Tule Lake Relocation/Detention Center

A scene in the induction center at Tule Lake. Many children were left guarding the family's sole possessions while their parents went through the rather trying routine of being photographed, finger printed and assigned to new quarters. To the very young children, the whole business of evacuation, relocation and segregation is incomprehensible, as registered in the faces of these two children from the Jerome Center. 9/26/43

Two of the evacuees who participated in the Harvest Festival Parade which was held at this relocation center.

A view down one of the streets of this relocation center, showing the artistic way in which the evacuees decorate the exterior of their barracks to make them more homelike. 11/3/42

Nursery school children singing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. 11/2/42

Nursery school children with model barracks. 11/2/42

Haru Uno. Present occupation: stenographer. Former occupation: stenographer. Former residence: Loomis, California

The treads on a caterpillar tractor are repaired by local mechanics. All repair work on cars, trucks, tractors, and other motor vehicles is done by evacuee workers. 1/30/43

1946 view

Thaws turn the streets and fire breaks into seas of mud, and makes difficult motor transportation through the center. 2/2/43

A large group of friends wish bon voyage to a group of eleven evacuees, who are leaving the center. Of this group, seven were students and workers going out on indefinite leave, and the other four were transferred to the Central Utah Project. Mixed emotions were displayed as these people boarded the bus.

Quick work, by the evacuee fire department, kept the fire which broke out in the office located at the old hog farm from doing other than minor damage.

Proud Mrs. Kumiko Noda, 23, evacuee from Florin, California, holds her new son, Newell Kazuo Noda. Baby Newell arrived at 6:12 A.M., Sunday, June 12, and was the first child born at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese descent. 7/1/42

A view of Selective Service registration headquarters where 420 youths of 18 to 20 signed up in the latest draft registration. 6/30/42

Evacuees distribute scrap lumber to each block. This scrap will be used by the residents to construct furniture for their apartments and also for firewood. 7/1/42

A fashion show was one of the many exhibits held at this relocation center on Labor Day. Great skill was shown in dressmaking and tailoring, and was thoroughly appreciated by the large audience which witnessed this display. 9/7/42

Five little school girls proudly hold the dolls they made in school. These dolls were on display in the exhibit of school handicraft which was held on Labor Day. 9/7/42

A group of pretty hikers shouldered their lunches and hiked into the foothills for a Labor Day picnic. 9/7/42

An evacuee family spends a quiet evening in their barracks. The decoration of this apartment is quite typical and shows the home made furniture, shelves, bookcases and other furniture. 9/10/42

A view in one of the evacuee apartments. This apartment was very tastefully decorated and showed great originality in interior decoration. Blue was the dominant color in the room and was relieved by brightly colored couch covers and other spots of contrasting color. All of the material used in decorating this room was ordered by the evacuee through a mail order house. 9/10/42

Typical high school girls

Fire which started from a defective flue destroyed the kitchen and part of the main mess hall in the administrative area of the Tule Lake Segregation Center. Evacuees in two companies responded to the alarm at 3 a.m. and brought the fire under control. Damage was estimated at $3,000.

Katsumi Ogawa, first and only person to enlist from this center in Army Nurse Corps, August 28, 1943. [8/28/1943]

Girls quartet from the Talent Show sponsored by Tri-State High School student body June 9 at Tule Lake to help finance the annual. 6/9/44

Quick work, by the evacuee Fire Department, kept the fire, which broke out in the office located at the old hog farm, from doing other than minor damage

People from the Manzanar Relocation center were moved to the Tule Lake Segregation Center and quartered in the ten blocks which had been built as an addition at Tule Lake. They arrived in four special trains and were taken directly from the railroad to their new homes. A total of 1876 people came on the four trains. They were tired from their long train ride, but everything was done to make them comfortable and aid them in getting settled.

An elderly gentleman, newly arrived from the Topaz Center, is shown being photographed, front and side, as one of the requirements for all present residents of the Tule Lake Center. Everyone over 12 years of age was photographed and finger printed. 9/25/43

In the induction center at Tule Lake, one of the 489 arrivals on trip 15 from Topaz is seen receiving his new barracks number from one of the clerks before being issued his quota of blankets. 9/25/43

Many small children and babies were among the 489 arrivals at Tule Lake from Topaz. Some of them are here shown waiting in line to register at the induction center. 9/25/43

Scene in the finger printing department at the Tule Lake induction center as an elderly transferee has impressions made of the fingers on both hands. All Tule Lake residents, both new arrivals and those who chose to remain at the center, were compelled to be finger printed and photographed. 9/25/43