ddr-densho-159 — George Ochikubo Collection

George Ochikubo Collection

ddr-densho-159

This collection is comprised of photographs taken by George Ochikubo, a native of Portland, Oregon. During World War II, he and his family were removed to the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado, where he took numerous striking and dramatic photographs using a 4x5 speed graphic camera. In memory of George Ochikubo.

c.1940s

304 photographic prints, black and white

Densho

Ochikubo, George (photographer)

Courtesy of the George Ochikubo Collection

303 Objects

img Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado (ddr-densho-159-1)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-1/

img Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado (ddr-densho-159-2)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-2/

img Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado (ddr-densho-159-3)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-3/

img Japanese Americans walking on a snow-covered street (ddr-densho-159-4)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-4/

img Japanese American walking on a camp street (ddr-densho-159-5)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-5/

img Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado (ddr-densho-159-6)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-6/

img Barracks and street (ddr-densho-159-7)

Group in front of Block 7-F, the camp's Block Information Office. Japan's Red Cross sent barrels of soy sauce, packages of miso and tea to Amache via the exchange ship USS Gripsholm. Each block received a portion of the shipment.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-7/

img Shipment of goods from Japan (ddr-densho-159-8)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-8/

img Newman's Drug Store (ddr-densho-159-9)

George Ochikubo, a native of Portland, Oregon, was a talented photographer who took numerous photographs of the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. He used a 4x5 speed graphic camera.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-159-9/