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En route to Manzanar Assembly Center (ddr-densho-36-8)
img En route to Manzanar Assembly Center (ddr-densho-36-8)
Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island, Washington are being transported to the Manzanar Assembly Center, California. Manzanar Assembly Center became a WRA incarceration camp on June 1, 1942.
Guayule plants (ddr-densho-151-383)
img Guayule plants (ddr-densho-151-383)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. View of one of the lath house where seedlings are grown under controlled conditions, for the guyaule rubber experiment project.
Japanese Americans playing go (ddr-densho-151-398)
img Japanese Americans playing go (ddr-densho-151-398)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Playing the Japanese game Goh in the Relocation Hall at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
Japanese American getting a haircut (ddr-densho-151-404)
img Japanese American getting a haircut (ddr-densho-151-404)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Common sight during the long summer evenings after the day's work is done. As yet, there are no barber shops.
Patricia Mariko Morikawa Sakamoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-167)
vh Patricia Mariko Morikawa Sakamoto Interview (ddr-manz-1-167)
Sansei female. Born April 20, 1944, in Manzanar, California. Parents married in camp, but separated soon after when father returned with his family to Japan. Left Manzanar for the Burbank trailer camp, then moved with mother and stepfather to Los Angeles, California. Active with the Manzanar Committee.
Arthur Ogami Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-154-14)
vh Arthur Ogami Interview Segment 14 (ddr-densho-1000-154-14)
Being away from camp during the "Manzanar riot," hearing about it from others
Kerry Christenson Powell Interview Segment 7 (ddr-manz-1-144-7)
vh Kerry Christenson Powell Interview Segment 7 (ddr-manz-1-144-7)
Picking fruit on the land that would later become the Manzanar concentration camp
Carol Hirabara Hironaka Interview Segment 15 (ddr-manz-1-48-15)
vh Carol Hirabara Hironaka Interview Segment 15 (ddr-manz-1-48-15)
Arrival in Manzanar: "we felt like we were prisoners when we got there"
Margaret Stanicci Interview Segment 17 (ddr-manz-1-66-17)
vh Margaret Stanicci Interview Segment 17 (ddr-manz-1-66-17)
Future husband's temporary removal from camp at the time of the Manzanar "riot"
Letter to Anne Margrave from Louis M. Hicks (ddr-densho-342-35)
doc Letter to Anne Margrave from Louis M. Hicks (ddr-densho-342-35)
Thank you letter from Louis M. Hicks, Assistant Project Director at Manzanar, to Librarian of the Inyo County Free Library of Independence, California, for books donated to Manzanar.
Gardens and barracks (ddr-densho-151-426)
img Gardens and barracks (ddr-densho-151-426)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Lawns and flowers have been planted by some of the evacuees at their barrack homes at this War Relocation Authority center.
Dental clinic (ddr-densho-151-420)
img Dental clinic (ddr-densho-151-420)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. The dental clinic in its temporary quarters at this War Relocation Authority center cares for an average of 100 evacuees daily.
Japanese American being interviewed (ddr-densho-151-429)
img Japanese American being interviewed (ddr-densho-151-429)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. A complete record, by personal interview, is being made of every evacuee of Japanese ancestry at this War Relocation Authority center.
Japanese Americans relaxing in shade (ddr-densho-151-396)
img Japanese Americans relaxing in shade (ddr-densho-151-396)
Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry rest in the cool of the eveing beside their barrack apartments at this War Relocation Authority Center.
Barracks with American flag (ddr-densho-151-57)
img Barracks with American flag (ddr-densho-151-57)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation center, Manzanar, California. Street scene of barrack homes at this War Relocation Authority Center. The windstorm has subsided and the dust has settled.
Painting of a scene at Manzanar Grammar School (ddr-manz-2-45)
img Painting of a scene at Manzanar Grammar School (ddr-manz-2-45)
Caption on reverse: "First graders at Manzanar Grammar School."
Sketch of the Manzanar auditorium and community hall (ddr-manz-2-73)
img Sketch of the Manzanar auditorium and community hall (ddr-manz-2-73)
Caption: "The Manzanar auditorium and community hall nears completion."
Painting of farmers harvesting okra (ddr-manz-2-69)
img Painting of farmers harvesting okra (ddr-manz-2-69)
Caption: "Farm workers harvest crop of Manzanar grown okra."
Painting of Manzanar in snow (ddr-manz-2-65)
img Painting of Manzanar in snow (ddr-manz-2-65)
Caption: "Snow in January 1944, block 35 at Manzanar."
Photo of a little boy (ddr-manz-6-14)
img Photo of a little boy (ddr-manz-6-14)
Original caption: "Manzanar first baby named Owen K. Kato."
Woman holding a snowball (ddr-manz-7-78)
img Woman holding a snowball (ddr-manz-7-78)
Caption on reverse: "Melva Nielsen, Feb. 23, 1944, Manzanar."
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