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T/Sgt. Tom Nagata (ddr-densho-338-195)
Caption on reverse: "T/SGT Tom Nagata / Pacific Citizen / Japanese-American Citizen's League / Salt Lake City, Utah."
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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.
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"12th Annual Intermountain District Young Buddhist League Conference" (ddr-densho-255-189)
Bottom right: "12th Annual Intermountain District Young Buddhist League Conference January 24-25 48 Davis High School Utah."
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Japanese Americans working on camp water mains (ddr-densho-37-556)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Young volunteer workers, residents at the Topaz Relocation Center, completing the water mains.
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Hisa Kano (ddr-densho-328-242)
Caption in album: "Hisa's summer vacation to Seattle / 1951 / from Brigham City, Utah / Hisa Kano at Brigham City."
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Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-87)
Portrait in photo folder. Note from donor: Mae Miwa circa 1945. Printed on folder: Austin Studios California-Utah
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The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 24 No. 7 (February 22, 1947) (ddr-pc-19-8)
Selected article titles: "Utah Senate Passes Alien Land Law Repeal" (p. 1), "Report 900 Stranded Nisei Cleared for Return to U.S. Retained American Citizenship During War; All Carefully Screened, Says U.S. Official" (p. 1), "AFL Central Labor Council Urges Legislative Repeal Of Alien Property Law in Utah" (p. 8).
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Drawing of the laundry buildings at Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-392-10)
Caption written by Kenneth Iyeki: "These are the laundry buildings from which all the internees left for Topaz, Utah. As the time for the trip to Utah neared, fences were put up around these three makeshift structures and people were leaving the camp every day like herds of cattle."
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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.
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Aerial view of Topaz concentration camp (ddr-densho-37-431)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A general view of a section of east end of the Topaz Relocation Center.
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Japanese Americans transplanting trees (ddr-densho-37-569)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Transplanting trees from existing farms to the hospital area at the Topaz Relocation Center.
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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.
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Co-op News (Topaz) Collection (ddr-densho-288)
Collection of newspapers published by the co-op at the Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp, Utah. The newspapers discuss co-op administration and concerns, as well as everyday life.
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Tanforan Totalizer Vol. I No. 19 (September 12, 1942) (ddr-densho-149-16)
Selected article titles: "Advance Tanforan Contingent Leaves for Utah WRA Project. Main Evacuation of Center to Start Sept. 15" (p. 1), "Administrative Messages to Tanforan Residents" (p. 1), "Embarkation Procedure Given for Relocation" (p. 1), "Co-op Canteen Envisioned for Utah Relocation Site" (p. 1), "Nisei Faces the Future" (p. 12).
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Tamaki & Co. merchandise (ddr-densho-162-47)
Located on Wall Avenue in Ogden, Utah, across the street from Union Station. In existence from 1912 to the 1960s.
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Information Roundup Vol. IV, No. 4 (ddr-densho-156-374)
Section titles: "Harvest Recruits Reach New High"; "Vegetable Shipments From Tule Increase"; "Population: 67,632"; "Central Utah Report"; "From Project Papers."
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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."
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Four men at Mitarai Farm (ddr-densho-463-164)
Written beside photograph on scrapbook page: Emie, Roy, Hobaru, George [likely George Komoto]; Taken at Mitarai Farm; October 1944; Richfield, Utah.
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Ogden Buddhist Church members (ddr-densho-162-33)
This gathering was for a Intermountain YBA conference. The orginal Ogden Buddhist Church was located at 2456 Lincoln Avenue, Ogden, Utah.
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Newspaper clipping from scrapbook page (ddr-densho-72-36)
Newspaper article titled: "Nisei Player Stars at Utah Wins National Cage Crown." From scrapbook titled "Scrapbook: 1944, Book 12." Newspaper unknown.
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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.
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Topaz Times Vol. I No. 42 (December 19, 1942) (ddr-densho-142-52)
Selected article titles: "History of Utah Part I" (p. 1), "What are Your Relocation Plans?" (p. 3), "Classroom Equipment Obtained" (p. 8).
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Topaz concentration camp project director (ddr-densho-37-559)
Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Charles E. Ernst, Project Director, at his desk in the Administrative building at the Topaz Relocation Center.
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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."