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TitleLetter from H. Leon Yager to Ellen Noguchi Nakamura, December 26, 1944
Date Created1944-12-26
DescriptionBy December 1944, 817 internees had been released to Seabrook Farms. The total number would exceed 2,500, although many Issei and Nisei returned to California after the war's end.
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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TitleJohn Nykun posing with 'Little Tokio' sign, Great Meadows, New Jersey, April 13, 1944.
Date Created1944-04-13
DescriptionParoled internees had to contend with hostile receptions in many places. White residents of Great Meadows, NJ, including the soldier shown here, protested farmer George Kowalick's decision to hire...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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TitleWork and Live at Deerfield
Date Created1944
DescriptionA pamphlet promotes Seabrook's new housing, which was built during the war and leased to the company by the Federal Public Housing Authority.
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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TitleEllen Nakamura, Notice of Assignment and Discharge Papers
Date Created1944-08-31
DescriptionAs a Relocation Guidance Committee Secretary, Nakamura received $19 a month in wages.
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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TitleYear Around Work for Men and Women
Date Created1941-1945
DescriptionWritten in both Japanese and English, this poster advertises the more permanent status of positions at Seabrook Farms, which, due to the continual processing of warehoused frozen vegetable, was not...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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Title500 Satisfied Issei and Nisei Already Employed
Date Created1943
DescriptionRelocation and supervised work was implemented gradually by the WRA, beginning in January 1943. This poster touts Seabrook Farms' success in attracting and retaining released internees, to convince...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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TitleTranscript of Memorandum to the Peruvian ambassador
Date Created1942-04-18
DescriptionA memo from the U.S. Embassy in Peru to the Peruvian Ambassador in Washington exemplifies widely-held beliefs that ethnic Japanese in the Americas were unassimilable. The letter contends that as "an...
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
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TitleHorse drawn wagons in the Egg Harbor City Carnival Parade on August 15, 1914.
Date Created1914
DescriptionThe card is captioned on the bottom , "Carnival Parade August 15, '14, Egg Harbor City, N.J.". Horse drawn wagons in the Carnival Parade in Egg Harbor City on August 15, 1914. The parade seems to be...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleSaalman Farm, Egg Harbor City, NJ, Postcard
Date Created1890-1910
DescriptionThis is a postcard of the Saalman Farm in Egg Harbor City, NJ. There is no date written on the card. This photographic postcard was produced around the 1900 era. The farmhouse, well, windmill,...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitlePage 1 of 1862 Tax Book, Egg Harbor City, NJ.
Date Created1862
DescriptionThis is an image of two pages from the 1862 property tax book of Egg Harbor City, NJ. Indices of the names found on these pages is part of this NJDH collection. A search by name of property owners in...
Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)