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Chairs, Jerome, AR.
Made by M. Makimoto

Homma, chair

photo: Nancy Ukai,
collection of Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation

Nishimoto Chair, c 1943. Sanyo Nishimoto and his daughter, Irene, were sent to the Jerome, AR, camp and then to the Tule Lake, CA, Segregation Center. After being freed, they settled in Chicago. Irene Nishimoto Suyeoka became a noted weaver and wove the sling for the chair years later. Courtesy of the Nishimoto-Suyeoka Family Artifact Collection, Japanese American Service Committee, Chicago.

Minidoka, ID, 11/1942
Courtesy of the Frank Kubo Collection, (Densho)

Photo: Tom Parker, WRA. Men often took carpentry jobs to get easier access to building materials, always in short supply. In this photo, the woodworkers are shown to be content and industrious while building furniture for camp facilities at Heart Mountain, WY. Sept. 22, 1942. Courtesy National Archives.