Digital Collections

- Water blower can.
- Yoshihashi, Setsu Kawata [aacr2]; Japanese American women -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American business enterprises -- California [lcsh]; Laundry -- Equipment and supplies [lcsh]
- Can used to blow water lightly onto clothes for pressing. This was used by Setsu Kawata Yoshihashi (1896-1993), who started a laundry business with her husband in Hollywood, California, between the years 1915-1922. During hard times, she would do...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Pin worn for support of Japanese American redress/reparation.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Reparations [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Portrait of John Aiso in military uniform.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence; Aiso, John [aacr2]
- Pvt. John Aiso was recruited as the chief instructor of the 4th Army Intelligence school that opened in a converted hangar at Crissy Field in the Presido of San Francisco. They added Akira oshida, Shig Kihara, Tetsuo Imagawa, among others to the...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- 442nd Infantry insignia patch.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; Armed Forces -- Insignia [lcsh];
- Patch was worn on World War II uniform. The 442nd Infantry was activated in 1943 at Camp Shelby, Mississipi, with personnel of Japanese ancestry.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Welcoming of Camp Shelby soldiers to Hospitality Center at Jerome Relocation Center.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Arkansas [lcsh]; Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.) [aacr2];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Masaru Shintaku with military soldiers at Drew Field.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; Shintaku, Masaru [aacr2]; Air bases, American -- Florida [lcsh]; Drew Field (Tampa, Fla.) [aacr2];
- Drew Field Air Station was in Tampa, Florida. It is currently Tampa International Airport.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- 24th Infantry insignia patch.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Armed Forces -- Insignia [lcsh]; United States. Army. Infantry Division, 24th [lcna];
- Patch was worn on World War II uniform.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- World War II military uniform neckties.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh];
- Military uniform, decorated, includes: coat, shirt, two pants, two ties, and field cap.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden "Poston" pin.
- Wood-carving [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.) [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Pins [lcsh];
- The arts and crafts program was one of the most successful of all the camp activities. The internees created the items from scraps of wood, waste items and bits from nature. They also made their own brushes, paints, and tools from nails, needles,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Brown and orange wooden bird pin.
- Wood-carving [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- Hand carved and painted lapel pin.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Ironwood vase and base.
- Gila River Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration Camps -- Arizona [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]
- Vase and matching base made at Gila River Relocation Center from an ironwood tree branch.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Red cow with bobbing head.
- Wood-carved figurines [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh]; Toys [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Memorial service for Japanese American soldiers who died in World War II.
- War memorials [aacr2]; Japanese American soldiers [lcsh]; World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States. Army. Regimental Combat Team, 442nd [lcna]; Akimoto, John [aacr2]; Shoji, Toshi [aacr2]; Hattori, Kunio...
- Portraits of individuals: John Akimoto, Toshi Shoji, Kunio Hattori, Tad Takeuchi, Shigeo Tabuchi, Pete Masuoka, and George Saito. Pfc. John Akimoto was killed in Italy on August 2, 1944. He received personal citations for bravery. His brother Pvt...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Japan landscape.
- Vacations [lcsh]; Japan -- Pictorial works [lcsh]; Mountains -- Japan [lcsh]
- Photo taken during the Nakano family's 1935 trip to Japan on the Chichibu Maru of the Nippon Yusen Kaish Line. Photograph from the Nakano family album. Asataro Nakano and Misao Gyotoku Nakano immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. They settled...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Ruth and George Nakano on board the Chichibu Maru of the Nippon Yusen Kaish Line.
- Vacations [lcsh]; Chichibu Maru (Ship) [aacr2]; Nakano, Asato George [aacr2]; Tsuruda, Kikue Ruth Nakano [aacr2]; Brothers and sisters [lcsh];
- Photo taken during the Nakano family's 1935 trip to Japan. Photograph from the Nakano family album. Asataro Nakano and Misao Gyotoku Nakano immigrated from Japan in the early 1900s. They settled in West Sacramento where they purchased land to...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Julia Dakuzaku in Women's Army Corps (WAC) uniform.
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- History [lcna]; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; Japanese American women [lcsh]; Dakuzaku, Toshiko Julia [aacr2];
- Photograph from Mary Tsuruko Dakusaku Tsukamoto's photograph collection. Chosei Taro Dakuzaka married Kame Yoshinaga in 1904. Chosei Taro Dakuzaka immigrated to the United States in 1904. His wife joined him 13 years later. Their six children...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- United States Military Notice of Classification for Osamu Oseto.
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh];
- Osamu Oseto was classified as 4-C by the United States Military. 4-C means alien or dual citizenship. He was originally from Loomis, California and resided at Tule Lake Relocation Center, Ward 4, Block 12, #1213-CD when he received the notice.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Little girl on rocking horse at Tule Lake Relocation Center [?].
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Japanese American children [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Toys [lcsh]
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Paperweight memorializing the Tule Lake Cemetery Dedication.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Dedication services -- California [lcsh]; Cemeteries -- California [lcsh]; Paperweights [lcsh]; Japanese American Citizens' League [lcna];
- The plaque reads "Tulelake Cemetary Dedication, September 10, 1989, Linkville Cemetery, Klamath Falls, OR, Sponsered by the Japanese American Citizens League."
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tortoise carved out of oak wood.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Takeuchi, Kametaro [aacr2]
- Mr. Kametaro Takeuchi, originally from West Sacramento, California resided at Block 21, #2114-B at Tule Lake Relocation Center. The arts and crafts program was one of the most successful of all the camp activities. The internees created the items...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase