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George Hoshida Collection
Collection
Created by: eishida
George Hoshida was born in 1907 in Kumamoto, Japan. He migrated with his family to Hilo, Hawaii when he was four years old, and this is where George spent all ...
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The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles
Collection
Created by: lthistory
In 1917, a teacher in the Little Tokyo area of Los Angeles named Nellie G. Oliver began sponsoring a social and athetlic club for local Japanese American youth. Over the ...
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Incarceration Years: Amache Camp Photos and DOJ Documents
Collection
Created by: mhomma
Homma Family Photos of Amache and Wada Family DOJ documents
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National Japanese American Memorial in Washington D.C.
Collection
Created by: vkm
In April 2005, my husband and I spent our first anniversary in Washington D.C. to see the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
As part of our trip, we visited the National Japanese ...
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Life in the Canadian Internment and POW Camps
Collection
Created by: JCCC
Contributed by the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.
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1942 - The Canadian Government's Policies of Mass Evacuation, Internment and Expropriation of Property
Collection
Created by: JCCC
Contributed by the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.
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Winter at Camp Amache, Colorado
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: fmpotter
A wintertime shot of Amache. During World War II, Amache was the site of a Japanese American relocation center. Photo taken by Frank Endo, a resident of Block 7K.
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Part of these collections:
Frank Endo - Amache photos
(Item 10 of 12, “Winter street”)
Collected by: bokinaka
A wintertime shot of Amache.
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Post Office, Amache
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: fmpotter
A man walks in front of the Post Office at Amache, Colorado. Amache was one of the federal relocation camps used to house Japanese Americans during World War II.
Photo from ...
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Part of these collections:
Frank Endo - Amache photos
(Item 1 of 12, “A small city in the middle of nowhere”)
Collected by: bokinaka
About 7500 Japanese-Americans lived at Amache at its peak in October 1942, making it the 10th-largest city in Colorado at the time. Amache is located in eastern Colorado.
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Baseball Game, Amache
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: fmpotter
A war time baseball game at Amache, a U.S. federal concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Colorado.
Photo from the collection of Frank Endo, an Amache internee.
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Part of these collections:
Frank Endo - Amache photos
(Item 3 of 12, “American pasttime”)
Collected by: bokinaka
It looks like the whole camp came out to see the game. People tried to maintain some appearance of normal life.
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Amache Food Warehouse Crew, 1943
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: fmpotter
Frank Endo (second from right) and other members of the Food Warehouse crew at Amache, Colorado, pose in front of a truck in 1943. Amache was a U.S. federal concentration ...
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Part of these collections:
Frank Endo - Amache photos
(Item 2 of 12, “Amache”)
Collected by: bokinaka
The official name of the camp was Granada Relocation Center. Amache was the daughter of the chief of the Cheyenne Indian tribe that once lived in the area.
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7K Dance at Amache
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: fmpotter
Internees such as Frank Endo (center, in Aloha shirt) enjoy a dance in the 7K mess hall at Amache, Colorado, on April 9 [1944]. Amache was a U.S. federal concentration ...
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Part of these collections:
Frank Endo - Amache photos
(Item 8 of 12, “7K dance”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Internees organized social events to keep busy. While conditions were harsh, people did the best they could. Frank Endo is in the center, wearing an Aloha shirt.
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Volleyball Game at Amache, March 1944
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: fmpotter
Residents of Block 7K participate in a wintertime volleyball game at Amache, Colorado, in March of 1944. Amache was a U.S. federal concentration camp for Japanese Americans during World War ...
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Part of these collections:
Frank Endo - Amache photos
(Item 11 of 12, “Volleyball in the snow!”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Amache Hospital can be seen in the background of the photo.
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7K Mess Hall, Amache, 1943
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: fmpotter
The mess hall in block 7K at Amache in Colorado. Amache was a U.S. federal concentration camp for Japanese Americans during World War II. Internee (and 7K resident) Frank Endo ...
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Part of these collections:
Frank Endo - Amache photos
(Item 6 of 12, “Communal living”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Meal were shared in a big mess hall. Living quarters did not have kitchens.
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Recruiting In Amache, 1943
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: fmpotter
A military recruiter talks to three Amache internees in 1943 at the Amache internment camp in Colorado. Frank Endo is second from right.
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Part of these collections:
Frank Endo - Amache photos
(Item 9 of 12, “Looking for new recruits”)
Collected by: bokinaka
A military recruiter visited the camp. Thirty-one Japanese American soldiers from Amache died fighting in World War II , and thirty-four resisted the draft. Frank Endo is second from ...
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Frank Endo Shoveling Snow
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: fmpotter
Frank Endo shovels snow at Amache, Colorado, on March 19, 1944. Endo was a resident of Block 7K.
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Part of these collections:
Frank Endo - Amache photos
(Item 12 of 12, “Shoveling snow”)
Collected by: bokinaka
Frank Endo shovels snow at Amache, Colorado, on March 19, 1944. Endo was a resident of Block 7K.
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Hood River, Oregon, 9:40 a.m., May 13, 1942.
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
The train to Pinedale Assembly Center from Hood River, Oregon, 9:40 a.m., May 13, 1942. The drapes on the windows remained closed on the journey.
Photo by Alva L. Day. Courtesy ...
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 12 of 16, “Hood River, OR, 9:40 a.m., May 13, 1942”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
Some of the Japanese in the valley were at the Japanese Community Hall on Sunday, December 7, 1941, preparing for a variety show when news of the Pearl Harbor bombing ...
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Tule Lake Barracks
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: Oregon Nikkei
Tule Lake residential barracks.
Source: National Archives.
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Part of these collections:
Nikkei Farmers of the Hood River Area
(Item 13 of 16, “Tule Lake Residential Barracks”)
Collected by: Oregon Nikkei
From Pinedale, most of the families were sent to a concentration camp at Tule Lake, near the Oregon-California border –- one of ten War Relocation Camps administered by the War ...
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The Maryknoll Story in Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, CA)
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: dmatsumoto
Harry Honda, veteran journalist and life-long member of Maryknoll Japanese Catholic Center in Little Tokyo, gave a talk on the history of Maryknoll to the Little Tokyo Historical Society on ...
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Miss Oliver Visits Manzanar
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: lthistory
Jack Kunitomi describes Miss Oliver's visit to the Manzanar internment camp and her other efforts on behalf of interned Japanese Americans.
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Part of these collections:
The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles
(Item 67 of 124, “Miss Oliver Visits Manzanar”)
Collected by: lthistory
Jack Kunitomi describes Miss Oliver's visit to the Manzanar internment camp and her other efforts on behalf of interned Japanese Americans.
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Bringing Sports to Camp
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: lthistory
Joe Suski describes being in charge of recreation at the Santa Anita Assembly Center and in Heart Mountain internment camp.
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Part of these collections:
The Oliver Clubs: Sports and Community in Japanese American Los Angeles
(Item 69 of 124, “Bringing Sports to Camp”)
Collected by: lthistory
Joe Suski describes being in charge of recreation at the Santa Anita Assembly Center and in Heart Mountain internment camp.
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