Japanese interment camp

Huge WWII internment camp photo collection moving to WSU

Heart Mountain internee George Hirahara (shown) created this darkroom in his barracks in the fall of 1943 by ordering equipment and supplies from Sears and Roebuck catalog. When his son Frank became photo editor of the 1944 Heart Mountain High School “Tempo” Yearbook, the duo started to expand their darkroom and take professional grade photos […]