Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar Gallery by Ansel Adams
When offering the collection to the Library in 1965, Adams said in a letter, "The purpose of my work was to show how these people, suffering under a great injustice, and loss of property, businesses and professions, had overcome the sense of defeat and despair by building for themselves a vital community in an arid (but magnificent) environment....All in all, I think this Manzanar Collection is an important historical document, and I trust it can be put to good use."
Entrance to Manzanar, Manzanar Relocation Center
Mrs. Yaeko Nakamura and her two children, Joyce Yuki (right) and Louise Tami (left), standing on the step at the entrance of a dwelling, Manzanar Relocation Center
Band concert, Manzanar Relocation Center
Bridge game, Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi, Nurse Chiye Yamanaki, Miss Catherine Yamaguchi, Miss Kazoko Nagahama, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Catherine Natsuko Yamaguchi, nurse, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Catholic church, Manzanar Relocation Center
Choir, two singers, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Corporal Jimmie Shohara has two ribbons Good Behavior pre-Pearl Harbor, Rifle and Pistol Citations, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Dressmaking class, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Farm workers with Mt. Williamson in background, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Henry Hanawa, mechanic, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
High school recess period, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Hog farm, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Little boy, Katsumi Yoshimura, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Louise Tami Nakamura, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Manzanar from guard tower, summer heat, view SW, Manzanar Relocation Center
Manzanar museum (Ansel Adams exhibit), Manzanar Relocation Center
Manzanar Relocation Center from tower
Manzanar street scene, clouds, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Manzanar street scene, spring, Manzanar Relocation Center
Manzanar street scene, winter, Manzanar Relocation Center
Mess line, noon, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Tsurutani and baby Bruce, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Mrs. Nakamura and family buying clothing, Manzanar Relocation Center
Mrs. Nakamura and 2 daughters (Joyce Yuki and Louise Tami)
Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi, mother Frances Yokoyama, baby Fukomoto, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi and patient Tom Kano. Others George Nakano, Keiko Kamahara
Orphanage nurse, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
People leaving Buddhist church, winter, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Relocation departure, Manzanar Relocation Center
Relocation Packing up, Manzanar Relocation Center
Richard Kobayashi, farmer with cabbages, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Roy Takeno, editor, and group reading paper in front of office, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Ryobe Nojima, farmer, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
School children walking, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
School children, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Science lecture, Manzanar Relocation Center
Sumiko Shigematsu, foreman of power sewing machine girls, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Tom Kobayashi, Landscape, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Tractor repair Driver Benji Iguchi, Mechanic Henry Hanawa, Manzanar Relocation Center, California
Unloading produce truck, Tsutomu Fuhunago, Manzanar Relocation Center
Volleyball, Manzanar Relocation Center, California