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Born free and equal, photographs of the loyal Japanese-Americans at Manzanar Relocation Center, Inyo County, California,
Contains Ansel Adams's photographs of the Manzanar internment camp, published in 1944 by U.S. Camera along with a text by Adams.
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| Language: | English |
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New York,
U.S. Camera,
1944.
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdclccn.45002975 Page view |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- A young couple at their Manzanar home
- Sunlight and space dwell in the Owens Valley
- The Land
- The huge wall of the Sierra Nevada rises on the west....
- And the high barren wave of the Inyo Range on the east
- Most of the land is arid....
- From which the people have created farms, gardens and the pleasure park
- Is her future only a hope and not an assurance?
- Manzanar is only a detour on the road of American citizenship
- The Place
- It lies on the sage-covered plain, a city built of shacks and patience
- The cemetery monument suggests eternity
- The human challenge rises over all America
- The History
- The spirit of Manzanar is fleeting and impermanent
- The Office of Reports publishes the Manzanar Free Press
- Roy M. Takeno, former editor, is now relocated....
- Also relocated are business manager Yuichi Hirata and his wife, Fumiko
- The work-offer board is the first step....
- Departure on relocation is the great adventure
- A woodworker
- The People
- An American family: Mrs. Yaeko Nakamura....
- Older daughter, Joyce Yukiko Nakamura....
- Younger daughter, Louise Tamiko Nakamura
- A Manzanar household
- Old and young alike eat in the block mess halls
- The evacuees wait in line for their meals....
- A young lawyer and his family
- Evacuation struck the very young....
- And the very old: Nobutero Harry Sumida, Spanish-American War veteran
- "Americanism is a matter of the mind and heart."
- Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi of the Manzanar Hospital (now relocated)
- Experienced in many fields....
- Relaxing in the nurses quarters
- One son of the Yonemitsu family is in the U.S. Army....
- Another son is an x-ray technician in the Manzanar Hospital
- There are many Catholics, Protestants and Buddhists at Manzanar
- Here is a student of divinity
- Manzanar Cooperative Enterprises, Inc.
- Here is an accountant and business man....
- An electrician
- And a student of journalism....
- A garment designer
- Cutting patterns....
- A welder
- A tractor farmer....
- A tractor and diesel expert....
- And a student of diplomacy
- The Manzanar Farms
- This truck driver works hard....
- On the north farm of Manzanar
- Our president has said that every loyal American citizen, regardless of his ancestry, should be given the opportunity to serve his country wherever his skills will make the greatest contribution, whether it be in industry or in agriculture
- Repair work in the fields
- The young people receive extensive vocational training
- Bundling and shipping locally made work garments
- Here is a rubber chemist
- There are competent stenographers and secretaries
- All like baseball and other sports
- Many sing in the Manzanar High School choir
- Private Kato, United States Army
- The Japanese-American Combat Team
- Corporal Jimmie Shohara, home from training camp....
- And his ribbons. (Overseas Service and Citation ribbons are worn by many Nisei soldiers)
- Japanese-American combat team in action
- A WAC private
- A United States cadet nurse
- The Problem
- In the presence of the ancient mountains the people of Manzanar await their destiny
- Conclusion.