Name/Title
Print, PhotographEntry/Object ID
1997.15.1Description
Photo of the block 2 mess hall crew at Manzanar. They are identified on the reverse in Japanese, and a letter in the envelope translates the names. Photo was taken looking west towards the Sierra Nevada. Basketball hoops might be visible in background on left side.
Front row (from right): Mrs. Miyamoto, Mrs. Miyano, Mrs. Murakami, Hatsue Katsurano, Chief Takeuchi, Mrs. Shiba, Mrs. Matsumoto, timekeeper Mrs. Nakano, Shinbara or Kanbara, Hashimoto, No. Two Ward Chief Tomonaga.
Middle row: Hano or Yono, Tamura, Nishimoi, Iwasaki, Morizawa, Kamei Minako, Shigeko (no last name), Hiraiwa, Koyangi (?), Oguri, Masajiro Seto (this is the donor's father who was among the volunteers who built the camp; he died in 1960), Saito.
Back row: Kuwahara, Agatagawa (?), Otaya, Murakami, Yoshida, Ogata, Nakata, Kawashima, Ikejiri, timekeeper Gakuta (?), Akiyama, Tsuji.Collection
Frank Seto CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1942 - 1945Place
City
Manzanar War Relocation CenterCounty
Inyo CountyState/Province
California