things fall apart

Another photo of the Nomura family, this time with their victory garden. Mr. Nomura, a department store employee, was active in organizing and maintaining the Madison Resettlement Committee and helped many resettlers in establishing themselves in the city. 

On February 19, 1942, in the wake of Pearl Harbor, Executive Order 9066 was signed, which authorized the evacuation of all persons of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. Consequently 110,000 Japanese people who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States were interned in War Relocation Camps. The Nomura family of Oakland, California avoided this fate by moving to Madison, Wisconsin during the voluntary evacuation period. The girls shown here are the three daughters of Henry Nomura-- Violet, 14, and twins Judy and Gloria, 10. They were photographed by Hikaru Iwasaki outside their new home on September 17, 1944. 

A 1940's Pin-Up Girl

Arnold Arboretum (1949) - Karl J. Sax.

Marilyn Monroe shot by Bill Carroll in August 1945, sporting a matching scarf and lipstick.

Cars in Snow, New York City by Wilfred R. Moisio, February 1940.

Victory Garden Program. Secretary Plowing Boston Common 04/11/1944 (by The U.S. National Archives)

Actress Gene Tierney and her husband, designer Oleg Cassini, at their home.