the model ship factory at the Gila River Relocation Center. Chic had never operated power machinery before starting work in the factory here. Prior …

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img Poultry farm (ddr-densho-37-180)

Original WRA caption: M. Nakamura, poultry caretaker, and former farmer of Sacramento, California, feeds four months old chickens. It is anticipated, that the chickens grown here, will furnish the residents of the project with all the eggs and chicken meat which will be consumed. These chickens were raised from baby chicks.

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img Barber shop (ddr-densho-37-384)

Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Motimer Cooke, Supervisor of Community Enterprises, enjoys the first hair-cut given in the barber shop at this War Relocation Authority center. Frances Imura, evacuee from Sacramento is the barber.

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img Japanese Americans with Eleanor Roosevelt (ddr-densho-37-786)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Representatives of councils greet Mrs. [Eleanor] Roosevelt.

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img Fifth-grade girls playing (ddr-densho-37-77)

Original WRA caption: The girls of the lower fifth grade, taught by Mrs. Rhoda McGarva, are here shown playing "Two Deep."

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img Japanese American feeding dairy calves (ddr-densho-37-602)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Y.T. Sakoda, former vegetable worker from Guadalupe, California, is now enrolled in the dairy school, here. He is shown feeding calves.

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img Japanese Americans voting (ddr-densho-37-169)

Original WRA caption: Alice Fujinaga, formerly of Seattle, Washington, is here notarizing and getting absentee ballot.

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img Incarcerees watching outdoor musical performance at Manzanar incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-20)

Incarcerees watching outdoor musical performance at Manzanar incarceration camp. June 5, 1942. Photo by Francis Stewart. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_020

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img Sixth grade boys playing softball during recess at Manzanar incarceration camp (ddr-csujad-14-19)

Sixth grade boys playing softball during recess at Manzanar incarceration camp. February 10, 1943. Photo by Francis Stewart. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_TOMO_019

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