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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.
Finally some bathing beauties I can appreciate. hubba hubba!
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.
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]
The an on the left could be a relative of George Takei. He spent time in an internment camp as a child.
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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