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doc Newspaper clipping "Tanforan Assembly Center Plaque Dedication" (ddr-janm-4-43)

Newspaper clipping titled "Tanforan Assembly Center Plaque Dedication". The article was written by J.K. Yamamoto on September 25, 1991 for the Hokubei Mainichi newspaper.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-4-43/

doc View of barracks at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-30)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-30/

doc View of barracks at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-34)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-34/

doc Mess hall #7 at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-32)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-32/

doc Mess hall #9 at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-43)

Caption on front: "Tanforan."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-43/

doc A men's latrine at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-31)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-31/

doc View of Tanforan Assembly Center in evening (ddr-densho-392-38)

Caption on front: "Tanforan evening."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-38/

doc Horse stall apartments at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-37)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-37/

doc Instructions on evacuation of Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-csujad-55-1295)

Instructions for the Ebisui family regarding departure from Tanforan Temporary Assembly Center and travel to Topaz incarceration camp. Covers packing and crating, government property, hand baggage, train baggage, freight, and identification tags. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1297

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1295/

img Horse stall at the Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-20)

Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. A near- view of a horse stall left from days when what is now Tanforan Assembly center, was the famous Tanforan Race Track. Most of these stalls have been converted into family living quarters for evacuated Japanese.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-20/

img New arrivals at the Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-24)

Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. Family of Japanese ancestry arrives at assembly center at Tanforan Race Track. Evacuees will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will be housed for the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-24/

img New arrivals at the Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-22)

Original WRA caption: San Bruno, California. Evacuees of Japaneses ancestry arriving at the Tanforan Assembly center. They are being checked as they leave the bus.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-22/

img New arrivals at the Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-151-23)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-23/

img Mass removal (ddr-densho-162-51)

These buses are en route to the Tanforan Assembly Center, California.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-162-51/

img Portrait of Suezo and Kikuyo Hayashida (ddr-densho-392-65)

The Hayashidas were incarcerated in Tanforan Assembly Center and Topaz concentration camp.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-65/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Kay (ddr-densho-498-33)

Letter of gratitude to Robert Inglis from Kay Uchida from Tanforan Assembly Center. Uchida explains what life is like in the assembly center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-33/

doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from D. Uchida (ddr-densho-498-13)

Letter of gratitude to Robert Inglis from D. Uchida from Tanforan Assembly Center

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-498-13/

doc Tanforan Assembly Center Special Bulletin (August 27, 1942) (ddr-densho-149-21)

Selected article titles: Conduct on Train en route to Relocation Project

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-149-21/

doc Buildings #21 and #24 at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-35)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-35/

doc Drawing of the latrines at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-19)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "These two buildings are the latrines. There were so many people in ration to the facilities that we often was obliged to try and reach another area's latrine 'in time.' The one to the left is the women's and that to the right is the men's. The women, being women put …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-19/

doc Drawing of the northwest corner Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-14)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This is a scene near the north west corner of camp. The metal scraps seen on the ground were used by the internees in hammering out useful utensils for use in camp life. The guard part shown, is the scene of the only harshness shown by a guard during my entire …

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doc Drawing of the barracks at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-13)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This scene is the most repugnant to all the internees at Tanfo. Not the actual [?] but the odors which wafted about, especially on moonlit nights. A sewer[?] which refused to operate properly was the cause. The children who played in the gullies seemed unmindful. A few yards to the right …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-13/

doc Drawing of barracks 16 at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-4)

Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "This # barrack 16 served as our dwelling during the months spent at Tanforan. During our stay, peculiar odors persisted, reminding us of horse manure. We lived in the end apartment. The balcony came in very handy as we had an excellent view. All day long evacuees would be scurrying back …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-4/

doc Stables and barn #16 at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-42)

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doc Water tanks and buildings in Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-40)

Caption on front: "Tanforan."

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-392-40/

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