Granada (Amache)

doc Walter Matsuoka's junior high school diploma (ddr-densho-390-18)

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img Granite monument memorial (ddr-densho-37-512)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Granite monument erected in memory of the center residents who died in the War Relocation Camp at Amache, Colorado, was dedicated on Sept. 6, 1945, in an outdoor ceremony at the cemetery. The monument was designed by Reverend Masahiko Wada. Names of 148 persons, including 31 Nisei who …

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img Bon Odori (ddr-densho-37-516)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. young dancers line up for refreshments during intermission at the Bon Odori dance, August 14, sponsored by the Granada Buddhist Church.

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img Japanese Americans harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-779)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Harvesting the first spinach from the project farm.

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img Christmas celebration (ddr-densho-37-503)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Christmas at the Granada Relocation Center didn't provide a Christmas tree for each barracks room home, but there was one at each mess hall, and it is the steward himself in a pair of red pajamas and a Santa Claus mask that makes the yuletide real for these …

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img Modified barracks (ddr-densho-37-774)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. A typical barracks building resident of the first apartment has constructed, with scrap lumber, a storm porch and added a touch with mock shutters at the windows.

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img Leaving camp (ddr-densho-37-506)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Last of the residents of the Amache Relocation Center board the train at Granada for the journey to the west coast or to new homes elsewhere in the country. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when …

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img Arts and crafts festival (ddr-densho-37-504)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Evacuee residents at the Granada Relocation Center, viewing exhibits at the Arts and Crafts Festival in Terry Hall, March 6th to 8th. This festival was sponsored by the Education Division and the "Pioneer," the center newspaper.

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img High school dance orchestra (ddr-densho-37-505)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. The High School dance orchestra at the Granada Relocation Center at Amache, Colorado.

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img Coal loading operation (ddr-densho-37-508)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Coal loading machine in operation at Granada Relocation Center.

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img Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-524)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Contractor's workmen roofing the assembled barracks unit.

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img Meal in a mess hall (ddr-densho-37-525)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. A group of residents loll over their evening meal.

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img Barracks construction (ddr-densho-37-388)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Pre-fabricated wall sections are raised at the place by contractor's workmen in constructing barracks at this relocation center.

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img Diagram of the Amache concentration camp (ddr-densho-37-519)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Wall charts show residence of every resident. A yellow button (pink pin) in center of any residence shows that a relocation plan has been made and approved. A red button after a name shows individual is out on terminal leave. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted …

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img Christmas Eve party (ddr-densho-37-507)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Mrs. Tomiye Funai brings her two year old daughter Carol to the Christmas Eve Party for the children of Block 7-H at the Granada Relocation Center. There were no trees for the barracks room homes, but each mess hall provided a trimmed tree and presents for the children. …

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img Gravesite (ddr-densho-37-514)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Not all the center residents will return to their former homes. Many have found permanent "relocation" in the sandy soil on which the tar paper barracks were hurriedly erected. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when …

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img Child standing between barracks (ddr-densho-37-777)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. It is a long time between meals at the mess hall for a hungry man, so the cracker box at the Kobayashi barracks gets a frequent raiding.

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img Art class (ddr-densho-37-509)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. An adult art class under the direction of Tokio Ueyama, working in pencil sketch charcoals and oils. Adult art classes are extremely popular at the Amache Center.

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img Boy Scout Headquarters (ddr-densho-37-773)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. "Amache District Headquarters, Boy Scouts of America, Granada Relocation Center."

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img Japanese Americans harvesting onions (ddr-densho-37-510)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Evacuee and appointed personnel office workers assisting in the onion harvest on the project farm during the volunteer farm harvest program. During the two week period when practically all project offices and sections went "all out" to help bring in the farm crops, more than eighty acres of …

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img Japanese American working on farm (ddr-densho-37-780)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Irrigating thinned lettuce on the project farm.

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img Japanese American children in a victory garden (ddr-densho-37-781)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Fourth grade children weeding their victory garden.

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img Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-522)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Typical scene of barracks construction with the prefabricated section

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img Exterior view of Amache (Granada) (ddr-densho-37-389)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Weeds are already taking over where recently thousands of evacuees moved about between their temporary homes and the mess halls, schools and churches of various denominations. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were induced into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when the first group …

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img Japanese Americans leaving camp (ddr-densho-37-770)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Center residents arrive by truck from Amache to board the trains for California or other sections of the country in which they have decided to relocate. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when the first group …

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