Image / Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by five children in front of a ...

Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by five children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley

View source image on contributor's website.

Get Citation

Have a question about this item?

Contact Owner

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title: Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by five children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley
Date Created and/or Issued: 1942-1945
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information: Materials in the Eastern California Museum may be subject to copyrights. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Eastern California Museum as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. For further information, please contact: ecmuseum@inyocounty.us
Description: Photograph of Grandpa Tayama surrounded by five children in front of a door in Cow Creek Camp in Death Valley National Park. Incarcerees were transferred to the former Civilian Conservation Camp after the Manzanar Riot for their own protection.
The collection was donated by Ralph "Pete" Merritt, Jr. and Patricia Merritt. It is comprised of photographs from an album created by L. Josephine Hawes, the Chief Nurse at the Manzanar Hospital, and individual photographs collected by Ralph P. Merritt, the Project Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Type: image
Format: Photographs
black and white, 3.25 x 2.125 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier: ecm_merritt_0217
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/36752
Subject: World War II--Incarceration camps--Conflicts, intimidation, and violence--Manzanar riot/uprising
Identity and values--Family
Place: Cow Creek, California
Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
Additional Facilities--Cow Creek
Source: Eastern California Museum
Relation: California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Merritt Photo Collection

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.