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Japanese American in a camp truck (ddr-densho-2-43)
Peggie Yorita sits in a truck used at the Minidoka concentration camp. Peggie Bain believes that the trucks and farming equipment shown in this photo were being readied for sale since the camp was about to close.
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Japanese Americans digging for shells (ddr-densho-2-47)
These individuals are digging for shells to make jewelry, which was a popular pastime for many Japanese Americans in camp. Left to right: Kumataro Nishimura, Kadju Nishimura, Jimmie Yorita, Neal Frost (son of one of the teachers at Tule Lake), and Patsy Yorita. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on …
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Japanese American and friend sifting for shells (ddr-densho-2-59)
Patsy Yorita (left) and Neal Frost, (son of a teacher at the Tule Lake concentration camp), sift dirt for shells. The shells were used by people in the camp to make jewelry. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake bed, where people found shells for making jewelry …
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Japanese Americans digging for shells (ddr-densho-2-48)
Left to right: Peggie Yorita, Margaret Frost (wife of one of the camp's teachers), Kumataro Nishimura, and his wife, Kadju, dig and sift for shells at the Tule Lake concentration camp. Kumataro made the sieve by hand from scrap lumber and wire from a door screen. The shells were bleached and used for jewelry-making, which was …
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Seattle Chapter, JACL Reporter, Vol. IV, No. 8, August 1968 (ddr-sjacl-1-98)
Bulletin covering the following topics: 30,000 people attend Japanese Cultural Festival; article by Ben Yorita on parallels of Nisei and Black Heritage; Oriental American School Transfer Program Announced; long article by Min Masuda, ?How Japanese are Japanese Americans??
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Bain Collection (ddr-densho-2)
The Bain collection, 1920s-1940s, focuses on the daily and recreational activities of the Nishimura and Yorita families, originally from Seattle, Washington. This collection contains several photographs of farming, fishing, and swimming. The majority of the collection focuses on the incarceration of the two families at Minidoka, Idaho, and Tule Lake, California. Many photographs document their jewelry-making …
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Peggie Nishimura Bain Interview (ddr-densho-1000-170)
Nisei female. Born March 31, 1909, in Vashon Island, Washington. Raised in Vashon Island and Des Moines, Washington, before being removed with her two children to the Pinedale Assembly Center, California. Later transferred to Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and Minidoka, Idaho, before resettling in Chicago, Illinois. Lived and worked in Chicago before eventually returning to …
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Jewelry made in camp (ddr-densho-2-49)
This corsage pin was made by Peggie Yorita, a Japanese American at the Tule Lake concentration camp. The flowers and leaves are composed of shells found at the camp. Tule Lake was drained in the early 1900s. The camp was located on the old lake bed, where people found shells for making jewelry to sell to …
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Pacific Citizen, Vol. 67, No. 10 (September 6, 1968) (ddr-pc-40-36)
Selected article titles: "JACL to campaign repeal of detention camp clause" (p. 1), "Dan Inouye's parents at Coyne St. home watch son deliver keynoter" (p. 1), "Civil rights dialogue at confab drafts 12-pt. consensus for JACL" (p. 1), "Parallels of Nisei aned Negro Heritage" (p. 4), "43% in Britain feel Japan not 'reliable' nation" (p. 4), …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 41 (May 7, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-221)
Selected article titles: "Evacuees May Enroll For NYA Training: WRA Completes Plans With Five Regional Directors" (p. 1), "5 Men Moved From Jail" (p. 1), "Evacuees on Leave May Obtain Emergency Aid" (p. 1), "Wardens Give to Hospital" (p. 1), "New Property Transfer Form" (p. 1), "Procedure For Changing Repatriation Requests" (p. 1), "City Talent Show …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 6 No. 13 (July 31, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-392)
Selected article titles: "Ex-Tuleans Get Photos in St. Louis Newspaper" (p. 1), "Nisei Women in Centers Can't Volunteer for WACs" (p. 1), "Yasui Taken to Unnamed WRA Relocation Center" (p. 1).
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 5 No. 35 (April 30, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-215)
Selected article titles: "NTA Will Hold Forum On The Post-War World" (p. 1), "Speakers Discuss Various Aspects of Relocation Life" (p. 1), "3 Leave For Chicago, N.Y." (p. 1), "Michigan Growers Ask Nisei to Take Jobs" (p. 1), "An Editorial: Hospital Staff Has Big Job" (p. 2), "'Resettlement Fever' Affects Tuleans As Friends Write" (p. 2), …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 1 (September 10, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-1)
Selected article titles: "Huycke Sees Early End of Housing Jam" (p. 1), "Off Project Work to Start: Beet Workers Leaving First" (p. 1), "Stafford Gives First Message" (p. 1), "Portland Colonists Here" (p. 1), "Editorial: Eyes on Tomorrow" (p. 2), "50 Cops Pound Dusty Beat" (p. 2), "Harmonious Living, Goal of Program" (p. 2), "First Wed" …
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Minidoka Irrigator Vol. I No. 5 (September 29, 1942) (ddr-densho-119-5)
Selected article titles: "Scarcity of Trucks Holds Stored Goods" (p. 1), "Rehousing Program Revised Under Huycke Supervision" (p. 1), "Colonists Will Vote Tonight" (p. 1), "Dining Hall Workers First to Pick Labor Delegates" (p. 1), "Co-op Drives For Membership" (p. 2), "55 Compete in Giant Go Tournament" (p. 2), "Public Works Jobs Open But Others Filled" …
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Tulean Dispatch Vol. 4 No. 40 (January 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-65-128)
Selected article titles: "New Rules For Students" (p. 1), "Abbott and Costello Movie Comedy Being Shown From Block to Block" (p. 1), "Chimney Sweep Injures Ankles" (p. 1), "Minidoka Bound" (p. 1), "One Home Nurse in Every Block" (p. 2), "'America is Worth Fighting, Dying For __' Resettler Writes" (p. 2), "Co-op Handles Montgomery Ward Mail …
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