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Summer Internees: 1942
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 8:48pm.
July 1942. "Rupert, Idaho. Former CCC camp now under FSA management. Japanese-American farm workers swimming." Medium format nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
Bathing Beauties
Submitted by Anonymous DC Tip... on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 10:27am.
Finally some bathing beauties I can appreciate. hubba hubba!
The camps
Submitted by A Californian on Sun, 04/22/2012 - 12:11am.
A former Japanese American co-worker said that from her personal experience once people arrived at the internment camps friendships were made and people generally made the best of a terrible situation. She said she met her future husband while there and that her family was able to buy a few simple comforts of home from the Sears and Montgomery Ward catalogues. Many of the San Diego children regularly corresponded with Miss Breed, a kindly downtown librarian who later published some of those letters in a book entitled "Dear Miss Breed." She remained close to some of those former children the rest of her life.
They seem relatively happy
Submitted by deefer on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 3:57am.
despite being interred for no real good reason. I wonder if they were asked to smile for the camera.
[You might want to check the difference between "interred" and "interned." - Dave]
Beam me up!
Submitted by loribl on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 2:52am.
The an on the left could be a relative of George Takei. He spent time in an internment camp as a child.
I hope they found some fun
Submitted by pattyanne on Fri, 04/20/2012 - 12:19am.
Hard to be happy when your family is interned for no other reason than being Japanese. Unless I have my facts wrong. Good photo though!!
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