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Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-8)
img Baggage inspection (ddr-densho-151-8)
Original WRA caption: Turlock, California. Baggage is inspected as families arrive at Turlock assembly center. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-8/
Military police on watchtower (ddr-densho-37-392)
img Military police on watchtower (ddr-densho-37-392)
Original WRA caption: Arcadia, California. Military police on duty in watch-tower at the Santa Anita Assembly Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred to War Relocation Authority Centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-392/
Japanese Americans serving food (ddr-densho-37-484)
img Japanese Americans serving food (ddr-densho-37-484)
Original WRA caption: Arcadia, California. Cafeteria-style assures promptness in serving meals at Santa Anita assembly center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-484/
Panoramic view of camp (ddr-densho-37-746)
img Panoramic view of camp (ddr-densho-37-746)
Original WRA caption: A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the center, shows partially completed barracks.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-746/
Construction of assembly center (ddr-densho-37-571)
img Construction of assembly center (ddr-densho-37-571)
Original WRA caption: Pomona, California. General view of assembly center being constructed on Pomona Fair Grounds for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be assigned later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-571/
Concentration camp site (ddr-densho-37-253)
img Concentration camp site (ddr-densho-37-253)
Original WRA caption: This site near Tule Lake in Modoc County, just south of the Oregon border, has been selected for the construction of a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-253/
Relocation problems and policies: address by Director D. S. Myer of the War Relocation Authority (ddr-csujad-55-1644)
doc Relocation problems and policies: address by Director D. S. Myer of the War Relocation Authority (ddr-csujad-55-1644)
Transcription of a speech by Dillon Myer to the Tuesday Evening Club regarding the history and activities of the War Relocation Authority, the "relocation program," incarceration camps, registration (also known as the "loyalty questionnaire"), Tule Lake and segregation, military service, propaganda, and opposition to the WRA program. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1644/
Letter from Elmer L. Shirrell, Relocation Supervisor, to George Hideo Nakamura, December 22, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-2394)
doc Letter from Elmer L. Shirrell, Relocation Supervisor, to George Hideo Nakamura, December 22, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-2394)
Letter from Elmer L. Shirrell to George Hideo Nakamura regarding the form, "Request for Transportation of Property" Form WRA 156. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2500
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2394/
Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-897)
img Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-897)
WRA caption on reverse: "A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp, shows partially completed barracks."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-897/
Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-900)
img Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-900)
WRA caption on reverse: "A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp, shows partially completed barracks."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-900/
Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-901)
img Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-901)
WRA caption on reverse: "A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp, shows partially completed barracks."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-901/
Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-896)
img Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-896)
WRA caption on reverse: "A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp, shows partially completed barracks."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-896/
Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-898)
img Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-898)
WRA caption on reverse: "A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp, shows partially completed barracks."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-898/
Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-895)
img Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-895)
WRA caption on reverse: "A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp, shows partially completed barracks."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-895/
Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-899)
img Minidoka under construction (ddr-fom-1-899)
WRA caption on reverse: "A panorama view of the Minidoka War Relocation Authority center. This view, taken from the top of the water tower at the east end of the camp, shows partially completed barracks."
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-fom-1-899/
Young Japanese American during mass removal (ddr-densho-151-40)
img Young Japanese American during mass removal (ddr-densho-151-40)
Original WRA caption: Hayward, California. A young evacuee looks out the window of the evacuation bus before it starts for Tanforan Assembly Center. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-40/
Military police on watchtower (ddr-densho-37-393)
img Military police on watchtower (ddr-densho-37-393)
Original WRA caption: Arcadia, California. Military police on duty in watch-tower at Santa Anita park assembly center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-393/
Mass removal (ddr-densho-37-585)
img Mass removal (ddr-densho-37-585)
Original WRA caption: Salinas, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancesty wait for the bus which will take them to the Salinas Assembly center. They will later be transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-585/
Native American at camp site (ddr-densho-37-435)
img Native American at camp site (ddr-densho-37-435)
Original WRA caption: Parker, Arizona. Henry Welsh, Mojave Indian and chairman of the tribal council for the Colorado River Indian Reservation, which is site of a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-435/
WRA resettlement image (ddr-densho-7-8)
img WRA resettlement image (ddr-densho-7-8)
Original WRA caption: Every man likes to put on his slippers, light up his favorite pipe, and read the evening paper before the fireplace. Mr. George Isoda is no exception. After a hard day's work as a Milwaukee auto mechanic, Mr. Isoda likes to relax in the large living room of the home which he shares …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-7-8/
WRA resettlement image (ddr-densho-7-5)
img WRA resettlement image (ddr-densho-7-5)
Original WRA caption: When the children of the Isoda and the Kaneko families grow up, when Wayne Kaneko and Robin Isoda are old enough to go to grade school, they will attend the Congress School, District No. 1, on Milwaukee's north side. The school, shown in this picture, is but a few blocks from their home. …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-7-5/
no. 41 (May 25, 1944) (ddr-csujad-34-4)
doc no. 41 (May 25, 1944) (ddr-csujad-34-4)
An extra of "Newell star" a camp newspaper published weekly in the Tule Lake camp. It features the death of Shoichi Okamoto who was shot by the WRA sentry in the Tule Lake camp on May 24, 1944. In Japanese. English section is found in item: csudh_hrs_0003. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-4/
Newell star, extra, supplement (May 25, 1944) (ddr-csujad-34-3)
doc Newell star, extra, supplement (May 25, 1944) (ddr-csujad-34-3)
An extra of "Newell star" a camp newspaper published weekly in the Tule Lake camp. It features the death of Shoichi Okamoto who was shot by the WRA sentry in the Tule Lake camp on May 24, 1944. Japanese section is found in item: hrs_0004. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-34-3/
Notice of assignment, Form WRA-21, Lily Sadae Hirota (ddr-csujad-55-1900)
doc Notice of assignment, Form WRA-21, Lily Sadae Hirota (ddr-csujad-55-1900)
Notice of assignment for Lily Sadaye [Sadae] Hirota for work in Mess Operations at Tule Lake incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1903
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-1900/
Japanese Americans tending crops (ddr-densho-151-36)
img Japanese Americans tending crops (ddr-densho-151-36)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuee in her "hobby garden" which rates highest of all the garden plots at this War Relocation Authority center. Vegetables for their own use are grown in plots 10 x 50 feet between rows of barracks.
https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-36/
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