Digital Collections

- Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Bill.
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 [lcna]; Social security -- Law and legislation [lcsh];
- Back of photo reads: "Received from James Roosevelt."
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- War Relocation Authority Tule Lake Project identification badge.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh];
- Badge reads: "W.R.A. Tule Lake Project/Aie Yokota/7705/Community Service/Education (H.S.)/4565".
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Pea coat.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Clothing and dress [lcsh];
- Coat made and used while interned at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Green stiching reads "K. Sakazaki".
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Man speaking at Florin High School dedication ceremony.
- Dedication services -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; High schools -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Florin High School [aacr2];
- Description on back of photo reads: "The evacuation of all Japanese people changed this community. Only three of the eight families returned to stay for a while. Soon, only the Kishabas remained. Finally, they too sold their farm and moved to a...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- First shovel of dirt for Florin High School dedication ceremonial.
- Dedication services -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; High schools -- California -- Florin [lcsh]; Florin High School [aacr2];
- Description on back of photo reads: "The evacuation of all Japanese people changed this community. Only three of the eight families returned to stay for a while. Soon, only the Kishabas remained. Finally, they too sold their farm and moved to a...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Okei gravesite.
- Japanese American women -- History [lcsh]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony [lcna]; Japanese Americans -- California -- Sacramento [lcsh]; Sepulchral monuments -- California [lcsh];
- Fenced around the time of the dedication of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque. Gravestone reads: "In memory of Okei, died 1871, aged 19 years (a Japanese...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Gravestone of Kuni Masumizu, Colusa Cemetery.
- Sepulchral monuments -- California [lcsh]; Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony [lcna]; Masumizu, Kuni -- Tombs [aacr2]; Japanese American men -- History [aacr2];
- Gravestone reads: "In memmory [sic] of Kuni Masumizu // Died Sept. 13. 1915 // Aged 66 years." Kuni Masamizu was a Wakamatsu Colony pioneer. The Wakamatsu party was probably the first organized immigrant-colony arriving in El Dorado county, June...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Rohwer memorial cemetery headstones.
- Concentration camps -- Arkansas [lcsh]; Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.) [aacr2]; Sepulchral monuments -- Arkansas [lcsh]; Cemeteries -- Arkansas [lcsh];
- Headstone in lower left reads "Kagawa Asao Mary, 1891 - 1943".
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- "Moon over the River" calligraphy
- Calligraphy, Japanese [lcsh]
- Inscription reads "Kogetsu sei fu shin chu ni ari" which translates to "Moon over the river, pure wind, these are in the heart."
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- "Heart washed pure" calligraphy
- Calligraphy, Japanese [lcsh]; Japanese tea ceremony [lcsh]
- Inscription reads "senshin" in Japanese or "heart washed pure" in English.
- Sokiku Nakatani Japanese Teaware Collection
- Kanji (Japanese letter) written in calligraphy on board about a crane.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Chinese characters -- Japan [lcsh]
- Kanji reads "A voice of a crane is the best." From the Higashi-Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Kanji (Japanese letter) written in calligraphy on board.
- Japanese American art [lcsh]; Calligraphy [lcsh]; Higashi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin [lcna]; Chinese characters -- Japan [lcsh];
- Kanji reads "Peace, harmony or Japan." From the Higashi Honganji Buddist Temple in Los Angeles.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Cream duffel bag.
- Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]
- Label reads "Hollister, Calif." Used during the evacuation of Japanese Americans during World War II.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden crate label.
- Agriculture -- California -- Florin -- History [lcsh]
- Labels reads: "Northern California Farms Co., Florin, California, contents 12 baskets net wt. 12 oz. each when packed".
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Medical insignia lapel pin.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Hospitals -- Staff [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Insignia [lcsh]; Pins [lcsh];
- Medical insignia lapel pin worn by nurses and nurses aids. Inscription reads "Tule Lake Base Hospital."
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Memorial at Rohwer cemetery.
- War memorials [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.) [aacr2]; Concentration camps -- Arkansas [lcsh]; Cemeteries -- Arkansas [lcsh];
- Memorial at Rohwer cemetery. Inscription reads, "After Pearl Harbor, a wave of hysteria swept the country and nearly 112,000 Japanese-American Citizens came under suspicion as to their loyality to the United states. As a result, President Franklin...
- 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
- 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
- Gravestone of Okei, a Japanese girl.
- Sepulchral monuments -- California [lcsh]; Japanese American women -- History [lcsh]; Japanese American women -- California [lcsh]; Okei [aacr2]
- Photograph taken during the time of the dedication of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque. Gravestone reads: "In memory of Okei, died 1871, aged 19 years (a Japanese girl)."
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Finished site of the Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Farm Colony historical landmark plaque.
- Historical markers -- California -- Gold Hill (El Dorado County) [lcna]; Gold Hill (El Dorado County, Calif.) [lcna]; Agriculture -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- History [lcsh];
- Plaque reads: Site of the only tea and silk farm established in California. First agricultural settlement of pioneer Japanese immigrants who arrived at Gold Hill on June 8, 1869. Despite the initial success, it failed to prosper. It marked the...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase