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Virtual Broadcasts: Takato Hamai’s handmade crutches
Date / Time Sat. Oct. 17, 11 a.m. – noon
Those with physical disabilities were not exempt from being imprisoned. These crutches, made by hand at Gila River, Arizona, are testimony to the hardships endured by the maker, Takato Hamai.
This story is the first of four “objects of survival” which 50 Objects will introduce in collaboration with the National Japanese American Historical Society.
The next three artifacts will be a toy tank made for a quarantined child, a girl’s comfort object at Topaz and a Braille Board created in Wyoming.
Each story will be followed by a separate one-hour-long online program hosted by NJAHS on Saturdays during October and November. For dates and time, please check the NJAHS website and 50 Objects Facebook page. We also will keep you posted through these email alerts.
This Saturday, Oct. 17, at 11 a.m. – noon, we invite you to meet the five children of Takato Hamai. Three were incarcerated at Gila River as children and two were born after the war. We will view slides and have a Q and A.
50 Objects: Takato Hamai’s Crutches
See you then!
Credits
50 Objects Project Director: Nancy Ukai
art direction: David Izu
banner cover design: David Izu
banner cover images: David Izu, the National Archives, and the Hamai family archives
Special thanks to: Ken Hamai, Michiko Matsuura, Takayuki Hamai, Tomio Hamai, Satoshi Hamai, Bernice Hamai, Henry Matsuura, Yi-Shen Loo (Intern), Max Nihei (Broadcast producer), Melissa Bailey & Rosalyn Tonai (Grants & Budget), Tim Chen (Registration), Hiro Edeza (Ads and logo poster designer), Masako Nakada, Malia Okamura, Neil Burmester, Densho
The project was funded in part, National Park Service Japanese American Confinement Sites program, Grants for the Arts, San Francisco Japantown Foundation, The Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Charitable Foundation
This object/story presented in collaboration with 50 Objects/Stories & National Japanese American Historical Society
