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doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 27 (February 5, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-140)

Selected article titles: "Revised Labor 'Cut' Shows Excess of 207" (p. 1), "Colorado and Japanese Ban" (p. 2), "Exhaust Pipe Starts Freak Fire" (p. 3), "West Coast Mayors Protest Against Return of Evacuees" (p. 3), "Colorado Legislature to Draft Ban on Japanese Land Owners" (p. 5).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-140/

img Colorado River Relocation Center road sign (ddr-densho-475-341)

Black and white photograph of a sign on a road that reads: "Colorado River Relocation Center 17 Poston"

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doc Envelope from George Kida to Mr and Mrs Jim Wood (ddr-one-3-1)

Envelope addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wood of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, from George Kida in Nyssa, Oregon.

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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 Girl weeding in school victory garden (ddr-densho-37-520)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Fourth grade girl--Diane Wallace--weeding the school victory garden.

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doc Short term leave permit (ddr-densho-356-820)

Short term leave permit for Yuriko Domoto to visit Denver, Colorado to escort patients to receive medical care.

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img Eiko Shinsako at Amache WRA Oct. 1944 (ddr-densho-470-3)

Inscription on front. Inscription on back of photo: 10/1944 at Granada (W.R.A.) Colorado. Date in Japanese on back

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doc Granada Christian Church News Temporary Edition (November 1, 1941) (ddr-densho-147-307)

Selected article titles: "Granada Christian Church Set-Up" (p. 1), "Colorado Church Council Visits the Granada Center" (p. 2).

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img High school class (ddr-densho-37-511)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Leo W. Kraus instructing high school class in properties of wood.

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img Funeral (ddr-densho-356-57)

Large group photograph of a funeral, likely Kanetero Domoto's. Inscribed on the back: "Service November 4, 1943 Amache, Colorado."

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doc Routing and schedule (ddr-csujad-55-2357)

Spokane Air Technical Service Command routing and schedule for George Hideo Nakamura from Spokane, Washington to Colorado Springs, Colorado. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2463

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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.

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vh Chizuko Omori Interview II (ddr-densho-1000-336)

Nisei female. Born 1930 in Oxnard, California. Family resided in Oceanside, California, when World War II broke out. Removed with family to the Poston (Colorado River) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Los Angeles. Along with sister, produced the award-winning documentary Rabbit in the Moon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-336/

vh Chizuko Omori Interview I (ddr-densho-1000-323)

Nisei female. Born 1930 in Oxnard, California. Family resided in Oceanside, California, when World War II broke out. Removed with family to the Poston (Colorado River) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Los Angeles. Along with sister, produced the award-winning documentary Rabbit in the Moon.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1000-323/

doc Granada Christian Church News Vol. I No. 2 (November 22, 1942) (ddr-densho-147-308)

Selected article titles: "Thought for Today" (p. 1), "Future Programs" (p. 2), "Nisei Ministers at Colorado Church Council Meeting" (p. 3).

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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.

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img Schoolchildren landscaping in front of school building (ddr-densho-37-515)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. View showing Elementary children landscaping the grounds in front of their barracks school.

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doc Rocky Shimpo Vol. 11, No. 146 (December 6, 1944) (ddr-densho-148-80)

Selected article titles: "Citizens at Conference Discuss Problems of Japanese Americans"; "On the Other Hand"; "Fear Competition"; "Imperial County Foe of Evacuee Return; Plan Mass Meeting"; "Resettle in Colorado"; "File Tax Returns"; "Survey Shows Opinion Sticks"; "Want Ads Today"; "Gen. Lockwood Hands Praise to Combat Team"; "Kobayashi Opens Medical Practice Here"; "Colorado Boys Wounded; Report."

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img The USS Colorado and a smaller boat (ddr-njpa-13-375)

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img The USS Colorado with crew on deck (ddr-njpa-13-377)

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img Aerial view of Amache concentration camp, Colorado (ddr-densho-37-772)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. On a Sunday afternoon at the Amache Center, the day is calm and the warm December sun invites center residents from their barracks homes.

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img Family portrait (ddr-densho-359-1614)

A photograph The War Relocation Authority took of a Japanese American family in Denver, Colorado at Eleanor Apartments in the Spring of 1945.

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img Highway sign (ddr-densho-37-400)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Highway leading to this war Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry on the Colorado River Indian Reservation.

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doc Letter of employment for Wakako Domoto (ddr-densho-356-159)

Letter from Colorado Governor Ralph Carr to Wakako Domoto offering employment as a housekeeper and detailing duties of the job (keeping house and cooking).

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doc Letter from Harry Kondo to T. Sugimoto (ddr-ajah-7-11)

Informing him that his baggage had to be paid in advance for shipping and that the JACL had paid the shipping costs to Colorado

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