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Military zone sign (ddr-densho-37-454)
img Military zone sign (ddr-densho-37-454)
Original WRA caption: Lancaster, California. Sign on main street designating military zone.
Soldiers and families (ddr-densho-37-526)
img Soldiers and families (ddr-densho-37-526)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Blue Star Mothers and wives and visiting soldiers.
Japanese Americans cutting timber (ddr-densho-37-549)
img Japanese Americans cutting timber (ddr-densho-37-549)
Original WRA caption: Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Much of the timber cleared from reclaimed farm lands is used for fuel to heat barracks homes. Cutting and chopping is done by volunteer workers enlisted by block managers, to provide fuel for each individual block. Each capable resident is expected to contribute his share of time to …
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.
Harvest Festival Parade (ddr-densho-37-67)
img Harvest Festival Parade (ddr-densho-37-67)
Original WRA caption: Some of the evacuees who participated in the Harvest Festival Parade held at this relocation center.
Bank and newsstand (ddr-densho-37-361)
img Bank and newsstand (ddr-densho-37-361)
Original WRA caption: A view of the bank and newsstand at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. The bank is open on Tuesdays and Fridays only.
Japanese Americans fishing (ddr-densho-37-367)
img Japanese Americans fishing (ddr-densho-37-367)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. During the noon hour, evacuee farm workers fish for carp in a nearby slough.
Japanese American departure from camp (ddr-densho-37-159)
img Japanese American departure from camp (ddr-densho-37-159)
Original WRA caption: Inspection of baggage of persons leaving Tule Lake March 20, 1946 for Crystal City, Tex. internment camp.
Camp garden and pond (ddr-densho-37-830)
img Camp garden and pond (ddr-densho-37-830)
Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Landscaping done by evacuee residents of Camp Number1.
Barracks construction (ddr-densho-37-776)
img Barracks construction (ddr-densho-37-776)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Pre-fabricated wall sections are raised at the place by contractor's workmen in constructing barracks at this relocation center.
Drum and bugle corps (ddr-densho-37-565)
img Drum and bugle corps (ddr-densho-37-565)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A section of the drum and the bugle corps, a former boy scout unit, performs at the dedication of the hospital at the Topaz Relocation center.
Aerial view of Amache concentration camp, Colorado (ddr-densho-37-772)
img Aerial view of Amache concentration camp, Colorado (ddr-densho-37-772)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. On a Sunday afternoon at the Amache Center, the day is calm and the warm December sun invites center residents from their barracks homes.
Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-423)
img Camp construction (ddr-densho-37-423)
Original WRA caption: Eden, Idaho. 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.
Labor Day parade (ddr-densho-37-321)
img Labor Day parade (ddr-densho-37-321)
Original WRA caption: A parade was held by evacuees to celebrate Labor Day. Great originality in costuming was shown.
Softball game (ddr-densho-37-523)
img Softball game (ddr-densho-37-523)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Saturday afternoon finds a group of boys in the center playing the ever popular game of soft ball.
Japanese American blacksmith (ddr-densho-37-176)
img Japanese American blacksmith (ddr-densho-37-176)
Original WRA caption: Evacuee blacksmiths do all the blacksmith work necessary in the garage, at this relocation center.
Harvest Festival Parade (ddr-densho-37-70)
img Harvest Festival Parade (ddr-densho-37-70)
Original WRA caption: Two of the evacuees who participated in the Harvest Festival Parade which was held at this relocation center.
Camp street (ddr-densho-37-810)
img Camp street (ddr-densho-37-810)
Original WRA caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Street scene and view of quarters for evacuees of Japanese ancestry at Manzanar reception center. High Sierras in background.
Inspection of Hoshidan members (ddr-densho-37-190)
img Inspection of Hoshidan members (ddr-densho-37-190)
Original WRA caption: Search of persons departing for Santa Fe Internment Camp 6-24-45, inside stockade.
Medical examination (ddr-densho-37-627)
img Medical examination (ddr-densho-37-627)
Original WRA caption: Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. A former Californian, Doctor Fugikawa, examining a patient, S. Ego, in the center hospital fluroscope.
Beauty queen contest advertising (ddr-densho-37-318)
img Beauty queen contest advertising (ddr-densho-37-318)
Original WRA caption: Signs tacked on barracks advertising the Labor Day beauty queen contest which was held at this relocation center.
Camp gate (ddr-densho-37-228)
img Camp gate (ddr-densho-37-228)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake was different [referring to the camp's gate procedures]. Every evacuee leaving the colony behind the eight-foot fence was required to show a pass to the administrative area. Here, the ambulance stops at Gate 3, vehicle entrance to the colony, so the driver and attendant may show their passes to the Internal …
Nursery school art class (ddr-densho-37-314)
img Nursery school art class (ddr-densho-37-314)
Original WRA caption: Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, California. Art time in the nursery school at this relocation center.
Japanese Americans boarding buses (ddr-densho-37-784)
img Japanese Americans boarding buses (ddr-densho-37-784)
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Evacuees returning to their former homes in California by Greyhound bus. On September 15, two weeks before the Canal Camp at Rivers, Arizona, was to close, only 635 people remained and 370 of these had bus or train reservations for the following week (the Canal Camp once …
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