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California's Gold with Huell Howser

Songbird of Manzanar

Season 7 Episode 7003

During the years of the detainment in Manzanar War Relocation Center, one of ten camps at which Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II, music provided a rare solace for the internees. Huell visits with Mary Kageyama Nomura known as the "Songbird of Manzanar" who performed there as a teenager.

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Vincent Price Art Museum
28:31
Huell tours the Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park.
Places I've Wanted to Go
27:07
Join Host Huell Howser on an adventure to two places he’s been wanting to visit for years!
Cotton
24:13
Huell spends a day in Buttonwillow, which calls itself the “Cotton Capitol of California.”
Snow and Ice
27:41
Huell meets up with historian Tom Macaulay, who takes him to a frozen lake in the Sierra.
Life in Death Valley
28:17
Huell explores the beauty and unexpected biodiversity of Death Valley.
Reagan Ranch
54:40
Huell gets a tour of the Santa Barbara ranch home of President Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy.
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