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The Art of Gaman: Arts & Crafts from the Japanese American Internment Camps, 1942-1946

Internment camp at Heart Mountain by unidentified artist from the collection of the Japanese American Museum of San José. Photo courtesy of Delphine Hirasuna.Elephant made from scrap wood, nails by Seitaro Sasaki , an internee at Rohwer, Arkansas from the ollection of Bob and Rose Sasaki. Photo courtesy of Delphine Hirasuna.Painting of Tule Lake ca. 1945 by Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani – Interned at Tule Lake, CA from the collection of Hiroshi Sakai Estate and Family. Photo courtesy of Delphine Hirasuna.Toy train made from scrap metal, scrap wood and paint by Edward Jitsue Kurushima, an internee in Poston, Arizona. Photo courtesy of Delphine Hirasuna. Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, CA, Sept. 7, 1942. Art time in the nursery school at this relocation center. Photo by Francis Stewart. Courtesy of the National Archives & Records Administration.San Bruno Assembly Center, June 16, 1942. An art school has been established at this Assembly center with a well trained, experienced evacuee staff under the leadership of Professor Chiura Obata, who before evacuation was an associate professor of art at the University of California. Photo by Dorothea Lange. Courtesy of the National Archives & Records.

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