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Topaz Camp (ddr-densho-357-774)
img Topaz Camp (ddr-densho-357-774)
Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Taken at Topaz, Utah 1944?" Families gather around a picnic table to eat.
Dedication of camp hospital (ddr-densho-37-561)
img Dedication of camp hospital (ddr-densho-37-561)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A young doctor of Japanese parentage, addresses the gathered crowd at dedication ceremonies for the new hospital at the Topaz Relocation Center.
Japanese American workers loading scrap lumber (ddr-densho-37-555)
img Japanese American workers loading scrap lumber (ddr-densho-37-555)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A group of volunteer workers at the Topaz Relocation Center gathering a truck load of scrap lumber from the contractor's scrap pile.
Drum and bugle corps (ddr-densho-37-432)
img Drum and bugle corps (ddr-densho-37-432)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A drum and bugle corp, formerly a boy scout unit in Los Angeles, performs at the dedication of the new hospital at Topaz.
Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayawa (ddr-densho-498-37)
doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayawa (ddr-densho-498-37)
Letter to Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayama letting him know that they are going to Topaz, Utah.
Drum and bugle corps (ddr-densho-37-565)
img Drum and bugle corps (ddr-densho-37-565)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A section of the drum and the bugle corps, a former boy scout unit, performs at the dedication of the hospital at the Topaz Relocation center.
Group posing for photo outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-144)
img Group posing for photo outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-144)
Caption below photo: Topaz, Utah Incarceration Camp Kitchen Crew circa 1943-1945 Most are from Alameda, CA. Individuals identified.
Topaz Camp (ddr-densho-357-763)
img Topaz Camp (ddr-densho-357-763)
Two unnamed women stand on their front steps with two children between them in the camp in Topaz, Utah.
Construction of an irrigation gate (ddr-densho-37-566)
img Construction of an irrigation gate (ddr-densho-37-566)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Vocational training class in farm construction gets some real action at the Topaz Relocation Center. Picture shows them getting practical class work in construction of irrigation gate.
Yoshioka family in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-773)
img Yoshioka family in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-773)
Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Pvt Giichi Yoshioka on leave from army and took picture of Tadaichi and Yoni at Topaz, Utah."
Japanese Americans clearing land (ddr-densho-37-567)
img Japanese Americans clearing land (ddr-densho-37-567)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Volunteer workers clearing sagebrush and wild guayule from a section of the lands of the Topaz Relocation Center to be used for truck gardening and animal foreage acreage.
Japanese Americans landscaping (ddr-densho-37-558)
img Japanese Americans landscaping (ddr-densho-37-558)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. To soften the general atmosphere at the hospital at the Topaz Relocation Center, these volunteer workers are preparing to move a tree to be transplanted near the hospital grounds.
Yoshioka family in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-733)
img Yoshioka family in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-733)
Private Masaru Yoshioka visits his parents in the camp in Topaz, Utah. Left to right: Yoni Yoshioka, Masaru Yoshioka, Tadaichi Yoshioka.
Two girls standing in front of barracks (ddr-densho-292-1)
img Two girls standing in front of barracks (ddr-densho-292-1)
Caption on reverse: "Topaz, Utah. Shigeko Omori on left, Mary Kaibe, right 17 years. 1943? Nishioka family residence Block 31A, family # 20752."
Portrait of group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-800)
img Portrait of group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-800)
Caption: Niseis from the Military Intelligence School at Camp Savage, Minnesota visit friends and family incarcerated at Topaz, Utah - December 4. 1942. Includes names.
Japanese American soldiers on furlough (ddr-densho-37-568)
img Japanese American soldiers on furlough (ddr-densho-37-568)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Back from the fighting front on furloughs to visit their families at Topaz Relocation Center are left to right: Ben Moriwaki, and Fred Tamakassubo. These fighting men saw real action during occupied Attu under heavy fire.
School class at Topaz (ddr-ajah-6-95)
img School class at Topaz (ddr-ajah-6-95)
Caption below photo: School class at Topaz, Utah incarceration camp, 1942-1945. Kazumaro was from Alameda, CA. Kazumaro Motoyoshi standing third from left at back
Masaru Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-737)
img Masaru Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-737)
Private Masaru Yoshioka addressed this portrait to his parents, "Your son, Masaru." Masaru's parents, Yani and Tadaichi Yoshioka, were held in the Topaz, Utah camp.
Photo of Topaz camp, take from above (ddr-ajah-6-145)
img Photo of Topaz camp, take from above (ddr-ajah-6-145)
Inscription below photo front: Central Utah Reloc. Center Topaz, Utah 1944. Inscription on back in Japanese. Note on page: Kanji translation on the back of the photo: to M/M Tomine and Mr. Otsu, New Year Greetings - From Yoshioka family
Topaz Times Welcome Issue (September 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-142-1)
doc Topaz Times Welcome Issue (September 17, 1942) (ddr-densho-142-1)
Selected article titles: "Welcome to Topaz" (p. 1), "First Day" (p. 2), "Where to Go" (p. 2), "Topaz: Our City" (p. 2), "Administrative Staff of Central Utah Relocation Project" (p. 3), "Hand Baggages" (p. 3), "School to Open" (p. 3), "Scrap Lumber" (p. 3).
Topaz Times Collection (ddr-densho-142)
Collection Topaz Times Collection (ddr-densho-142)
This collection consists of the Topaz Times, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Topaz concentration camp, Utah. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945.
Topaz Museum Collection (ddr-densho-1013)
Collection Topaz Museum Collection (ddr-densho-1013)
This collection consists of interviews conducted in partnership with the Topaz Museum, a volunteer, non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve the original site of the World War II Internment Camp near Delta, Utah, to interpret its impact on the internees, their families, and the citizens of Utah and to educate the public in order to …
Yoshioka family in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-731)
img Yoshioka family in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-731)
Private Masaru Yoshioka visits his family in the camp in Topaz, Utah. Left to right: Tadaichi Yoshioka, George Yoshioka, Masaru Yoshioka, Yoni Yoshioka, Giichi Yoshioka, June Yoshioka, Vernon Yoshioka (front).
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