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Charles Palmerlee Collection (96.47.8)

Charles Palmerlee Collection (96.47.8) [25 of 25] (Man wearing paper necklaces (Palmerlee_25))

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Published: June 15, 2008 Modified: Feb. 11, 2025
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Color silent amateur footage of life in the World War II Japanese American detention facility in Tule Lake, California, made 1942-1945 by teacher Charles Palmerlee.

This brief segment shows Charles Palmerlee wearing, and pointing to, paper flower necklaces given to him by departing internees; a guardtower is visible behind him (00:19).

Credits: Charles Palmerlee Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Seward Palmerlee, Japanese American National Museum (96.47.8). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

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Charles Palmerlee Collection (96.47.8)
Color footage shot at Tule Lake by teacher Charles Palmerlee, 1942-1945. Includes hand-made intertitle cards; panning shots of camp barracks; the guard tower at sunset; high school students, including a graduation; school administrators a…
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