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Soldier in front of tents (ddr-densho-201-514)
Caption in album: "'Long John' Tsukushima / Colorado."
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Receipt for funeral expenses for Kanetaro Domoto (ddr-densho-329-692)
From Kilpatrick-Duggan Mortuary in Lamar Colorado
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Ruth Y. Okimoto Interview Segment 20 (ddr-densho-1000-331-20)
Postwar work to reconnect with the Native Americans on the Colorado River reservation
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The Christian Gospel in the Relocation Center (ddr-densho-462-9)
Sermon delivered at Bethany Baptist church, Colorado Springs
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Letter from Helen G. Duggan to Joseph Ishikawa (ddr-densho-468-147)
Refusal of admission to the University of Colorado
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Scene the Pictorial Magazine Vol. 3 No. 9 (January 1952) (ddr-densho-266-38)
Selected article titles: "Hollywood films movie in Colorado" (p. 11), "Chicago treats young visitor from Hawaii" (p. 13), "Colorado newsgirl writes about forest fires and murder trials" (p. 18).
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Bill Hosokawa Interview Segment 24 (ddr-densho-1000-129-24)
Moving to Colorado and working for the Denver Post, covering the Korean and Vietnam wars
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College transcript (ddr-densho-338-330)
College transcript for Guyo Tajiri from the University of Colorado.
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Lynne Horiuchi Interview (ddr-densho-1000-501)
Sansei female. Born June 10, 1945, in Denver, Colorado, where parents moved after leaving camp during World War II. Grew i[ om Denver, where father had an insurance company. Attended the University of Colorado and then Colorado College. Studied abroad in Italy before moving to California. Eventually earned a PhD and became an architectural historian.
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Colorado Times Collection (ddr-densho-150)
This collection contains several issues of the Colorado Times, a newspaper published in both English and Japanese during World War II. Although not published in an incarceration camp, this paper served as a source of information for residents of the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado.
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Alley Watada Interview (ddr-manz-1-30)
Nisei male. Born July 20, 1930, in Plateville, Colorado. Grew up in Fort Lupton, Colorado, where parents ran a farm. Continued farming in Fort Lupton during World War II, employing German prisoners of war as well as Japanese Americans who had been in concentration camps. Attended Colorado State University and UC Davis, earning a PhD in …
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George Yano Interview (ddr-jamsj-2-11)
Sansei male. Born July 6, 1942, in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Compiled an extensive family history detailing parents' participation in a "voluntary evacuation" from Milpitas, California, to Fort Lupton, Colorado, in 1942, to avoid incarceration.
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Summer Carnival Parade (ddr-densho-37-469)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Amache Summer Carnival Parade.
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Jack Y. Kubota Interview (ddr-densho-1000-409)
Nisei male. Born May 4, 1929. Born in Pasadena, California. Grew up El Centro, California, where father was a truck farmer. During World War II, removed with family to the Poston (Colorado River) concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and joined the navy. Graduated from college in San …
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Staff bus (ddr-densho-161-12)
This bus was for War Relocation Authority Staff who lived in Lamar, Colorado.
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Copy of "Plan of Segregation:" (ddr-densho-122-887)
Outlining criteria for individuals to be sent to segregation camp at Colorado River
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Invoice from Colorado Beverage Co. (ddr-densho-319-498)
Invoice for a beverage purchase made by T.K. Pharmacy from Colorado Beverage Co.
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Wood Plaque (ddr-densho-364-1)
A wood plaque that reads "Souvenir / Colorado River Relocation Center / Poston, Arizona / 1942"
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Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado (ddr-densho-161-2)
This photograph was taken from the camp's water tower.