Digital Collections

- Los Feliz school.
- Los Feliz School (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) [aacr2]; Nagumo, Reiko [aacr2]; School buildings [lcsh];
- Reiko Nagumo attended Los Feliz from kindergarden through second grade, before she was sent to the Internment Camp. She returned in 1945 to finish the sixth grade.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Suribachi used to crush toasted sesame seeds.
- Concentration camps -- United States [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Kitchen utensils [lcsh];
- Used by a Japanese American family during internment.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Ink box for Sumi-e painting.
- Tsuruda, Yoshio Harry [aacr2];
- Ink box with wood cover owned by Yoshio Harry Tsuruda for Sumi-e painting and calligraphy.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wood carving of bombs.
- Asian American artists [lcsh]; Tsuruda, Yoshio Harry [aacr2]; Wood-carving [lcsh];
- Most likely made by Harry Tsuruda.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- lavender flower shell earrings.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Wyoming [lcsh];
- Made at Heart Mountain Relocation Center. Tule Lake Relocation Center and Topaz Relocation Center were on or near shell beds. When the surface supply of good shells was eventually exhausted, the internees dug for them in beds from one to four feet...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Yellow flower shell earrings.
- Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Wyoming [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- Made at Heart Mountain. Tule Lake Relocation Center and Topaz Relocation Center were on or near shell beds. When the surface supply of good shells was eventually exhausted, the internees dug for them in beds from one to four feet below the ground....
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tulip shaped shell earrings.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Found objects (Art) [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Wyoming [lcsh];
- Made at Heart Mountain. Tule Lake Relocation Center and Topaz Relocation Center were on or near shell beds. When the surface supply of good shells was eventually exhausted, the internees dug for them in beds from one to four feet below the ground....
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Container shaped in likeness of sandal decorated with blue, green and yellow butterflies.
- Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Decorative arts [lcsh]; Ornamental boxes [lcsh]
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Florin tokay grape packing shed and workers in Florin.
- Agriculture -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Agricultural laborers [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Japanese American internment fiftieth year remembrance pin.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Anniversaries, etc. [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Tule Lake Relocation Center identification pin, 8555.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]
- Oval pin reads: "W.R.A. Tule Lake Project 8555 - Lilly Hirota 25476-E Trans. & Supply Mess." Lilly (Sadaye) Hirota was originally from Penryn, California and resided at Ward 5, Block 41, #4115-CD while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Gold Star Lapel Button.
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Japanese American [lcsh]; United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Medals [lcsh]; Takamoto, Mitsugi Ben [aacr2];
- The Gold Star lapel button was given to the mother of Pfc. Mitsugi Ben Takamoto who was killed in action during the Korean War, July 29, 1951. Gold Star Lapel Buttons are presented to surviving spouses, parents and next of kin of United States...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Miniature princess Daruma doll.
- Japanese -- Social life and customs [lcsh]; Bodhidharma dolls [lcsh]; Folk art -- Japan [lcsh];
- Daruma is the Japanese name for Bodhidharma. Daruma dolls (or wish dolls) are good luck charms in the Japanese culture. Typically, the eyes are not painted in until one makes a wish or sets a goal then one eye is painted in. When the wish or goal...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wallet made from Japanese textile (Bingata).
- Textile crafts [lcsh];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- "U.S." Army pin.
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Japanese Americans [lcsh]; Armed Forces -- Insignia [lcsh]; Pins [lcsh];
- Worn on United States military uniform, most likely be a Japanese American.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Still life painting of peaches, cherries and water goblet.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Colorado [lcsh]; Tsuruda, Yoshio Harry [aacr2]; Prisoners as artists [lcsh]; Painting [lcsh]; Granada Relocation Center [lcna];
- Painting made by Harry Yoshio Tsuruda at Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Miniature scroll wrapped in paper.
- Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
- Located in the third drawer of the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar). The alter was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of worship), Buddha, Nichiren...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Medal with purple tassel in wooden box.
- Japanese Americans -- Religion [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Buddhism -- Customs and practices [lcsh]; Household shrines,...
- Medal offering to Buddha. Located in the first drawer of the Butsudan (Buddhist family altar). The altar was handmade by the Kato family while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Butsudans are dedicated to the Dai-Mandala (the object of...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Herb Kurima playing baseball at Jerome Relocation Center[?].
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Kurima, Herb [aacr2]; Japanese American baseball players -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.) [aacr2]; Concentration camps -- Arkansas [lcsh];
- Herb Kurima was a champion pitcher for the Florin Japanese American baseball team.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Herb Kurima holding 1942 baseball championship banner.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Fresno Assembly Center (Fresno, Calif.) [lcna]; Baseball teams -- California -- History [lcsh]; Concentration camps -- Arkansas [lcsh]; Jerome Relocation Center (Ark.) [aacr2];...
- Most likely at Jerome Relocation Center. Banner reads: "Fresno Assembly Center Champions, Class A, 1942." Herb Kurima was the pitcher for the Florin Japanese American baseball team.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase