Images(2)

letter

Maker Hohri, Sohei (John)

Date1942

Made WhereManzanar, California, United States

Mediumpaper

Dimensions11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

ClassificationsArchives

Credit LineGift of Harold Landon Family in Memory of Sohei Hohri

Object number2019.13.7

DescriptionLetter from John (Sohei) Hohri to Harold Landon, dated June 4, 1942. Letter in pencil on unlined paper. The first two pages are primarily drawings of pole vaulters, and on the second page there are drawings of "U" letters. On the top is a caricature of himself sweating in the heat with a thermometer reading 100 degrees. There are drawings of a boy shivering with chills, a boy passing out, a small box with a face in it choking on dust, and an angry face with a pointing finger that has larger letters under it telling Harold to "WRITE." At the bottom he includes his Manzanar address with the notation "no fancy names allowed." The drawings on the last page consist of a tractor mowing over a highbar with an angry boy to the side, a golfer swinging, and a boy in a baseball cap tossing a baseball.