Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission

Uprooted:
Japanese American Farm Labor Camps
During World War II

Sponsor an Image

Any of the 45 images can be sponsored, on a first-come basis, for a $500 donation to Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission. Each donor will be acknowledged on the photo label of this and future exhibitions across the region and nation. Donors receive an approximately 16"x17" or 14"x20" professional print, depending on the image selected.

Pictures sponsored are highlighted.
Those currently available are not.

# 007 available for sponsorship # 031

To sponsor an available Russell Lee image, select your image & number and make your tax-deductible donation via PayPal above or send us a check. $450 of your $500 gift qualifies as a tax-deduction. Please provide your address, phone, and email, as well as how you'd like to have your gift credited in the box just before PayPal check out or along with your check. Send check to OCHC, PO Box 3588, Portland, OR 97208-3588. Your sponsorship credit will appear below the images on all future exhibitions. Your gift is greatly appreciated. It will help us to share this show with rural and urban audiences throughout the Great Northwest and across the US.

OCHC Lee # 001	Farm labor camp, Garrison's Corner near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon.
OCHC Lee # 002	Farm labor camp near Shelley, Bingham County, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 003	Farm labor camp near Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 004	Farm labor camp near Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 005	Tents at the Garrison's Corner camp near Nyssa, Oregon.
OCHC Lee # 006	Tent home at the Garrison's Corner camp near Nyssa, Oregon.
OCHC Lee # 007	Laundry room at the Garrison's Corner camp near Nyssa, Oregon.
OCHC Lee # 008	Interior of converted Civilian Conservation Corps barracks at the camp near Rupert, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 009	Japanese Americans taking down the flag near Rupert, Idaho
OCHC Lee # 010	Delivering newspaper to the camp near Rupert, Minidoka County, Idaho
OCHC Lee # 011	Japanese American at camp near Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho
OCHC Lee # 012	Japanese American washing his face at camp in Garrison Corner near Nyssa
OCHC Lee # 013	Yoshio "Sonny" Takami, head of camp security, at the Garrison Corner camp near Nyssa, Oregon
OCHC Lee # 014	Laborers playing “Go” at the camp near Twin Falls.
OCHC Lee # 015	The camp council, led by Henry Kato, meets at the Garrison Corner camp near Nyssa, Malheur County, Oregon
OCHC Lee # 016	Uchiyama family at the Garrison's Corner camp near Nyssa, Oregon.
OCHC Lee # 017	Interior of barracks at the camp near Rupert, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 018	Interior of housing at camp near Twin Fall, Idaho
OCHC Lee # 019	Communal bathrooms at the camp near Rupert, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 020	Resting after work at the camp near Rupert, Idaho
OCHC Lee # 021	Boy with pet living at the camp near Shelley, Idaho
OCHC Lee # 022	Washing dishes at the camp near Twin Falls, Idaho
OCHC Lee # 023	The Ouchida family.
OCHC Lee # 024	Interior of housing at the camp near Twin Falls, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 025	Man combing his hair at the camp near Rupert, Idaho
OCHC Lee # 026	Writing a letter at the camp near Rupert, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 027	Mess hall at the Garrison's Corner camp near Nyssa, Oregon.
OCHC Lee # 028	Preparing rice at the camp near Shelley, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 029	Making lunch at the camp near Rupert, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 030	Dr. Lou Malding administering a vaccination to Yasu Teramura at the Garrison's Corner camp near Nyssa, Oregon.
OCHC Lee # 031	Laborers near Twin Falls, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 032	Laborer moving water near Rupert, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 033	Jack Ouchida, pictured on the right, and Amalgamated Sugar Company employees check the payroll at the Garrison's Corner camp near Nyssa, Oregon.
OCHC Lee # 034	Laborers riding to Nyssa, Oregon on an Amalgamated Sugar Company truck. Joe Yoshio Komoto is pictured third from the left.
OCHC Lee # 035	Trucks arriving at the Garrison's Corner camp near Nyssa, Oregon to pick up laborers.
OCHC Lee # 036	Japanese American farm worker resting near Nyssa, Oregon.
OCHC Lee # 037	Working in a sugar beet field near Shelley, Idaho
OCHC Lee # 038	Leaving the labor camp for a visit into Rupert, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 039	A badminton game at the Garrison's Corner camp near Nyssa, Oregon.
OCHC Lee # 040	Baseball game at Nyssa High School with laborers from the Garrison's Corner camp.
OCHC Lee # 041	Swimmers near Rupert, Idaho
OCHC Lee # 042	Sign at the Garrison's Corner camp for a dance at the Hashitani family farm near Nyssa, Oregon.
OCHC Lee # 043	Child swinging at the camp near Shelley, Idaho.
OCHC Lee # 044	Girls living in the Garrison's Corner camp near Nyssa, Oregon blow bubbles.
OCHC Lee # 045	Attending a picture show in Nyssa, Oregon.

Any of the 45 images can be sponsored, on a first-come basis, for a $500 donation to Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission. Each donor will be acknowledged on the photo label of future exhibitions across the state and region. Donors receive an approximately 16"x17" or 14"x20" professional print, depending on the image selected.

Pictures sponsored are highlighted.
Those currently available are not.

# 008 available for sponsorship # 041