Print, Photograph

Name/Title

Print, Photograph

Entry/Object ID

1997.15.1

Description

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 Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1942 - 1945

Place

City

Manzanar War Relocation Center

County

Inyo County

State/Province

California