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| Title | Internee Yoshi Hosokawa in her Camp Harmony barracks living area, Puyallup, 1942 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1942 |
| Caption | The spartan quarters of the Camp Harmony assembly center were made more livable with fabrics, bedding and curtains. Note shiplap floor panels sealing the apartment against the ground located a few inches away.
This photograph was printed in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on May 25, 1942 with the caption "Comforts of home -- Mrs. Robert Hosokawa, recent Willamette coed, laying out a new apron in the cozy apartment which she and her husband have contrived to make out of their bare barracks. Her husband constructed the furniture out of scrap lumber and his bride of two months achieved the rest with a few draperies." |
| Notes | A framed photograph of Robert Hosokawa, husband of the woman pictured, is seen on the table at right.
Handwritten on sleeve: PUYALLUP, Wash., Japanese colony, Camp Harmony.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 12, 1942. |
| Subjects | Japanese Americans--Washington (State)--Seattle; Beds--Washington (State)--Puyallup; Relocation camps--Washington (State)--Puyallup; World War, 1939-1945 |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Puyallup |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.6681.2 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
