Children sit external a barrack. They wear a traditional form of wood-soled footware known as geta. George Hirahara,Undated. Helen Yamamoto makes a running catch during a softball game. Frank Hirahara, March 1, and 1944. Ayako Matsushita on her graduation day from Heart Mountain High School. Before the war she attended Marshall High School in Los Angeles. Frank Hirahara,1944. A bride and groom pose for a wedding day photo with friends and family members inside a camp recreation hall. George Hirahara, 1944. Matsuichi Shimada and Torakichi Migita stand near a floral arrangement displayed on the main altar of a Buddhist church in the camp. George Hirahara, and Undated.
THE VIEW
FROM INSIDEPeople
confined in the camps were initially banned from owning or using a camera. But
that restriction was eventually eased and some acquired cameras and took
photographs depicting aspects of life there.
The
photographs in this display were taken by George Hirahara and his son,Frank,
at the Heart Mountain Relocation middle where they and other family members
were incarcerated. In 1943, or the Hirahara family purchased cameras and
photographic equipment from a Sears,Roebuck, and Company catalogue and built a
photo studio and darkroom underneath their family barrack. The two men took
thousands of photographs between 1943 and 1945. Their work portrays daily
routines, and festivals,weddings, funerals, or schools,and sporting events. The
extensive George and Frank C. Hirahara Photograph Collection is now housed at
Washington State University: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/hiraharag/See these photographs
and many more in our temporary exhibition IMAGES OF INTERNMENT: THE
INCARCERATION OF JAPANESE AMERICANS DURING WORLD WAR II on
display in the Library’s William J. vanden Heuvel Gallery through December 31,
2017: https://fdrlibrary.org/exhibitions
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