Jimmy Fukuhara Manzanar Camp Collection

Jimmy Fukuhara was born September 21, 1921, in Los Angeles, California to Ume and Ichisuke Fukuhara. In 1942, Jimmy, his brother Henry, and the rest of his family were removed from their home and sent to the Manzanar incarceration camp in Independence, California. Jimmy was able to leave the camp early but was drafted into the army shortly after. When he returned home from the war, he moved back to Santa Monica to work at the nursery his family operated until he retired in 1986.

Henry Fukuhara was born in 1913 in Fruitland, California. After high school, Henry attended art school but stopped after two months to support his wife and daughter during the Depression. He continued to pursue a career in art with prints being exhibited in local libraries and museums until his family moved to the Manzanar incarceration camp during World War Two. After the war was over, Henry and his family, moved to Long Island, New York and opened a flower growing business. He did not return to art until the 1970s when he began attending workshops and classes. In 1988, he organized the first "Paint Out" Watercolor Workshops to Manzanar and the surrounding areas.