Watanabe family visiting the former site of Tule Lake concentration camp, California.
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Camp warehouse
This building, now a potato-processing plant, was formerly a produce-processing and storage facility at the Tule Lake concentration camp.
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Tule Lake pilgrimage
Pilgrimage attendees examine an old latrine foundation from Block 73. The holes were for toilets, which were situated at each end of the facility. Group showers were in the middle.
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Jimi Yamaichi (right) pointing out something to Stan Shikuma at the former site of the Tule Lake concentration camp.
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Cross erected by camp inmates
This cross, erected by inmates at the Tule Lake concentration camp, sits on top of a formation called Castle Rock. It is being approached by pilgrimage attendees.
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Memorial honoring deceased camp inmates
This memorial honors Japanese Americans who died while incarcerated at the Tule Lake concentration camp. The marker is located at the Linkville cemetery in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
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Pilgrimage attendees on Castle Rock
Tule Lake inmates erected this cross on top of a formation called Castle Rock. The area below the cross is the former site of the concentration camp.
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Tule Lake pilgrimage
Pilgrimage attendees barracks located on the property of a local farmer. Castle Rock is in the background.
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Memorial plaque
This plaque was placed at the base of the cross on Castle Rock on October 2, 1982. The plaque honors Christian ministers who served the inmates at the Tule Lake concentration camp.
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Pilgrimage attendees barracks located on the property of a local farmer. Castle Rock is in the background.
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