Photographs, circa 1930-1959

Materials are mainly prints and negatives photographed by Atsushi Art Ishida during his incarceration in the Jerome and Tule Lake camps. He developed them in his room in the camp barracks. His photographs depict the life in the incarceration camps, capturing the buildings, such as barracks, guard towers, a hospital, fire station, and warehouse; the workers for farming, laundry, mess hall, and logging; and the sports games in which the incarcerees participated. Included are the farewell scenes which show the incarcerees who were being transferred from the Jerome camp to the Tule Lake Segregation Center. Also included are digital reproductions of two photo albums containing photographs taken during the prewar years, the Korean War, and the postwar years. The photos document his life in prewar Japan and Artesia, California and his time during the Korean War.