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img Wood Plaque (ddr-densho-364-1)

A wood plaque that reads "Souvenir / Colorado River Relocation Center / Poston, Arizona / 1942"

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-364-1/

img Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-82)

Mae Higaki (Miwa) outside. Written on verso: Taken June 17, 1944 Poston, Arizona

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-458-82/

img Camp garden and pond (ddr-densho-37-830)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Landscaping done by evacuee residents of Camp Number1.

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img View of buildings in distance (ddr-densho-587-3)

Caption on back: Poston, Arizona. Taken January 1960. Loose between pages 12 and 13

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-587-3/

vh Nellie Mitani Interview (ddr-manz-1-88)

Nisei female. Born January 31, 1919, in Mesa, Arizona. Grew up in Arizona, where family ran a produce farm. Attended college, and after marrying husband, a Buddhist minister, moved to Bakersfield, California. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. While in Poston, husband was picked up by the FBI and transferred to …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-manz-1-88/

img Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-79)

Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in graduation cap and gown. Written on verso: Poston, Arizona 1943

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-458-79/

doc Salinas Village Crier No. 8 (June 28, 1942) (ddr-densho-195-8)

Selected article titles: "'Hello, Arizona!' (So Long, California)" (p. 1), "Photographers Film Center Activities" (p. 2), "Guards Hold Steak Feast" (p. 2), "On to Arizona Dances, Parties Continue" (p. 2), "An Open Letter to the Various Divisions of the Center" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-195-8/

doc Tulare News Vol. I No. 25 (July 29, 1942) (ddr-densho-197-25)

Selected article titles: "Extra: Tulare Center Arizona Bound. Gila River Relocation Center is Destination" (p. 1).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-197-25/

img Japanese Americans on an army truck (ddr-densho-187-4)

The people on this truck may have been transferring to the Gila River concentration camp, Arizona.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-187-4/

doc Article: "America's Refugees: Exodus and Diaspora" (ddr-densho-35-425)

Article written by John W. Powell, Assistant Chief of Community Services at Poston concentration camp, Arizona.

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img Military sentry (ddr-densho-37-402)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Military sentry keeping civilians away from mess hall at Poston I.

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img Camp new arrivals (ddr-densho-37-829)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry arriving at this War Relocation Authority center.

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img Japanese Americans with Eleanor Roosevelt (ddr-densho-37-786)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Representatives of councils greet Mrs. [Eleanor] Roosevelt.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-786/

img Japanese Americans harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-599)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Evacuee farmers harvesting spinach at this relocation center.

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img Shower facilities (ddr-densho-37-477)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Typical shower facilities at this War Relocation authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

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img Thanksgiving day religious service (ddr-densho-37-788)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Sunrise Services (Christian) were held at this center Thanksgiving day.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-788/

doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 72 (June 17, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-108)

Selected article titles: "WRA Will Film Exodus, Centers" (p. 1), "Cancelling Coop License Declared Unconstitutional" (p. 1), "Resettlement in Arizona Stopped" (p. 1), "Editorial: Pioneers Must Keep Faith and Trust" (p. 2), "JACL Opposing Against JA Discriminating Arizona Law" (p. 2), "Relocation: New WRA Office in Iowa; Excellent Opportunities" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-108/

img Japanese American harvesting spinach (ddr-densho-37-606)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Momayo Yamamoto in the spinach harvesting field at this relocation center.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-606/

img Harvest Festival Parade (ddr-densho-37-595)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. One of the floats in the Thanksgiving day Harvest Festival Parade.

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img Japanese Americans filling straw mattresses (ddr-densho-37-404)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Filling straw ticks for mattresses at Colorado River Relocation center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-404/

img Sign on a barbershop door in Parker, Arizona, "Japs keep out you rats" (ddr-csujad-7-2)

Barbershop in Parker, Arizona, with sign "Japs keep out your rats." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_JA_f02

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-2/

doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 27 (March 4, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-63)

Selected article titles: "Income Tax Taxes Gilans" (p. 1), "No Property Applications for 10 Days" (p. 1), "Gila, Poston in Free Zone; Army Lifts Restriction. Most of Arizona Now Open" (p. 1), "245 Arizona: Evacuee May Return Home" (p. 1), "Editorial: In Little Taro's Mind" (p. 2), "Kibei Students Master English" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-63/

doc Letter to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (c. 1942) (ddr-janm-1-95)

Handwritten letter to Mollie Wilson from Sadae (Lillian) Nishioka (c. 1942) from the Poston (Colorado River) Incarceration Camp in Parker, Arizona.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-janm-1-95/

img Children playing on a seesaw (ddr-densho-37-603)

Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Kindergarten and Nursery children having a grand time on the see-saw.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-603/

img Barracks interior (ddr-densho-37-828)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Interior view of barrack construction at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-828/

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