Digital Collections

- Wooden screen with painted landscape.
- Minidoka Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Idaho [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Japanese American art [lcsh]; Decorative arts [lcsh];
- Wooden screen made by Tanekichi Hamamoto while interned at Minidoka Relocation Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Three-drawer manzanita chest.
- Minidoka Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- Idaho [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Woodwork [lcsh]; Kimura, Giichi [aacr2]; Chests [lcsh];
- Manzanita trees grew around the land at Minidoka Relocation Center. Mr. Kimura pulled them up by the roots and sawed the branches into pieces approximately one-eighth inch thick. He then glued each piece into the wooden chest which was made from...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wakizashi sword.
- Swords -- Japan [lcsh]; Military weapons -- Japan [lcsh]
- Short sword consisting of the wakizashi sword (JC9:14), sheath (JC9:22) and handle (JC9:23). The sword is 20" long and has Japanese writing on the bottom portion. The wooden sheath has Japanese calligraphy painted on both sides. The wooden handle...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Complete Boy's Day Set.
- Tango no sekku [aacr2]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh];
- Boy's Day set is comprised of display box for armor (JC8:05), helmet (JC8:06), body suit (JC8:07), face apron (JC8:08), back leg armor (JC8:09), display rack for swords (JC8:10), removable sword and scabbard (JC8:11), sword (JC8:12), display rack...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Arrowheads framed in wooden box.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Arrowheads [lcsh];
- Arrowheads found at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Signed by S. Sumida.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Baby deer wooden lapel pin.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh];
- Made at Tule Lake Relocation Center. Eye, nose, and hooves painted brown.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden sushi mold.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Kitchen utensils [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Social life and customs [lcsh];
- Made at Tule Lake Relocation Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden vase.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh];
- Wooden vase made by Kametaro Takeuchi, who resided at Block 21, #2114-B in Tule Lake Relocation Center.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Small wooden bird pin.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- Pin made 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 from scraps of wood, waste items and bits from nature. They also made their own...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Ducks flying wooden pin.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- Pin made 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 from scraps of wood, waste items and bits from nature. They also made their own...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden robin lapel pin.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- Made 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 from scraps of wood, waste items and bits from nature. They also made their own brushes,...
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden jay lapel pin.
- Tule Lake Relocation Center [lcna]; Concentration camps -- California [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Wood-carving [lcsh]; Jewelry [lcsh];
- Made 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 from scraps of wood, waste items and bits from nature. They also made their own brushes,...
- 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
- 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
- Display of wooden pins made at Poston Relocation Center.
- Woodwork [lcsh]; Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 [lcsh]; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.) [lcna];
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase
- Wooden recipe box.
- Woodwork [lcsh]; Uyemura, George [aacr2]; High school students [lcsh];
- Recipe box made by George Uyemura for his sister Mildred in junior high or high school shop class. Most likely made pre-World War II.
- Japanese American Archival Collection ImageBase