Ansel Adams’s Photographs of Japanese-American Internment at Manzanar

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The following presentation of collection highlights was selected by Library of Congress staff who have worked closely with Ansel Adams's Manzanar photographs. The images give an introduction to Adams's work at the internment camp. The presentation is divided into the following sections:

Daily Life | Portraits | Agricultural Scenes | Sports and Leisure Activities
Man reading a newspaper outside an office
descriptive record icon enlarge image icon  Roy Takeno, reading paper in front of office.
LC-A35-4-M-04		 Mother looking at her baby, held by a nurse
descriptive record icon enlarge image icon  Nurse Aiko Hamaguchi, Mother Frances Yokoyama, Baby Fukumoto.
LC-A35-5-M-04		 Men in a warehouse
descriptive record icon enlarge image icon  Warehouse. M. Ogi, Manager. S. Sugimoto,
Manager of CO-OP Bunkochi Hyashi.
LC-A351-3-M-21		 People walking towards a church
descriptive record icon enlarge image icon  Catholic Church.
LC-A351-3-M-01
Woman pinning fabric to a dressmaking dummy
descriptive record icon enlarge image icon  Dressmaking class: Mrs. Ryie Yoshizawa, instructor.
LC-A35-5-M-24 		Woman and child shopping
descriptive record icon enlarge image icon  Mrs. Nakamura and family buying toys (with Fred Moriguchi).
LC-A35-5-M-39 		Landscape view
descriptive record icon enlarge image icon  Manzanar from Guard Tower, view west.
LC-A351-3-M-4-Bx 		Woman and two children outside a house
descriptive record icon enlarge image icon  Mrs. Naguchi and two children.
LC-A351-3-M-22

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