ddr-densho-475 — Frank Miwa Collection | Densho Digital Repository

Frank Miwa Collection

ddr-densho-475

The collection is comprised of photographs primarily taken by Frank Miwa of family and friends before the war in the San Francisco Bay Area in California and at Poston in Arizona.

1939-1950

1939-1941

103 negatives, 342 photographs, 1 photo album

Densho

Frank Miwa Collection, digitization courtesy of Densho. Citation: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of the Miwa and Higaki Families, 2022.58)

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752 Objects

img Studio portrait of Frank Miwa (ddr-densho-475-1)

Tinted portrait of Frank Hidenobu Miwa in a dark green cardboard portrait case; at the bottom of the portrait in pen, "Portrait by Miles Hollister"

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img Studio portrait of the Miwa family (ddr-densho-475-2)

Black and white studio portrait of the Miwa family in a dark green cardboard portrait case with an art deco border. At the bottom of the portrait in pen, "Cook's Studio Hollister Cal" and on the back written in pencil, "The Miwa Family L. to R. Back Tama Miwa Nobukichi Miwa L. to R. Front Mae …

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img Poston no. 1 (ddr-densho-475-3)

Black and white overhead photo of Poston concentration camp buildings. On the backside is an inscription in pencil, "Poston, Arizona Internment Camp, No. 1"

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img Poston (ddr-densho-475-4)

Black and white overhead photo of Poston concentration camp buildings with Riverside Mountains visible in the background.

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img Poston (ddr-densho-475-5)

Black and white overhead photo of Poston concentration camp buildings and garden.

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img Poston (ddr-densho-475-6)

Black and white photograph of a white, wooden building at Poston concentration camp.

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img Class photo (ddr-densho-475-7)

Sepia tinted class photo with children. Written in pencil on the back lower right corner: "1934"

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img Poston block building (ddr-densho-475-8)

Black and white photograph of wooden barracks building with a sign that says "BLOCK 22 MEN" (related object: ddr-densho-475-240)

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img Poston (ddr-densho-475-9)

Black and white overhead photo of buildings at the edge of Poston concentration camp. Riverside Mountains are visible in the background and a road in the foreground curves along the right side of the image.

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