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Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden - Timeline
Collection
Created by: eishida
This collection presents the timeline from the Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum from June 17 through October 21, 2007. In addition to ...
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Hisako Hibi - "Shopping to Delta"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of a compartment full of people with bags. The colors are yellow, black and red.
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Part of these collections:
Hisako Hibi
(Item 17 of 18, “Hisako Hibi - "Shopping to Delta"”)
Collected by: eishida
The people of Topaz concentration camp were eventually allowed to go to Delta, the nearest town to Topaz, to shop and purchase necessary items. However, only one person per block ...
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Miami Beach Nursery
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
This is a picture of Shigezo and Chotaro Tashiro of Miami Beach Nurseries in Florida, ca. 1922. It was a gift to the Japanese American National Museum, from the Tashiro ...
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Part of these collections:
Landscaping America: Beyond the Japanese Garden - Timeline
(Item 2 of 11, “1920's”)
Collected by: eishida
1920
California’s new Alien Land Law prohibits Japanese immigrants from owning or leasing land. Many leave agricultural work and take up gardening in urban areas.
Japanese Exclusion League of California organized ...
7 移民を授業する － 日系アメリカ人の記憶から学ぶ: 青木・ジューン・美智子（ジューン・ミチコ・アオキ）さん
(Item 1 of 8, “日本の和歌山からロサンゼルスへ”)
Collected by: team-nikkei-usa
生活に苦しかったので、日本にいれば安心という両親の考えがありました。１歳半の時、姉と一緒に日本へ行きましたが、母はアメリカへ戻りました。田舎でおばさんと一緒に住んで和歌山市の日進中学で学び、14歳のときにアメリカに帰りました。
両親がこの国で生活していたので教育を続けて受けることができました。ベーカースフィールドで高校を卒業しロサンゼルスで大学を出ました。父は庭園業で一生懸命仕事をしていました。ロサンゼルスでアパートを借りる余裕がないのでおじのところに一部屋借りました。
注）This is a picture of Shigezo and Chotaro Tashiro of Miami Beach Nurseries in Florida, ca. 1922. It was a gift to the Japanese American National Museum, from the Tashiro ...
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Jack Iwata - Unloading Mattresses
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
1 b&w image taken at an unspecified California concentration camp. Exterior shot of 6 men unloading mattresses and spring frames from truck. Another truck behind them loaded with boxes. Mountains ...
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Part of these collections:
Jack Iwata Collection
(Item 4 of 32, “Jack Iwata - Unloading Mattresses”)
Collected by: eishida
When the incarcerated Japanese Americans arrived at their respective camps, many found towns that were either unfinished or poorly put together. This picture shows workers unloading the matresses that the ...
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George Hoshida, "Shoveling sand at Lordsburg Town back, 3-12-43 9 AM"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Description
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Part of these collections:
George Hoshida Collection
(Item 6 of 21, “George Hoshida, "Shoveling sand at Lordsburg Town back, 3-12-43 9 AM"”)
Collected by: eishida
After being at Fort Sam Houston, George was taken by train to Lordsburg, New Mexico. Here, he shows the men hard at work, and then below he shows the men ...
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Henry Sugimoto, "Documentary, Junk Shop Man Took Away Our Ice Box"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
A Caucasian man carries an icebox away on his back as a Japanese mother and daughter express their frustration as they watch. In the lower left, a woman, dressed in ...
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Part of these collections:
Henry Sugimoto Collection
(Item 9 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Documentary, Junk Shop Man Took Away Our Ice Box"”)
Collected by: eishida
As mentioned in the previous slide, Japanese Americans were forced to get rid of any possessions which they could not carry with them to the camps. This meant that they ...
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Henry Sugimoto, "Mess hall Jerome Camp (Our mess hall (documentary))"
Contributed Item
Uploaded by: eishida
Camp life around the Mess Hall in Jerome Camp. The focal point is the grey mess hall at the center with a sign over its open door, "Mess Hall." A ...
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Part of these collections:
Henry Sugimoto Collection
(Item 24 of 39, “Henry Sugimoto, "Mess hall Jerome Camp (Our mess hall (documentary))"”)
Collected by: eishida
This painting of the Mess Hall in Jerome centers on the mess hall itself. The hall was an important building, where all of the internees obtained food and nutrition, both ...
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