845 items
845 items
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President Truman visiting Fitsimon's Hospital (ddr-densho-299-251)
Caption: "President Harry Truman visited Fitsimons Hospital in Denver, Colorado to no fanfare. / The patients were taken by surprise. I was able to take these photos as my trustworthy / fellow patient who seemed to know all the rumors floating around, told me which wards he / would visit and in which order. I was …
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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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My only crime is my face (ddr-csujad-55-2118)
Clipping from the magazine "Liberty" detailing one Japanese-American woman's experience of being removed from the west coast military zone during World War II and incarcerated in Heart Mountain incarceration camp before relocating to Denver, Colorado with her family. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2221
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Toshiko Aiboshi Interview (ddr-manz-1-112)
Nisei female. Born July 8, 1928, in Boyle Heights, California. At an early age, went to live with family friends when father passed away and mother contracted tuburculosis. During World War II, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. While in camp, mother relapsed and Toshiko again went …
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Cookie Takeshita Interview (ddr-densho-1000-465)
Nisei female. Born April 1, 1929, in Alameda, California. Grew up in Alameda, where father ran a gardening business. During World War II, family was ordered to leave Alameda and moved to Cortez, California, before being sent to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to attend school in Cleveland, …
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Santa Anita Pacemaker Vol. I No. 37 (August 26, 1942) (ddr-densho-146-40)
Selected article titles: "Keep Mess Cards" (p. 1), "First Group Leaves by Train. More than Six Hundred Depart for Colorado River Project Tonight" (p. 1), "53 Colleges Open Doors to Students" (p. 1), "Firemen Battle Blaze in Jockey Grandstand" (p. 1), "Ask Camoufleurs to Keep Working" (p. 1), "Resignations Not Accepted by Mess" (p. 2), "Residents …
Narrator Carolyn Takeshita
Sansei female. Born June 2, 1937 in Los Angeles, California. Family removed to Poston concentration camp, Arizona, and resettled in Denver, Colorado, after World War II. Moved to Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in 1950. Returned to Colorado and attended high school and college in Denver. Worked as a speech pathologist and educator. Active in …
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Sonoma State University North Bay Ethnic Archive (ddr-csujad-56)
The North Bay Ethnic Archive features material related to the forced relocation of northern San Francisco Bay Area residents to the Granada (Amache) incarceration camp, Colorado. It includes correspondence, photographs, and reports. Some of the original items are housed with the Sonoma County Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), and were borrowed for digitization courtesy of the …
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Gates Family Collection (ddr-densho-211)
The Gates Family Collection, 1942-1943, contains correspondence from the Matsuda and Morishita families to Mrs. Charles Gates. The Gates, Matsuda, and Morishita families were friends in Seattle, Washington before the outbreak of World War II and the correspondence covers the Matsuda's and Morishita's life at Puyallup "Camp Harmony" Assembly Center, Washington and later at Poston (Colorado …
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Families leaving camp (ddr-densho-37-771)
Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Shown here is a young miss, dressed in her Sunday best, waiting with the family possessions while her mother makes final arrangements for boarding the train. Scenes at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad depot, Granada, Colorado, as 170 evacuees from the Amache Center entrain for their …
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Harry K. Yoshikawa Interview Segment 12 (ddr-densho-1000-278-12)
Leaving Los Angeles for Colorado
Due to technical difficulties during the taping of this interview, the interviewer's voice is considerably louder than the narrator's. This material is based upon work assisted by a grant from the Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Any opinions, finding, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those …
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Poston I reunion IV, "omoide no tabi-memories of a journey" to the Colorado River Relocation Center 55 years ago (ddr-csujad-35-20)
A booklet published for 55 year Poston I reunion held in Torrance, California, October 24-26, 1997. Current addresses in "Directory of attendees and participants," are redacted. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_18_001
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Heart Mountain Sentinel Vol. III No. 49 (December 2, 1944) (ddr-densho-97-209)
Selected article titles: "FDR Hails 'Wonderful' Record" (p. 1), "Colorado Asks Coast Return" (p. 1), "Tokyo-Born Youth Volunteers to Fight Japanese Fascists" (p. 1), "Okay is Needed for Re-Entry" (p. 1), "New Relocation Plan to Stress Action in Center" (p. 1), "Liberals to Aid Postwar Japan" (p. 1), "Poll Discloses Majority Think Japanese Misled" (p. 2), …
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Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army service uniform (ddr-csujad-25-64)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army service uniform with a metal eagle insignia hat. The photograph is probably taken in Brighton, Colorado, where his parents reside. The same image is found in item: uscb_jia_0121. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_006
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Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army uniform (ddr-csujad-25-66)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army uniform with Private First Class insignia on the arm and a helmet. He poses, standing in front of the house where probably his parents reside in Brighton, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_008
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Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-72)
A photograph of a young male relative of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier. He is possibly Haruko Taenaka's son. He poses, smiling and standing in front of the house where his parents most likely reside in Brighton, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_014
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Toshikuni Taenaka in US Army service uniform (ddr-csujad-25-121)
A photograph of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier, in US Army uniform with a helmet. He poses, standing in front of the house where his parents most likely reside in Brighton, Colorado. The same image is found: ucsb_jia_0064. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_063
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Taenaka family (ddr-csujad-25-78)
A photograph of probably relatives of Toshikuni Taenaka, a Japanese American Nisei/Kibei soldier. Includes Japanese American male preschoolers. Possibly they are his sister's, Haruko Taenaka's children. They pose in front of the house where his parents most likely reside in Brighton, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_08_01_020
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Manzanar Free Press Vol. 5 No. 37 (May 6, 1944) (ddr-densho-125-234)
Selected article titles: "Restriction Rule in Utah, Colorado Relaxed -- Heath" (p. 1), "Nisei Charged With Violating Alien Law" (p. 1), "Washington 'Convicted' of Rich Farming Possibilities in South" (p. 1), "Kuroki Welcomed at Heart Mountain" (p. 1), "Job Openings for Evacuees Plentiful in Chicago Area" (p. 1), "Evacuation Case Postponed Till Fall" (p. 1), "More …
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Poston Chronicle Vol. XVI No. 8 (October 22, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-425)
Selected article titles: "14 Arrive from Tule" (p. 1), "Young Construction Worker Electrocuted Atop Roof" (p. 1), "Lightning Wrecks Unit 3 Transformers" (p. 1), "Indian Service to Withdraw from Poston January 1st" (p. 1), "Alligator Killed in Colorado River" (p. 1), "Completion of Leave Clearance Expected by January 1" (p. 2), "Project Attorney Describes Basis of …
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Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 150 (December 15, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-83)
Selected article titles: "California Group Will Propose Total Exclusion"; "State Guard Chief in California Out"; "On the Other Hand"; "A Brother in Brooklyn Niseis Happy, Hold"; "Fukudas Depart From Colorado; Return to California Ranch"; "Draft Rules Tightened Again"; "Four Gold Bars"; "Reception for Friends"; "Commend Act of Legionnaire Post"; "Want Ads Today"; "Hostel Rooms May be …
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An oral history with Toki Endo (ddr-csujad-29-39)
An oral interview with Toki Endo, an incarceree at the Salinas Assembly Center and the Poston (Colorado River) incarceration camp. The interview was conducted for the Japanese American Oral History Project by California State University, Fullerton. Transcription is found in the item: csufccop_jaoh_0130. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: …
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Ted Akimoto's farewell (ddr-densho-299-235)
Caption: "My men surprised me with an impromptu 'farewell' at the airbase as I boarded an air evacuation flight / back to the states. It took 42 hours with refueling stops at Guam, Johnston Island, and / Hawaii to reach San Francisco. Then it was on to Fitsimon's Hospital, Denver, Colorado. / President Truman visited the …
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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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Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 60 (May 31, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-173)
Selected article titles: "'WRA Has No Plans to Maintain Relocation Centers During Post-War Period'" (p. 1), "Myer Favors Return of Evacuees to West Coast" (p. 1), "Domestic Service Rates Released by Ray Johnson" (p. 1), "League to Bar Japanese Aliens as Colorado Land Owners Formed" (p. 2), "Tule Lake Sentry Shoots Evacuee Truck Driver" (p. 3), …