IMAGE

Camp Maintenance

Japanese American men are scattered in the camp yard as they work with gardening equipment to maintain it. A guard post looms in the background.

Image 13.03.05a

Description

Concentration camps were run as if they were small towns. Many incarcerees staffed these positions, receiving one-tenth of what white WRA staffers were paid for similar work. This image shows the stark reality for Heart Mountain incarcerees in Wyoming.

Object ID

13.03.05a

Citation (Chicago-style 18th Edition)

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Okumoto, Yoshio

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Camp Maintenance

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April 8, 1944

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Wyoming, United States

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https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-hmwf-1-70/?format=img

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Multimedia details

Creator

Okumoto, Yoshio

Publisher

Denshō

Date

1944-04-08

Location

Wyoming, United States

Type

Image

Format

Photograph

File Format

jpg

Source

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, Denshō

Licensor

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation

MUMI Number

13.03.IMG.027

Creator

Okumoto, Yoshio

Publisher

Denshō

Date

1944-04-08

Location

Wyoming, United States

Type

Image

Format

Photograph

File Format

jpg

Source

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, Denshō

Licensor

Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation

MUMI Number

13.03.IMG.027

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