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Japanese Internment

WEST COAST, 1940s

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There are 45 items in this collection.
Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941
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Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941
Merry Oya
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Audio: Merry Oya, 2010
Min Imamura
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Audio: Min Imamura, 2010
Barbed wire, c. 1943
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Barbed wire, c. 1943
Bookshelf, c. 1942
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Bookshelf, c. 1942
Evacuation poster, 1942
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Evacuation poster, 1942
Evacuation poster, 1942
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Evacuation poster, 1942
Franklin D. Roosevelt, c. 1932
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, c. 1932
Hanafuda cards and box, c. 1943
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Hanafuda cards and box, c. 1943
Internee baseball game, c. 1942-45
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Internee baseball game, c. 1942-45
Internees in farm field, c. 1942-45
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Internees in farm field, c. 1942-45
Internment camp barracks, 1943
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Internment camp barracks, 1943
Internment camp guard tower, 1943
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Internment camp guard tower, 1943
Internment identification tag, 1944
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Internment identification tag, 1944
Japanese American Buddhist conference, Los Angeles, 1936
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Japanese American Buddhist conference, Los Angeles, 1936
Japanese internee's trunk, c. 1942
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Japanese internee's trunk, c. 1942
Letter from President George H. W. Bush to former internees, 1990
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Letter from President George H. W. Bush to former internees, 1990
Merry Oya, 1943
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Merry Oya, 1943
Minoru Imamura, c. 1943
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Minoru Imamura, c. 1943
Mochida family, California, 1942
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Mochida family, California, 1942
Painting, c. 1943
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Painting, c. 1943
Polished rock, c. 1942
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Polished rock, c. 1942
Report card, 1943
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Report card, 1943
Serviceman, 1944
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Serviceman, 1944
Shell pin, c. 1942
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Shell pin, c. 1942
Shell pin, c. 1942
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Shell pin, c. 1942
Sweater, c. 1942-45
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Sweater, c. 1942-45
Tapestry, 1943
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Tapestry, 1943
Tule Lake internment camp, c. 1942-45
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Tule Lake internment camp, c. 1942-45
Two internees, 1943
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Two internees, 1943
Who is the enemy?
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Video: Who is the enemy?
War Relocation Authority, application for leave clearance, c. 1943
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War Relocation Authority, application for leave clearance, c. 1943
Wooden birds, c.1942-45
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Wooden birds, c.1942-45
World War II propaganda poster, 1944
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World War II propaganda poster, 1944
World War II propaganda poster, 1945
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World War II propaganda poster, 1945
Yearbook cover, 1944
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Yearbook cover, 1944
Yearbook pages, basketball team, 1944
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Yearbook pages, basketball team, 1944
Yearbook pages, co-ed attendants, 1944
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Yearbook pages, co-ed attendants, 1944
Yearbook pages, football team, 1944
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Yearbook pages, football team, 1944
Yearbook pages, June Seniors, 1944
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Yearbook pages, June Seniors, 1944
Yearbook pages, school choruses, 1944
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Yearbook pages, school choruses, 1944
Yearbook pages, seventh and eighth grades, 1944
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Yearbook pages, seventh and eighth grades, 1944
Yearbook pages, snapshots, 1944
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Yearbook pages, snapshots, 1944
Yearbook pages, sophomore class, 1944
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Yearbook pages, sophomore class, 1944
“Life” magazine, December 22, 1941
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“Life” magazine, December 22, 1941