Tom parker wwii photographer biography

Mr. Parker was another photographer documenting the Japanese Internment experience.

 Grade school children leaving the school, at the Jerome Relocation Center. During the rainy season, the Jerome Center was one vast quagmire.

Denson, Arkansas, 1943

 Home visiting day, when parents will visit the school, is a big event, 

and these nursery school children are decked out in their special costumes 

for the special occasion.

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Denson, Arkansas, 1943

 Junior high school students at their first social hour cut loose with a bit of rug cutting. 

Amache, Colorado, 1942

 Knitting warm woolen clothing for her children against the coming winter, this Japanese mother, at the Topaz Relocation Center, takes advantage of the warm Utah sun.

1943

 Miss Mary Saito and Miss Alice Yamaoka, young Nisei residents at the Granada Relocation Center, register for defense employment with the assistance of Mr. Moon, W.R.A. Employment Division Repres