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TitleUSIS Video Clip (Softball)
Date Created1950
DescriptionA clip from the propaganda film that the United States Information Service showed in Japan after the war shows workers playing softball.
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleUSIS Video Clip (Harmony)
Date Created1950
Description"Seabrook is one of the best examples of workers working efficiently, harmoniously, and happily together."
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleEstonian choir
Date Created1950-1959
DescriptionEstonian refugees were also encouraged to perform ethnic music and dance, and to maintain folkways. In the context of the Cold War, the ability to preserve one's culture was considered an expression...
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TitlePledge of Allegiance
Date Created1950-1959
DescriptionSeabrook Farms, similar to the internment camps, promoted a system of limited self-governance. In both situations, Japanese Americans were encouraged to make decisions regarding how the community was...
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TitlePounding mochi
Date Created1950-12-28
DescriptionThe ability to partake in cultural traditions such as pounding rice for mochi, a rice cake eaten during the Japanese New Year, provided a sense of community and continuity for Nisei and especially...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleEntertainment for Brownie Scouts
Date Created1950
DescriptionNancy Morinaka Kuramoto performs a traditional dance for the Seabrook Farms' Brownie Scouts. After the war, the company encouraged various ethnic groups to preserve and share their cultures. Whereas...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleCafeteria used for many activities as well as for dining purposes
Date Created1950
DescriptionThe cafeteria was another common gathering place for Seabrook workers, and was also used for social events such as wedding receptions. When paroled internees and refugees first arrived, often without...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleUSIS Video Clip (Labor and Management)
Date Created1950
DescriptionA clip from the propaganda film that the United States Information Service showed in Japan after the war paints a rosy picture of management and worker relations at Seabrook, suggesting that the...
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleVegetable Varieties: Life photo
Date Created1955-01-03
Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)
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TitleDeputized individuals place a striking worker in a chokehold
Date Created1934
DescriptionIn July 1934, Seabrook's attempts to break a newly-formed union and a reduction in wages led workers to strike.
Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)