University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0793Japanese Internment
Camp photograph collection circa 1942-194618 photographic prints (1 folder) ; various sizesCollection materials are in
English.Photographs of
Japanese Americans in an internment camp, possibly at Tule Lake,
CaliforniaThe Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 led to great fear within
the United States. Residents along the Pacific Coast of the U.S. were
particularly affected by this event and feared additional bombings. On February
19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which decreed that
residents of Japanese ancestry be evacuated from their homes and relocated to
inland locations. Executive Order 9066, and the resulting War Relocation
Authority evacuated, relocated and interned 120,000 American citizens and
permanent resident aliens who were of Japanese ancestry.
The Tule Lake Relocation Center in California (the likely location for
these photographs) opened in 1942. It was quickly turned into the camp for
"disloyal" Japanese--those who answered "no" on the loyalty test. Because of
this, Tule Lake was the longest running internment camp, remaining open until
March 20, 1946.
Photographs of Japanese Americans in an internment camp, possibly at
Tule Lake, California. Most of the photographs are of groups or individuals
outside; also included are children playing in the snow and views of the
landscape and guard towers.
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Source: Fairlook Antiques, 2006
Processed by Marion Brown, 2008.
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1-2View of landscape, fence and guard tower
at an internment camp (possibly at Tule Lake, California)circa 1942-1946 3Group of Japanese men and women outside a
buildingcirca 1942-1946 4Group of Japanese men and women on a
hillcirca 1942-1946 5Group of Japanese men and boys in the
snowcirca 1942-1946 6Japanese men and boys having a snowball
fight in front of barrackscirca 1942-1946 7-8Group of Japanese men posing outside a
buildingcirca 1942-1946 Hiroki Nishimura is on the far right.
9-10Hiroki Nishimura and another Japanese man
posing in snowcirca 1942-1946 11A smaller version of #10, cropped to only
show Hiroki Nishimuracirca 1942-1946 12Hiroki Nishimura and another Japanese man
outside a buildingcirca 1942-1946 13-14Hiroki Nishimura outside
buildingscirca 1942-1946 15Hiroki Nishimura outside a
buildingcirca 1942-1946 "To Johnny Matsuda. Hiroki Nishimura"
16Hiroki Nishimura smoking next to an
automobilecirca 1942-1946 17Young Japanese man leaning against an
automobileJanuary 1946 "To Mr. Matsuda, sincerely K."
18Man in a uniform standing outside a
snow-covered buildingcirca 1942-1946 "To John. Always Tom"