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img Photo of a sign for Hunt, Idaho (ddr-densho-483-15)

Color photo of a sign for Hunt, Idaho

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img Man standing by large billboard (ddr-densho-467-26)

On billboard: Bureau Reclamation Project / Hunt Idaho / 3 miles

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img Administration building (ddr-densho-37-825)

Original WRA caption: Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. Main administration building.

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img Class photo at Minidoka (ddr-densho-543-8)

Written on back: "Story Hour" at Hunt Idaho / Norma Kayoko Hirota 5 years old / April 1945

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img Hiroko and Kiyoshi Terakawa (ddr-densho-357-764)

Left to right: Hiroko Terakawa, Kiyoshi Terakawa. Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Hunt, Idaho when Kiyoshi had a broken leg."

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doc The Northwest Times Vol. 1 No. 58 (August 15, 1947) (ddr-densho-229-45)

"Civic Unity Group Airs Dramas on Bias Issues Over KJR" (p. 1), "Asks For Bids on Hunt, Idaho, Buildings" (p. 1)

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img Photo of Paul and Kenji Ima in flannel shirts (ddr-densho-483-415)

Black and white photo of two boys wearing flannel shirts. Caption on album page: "Hunt Idaho January 1945" written in pencil

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img Two girls and a puppy (ddr-densho-388-13)

Photograph of two young girls, one holding a puppy in her arms. Caption on the back: "Taken Feb. 14, 1943 Hunt, Idaho. Blk 26-12C"

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img Monzaburo Isoshima (ddr-densho-477-118)

Photograph of Monzaburo Isoshima standing in front of a barrack in Minidoka. Caption below the photo reads "Brother Man at Hunt Idaho 1945" in black ink.

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img Photo of a boy with a teddy bear (ddr-densho-483-414)

Black and white photo of a young boy in a winter coat holding a teddy bear. Caption on album page: "Hunt Idaho January 1945" written in pencil

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img Katherine Okamura and sons (ddr-densho-477-173)

Photograph of Katherine Okamura with two young boys. The caption below the photo reads "Mitzi's friend at Hunt, Idaho camp Katherine Okamura and her sons" in black ink.

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img Class photo of nursery school at Minidoka (ddr-densho-543-7)

Written on back: August 1943 Nursery school in Hunt Idaho. Teachers Miss Takahashi / Miss Ota / Miss Tanaka / Mrs. Hanamura / Eddie Masaru Hirota, Norma Kayoko Hirota. Dickie Yoshihiro Hirota

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img Young Buddhist Association (ddr-densho-357-788)

Three reverends sit in the front row of their Young Buddhist Association gathering in Hunt, Idaho. Front row center, left to right: Reverend Gikan Nishinaga, Reverend Sugimoto, and Reverend Eiyu Terao.

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img Crowd gather at Minidoka's entrance (ddr-densho-477-121)

Photograph of a group of people in front of a small building made of wood and stone in Minidoka. The caption below the photo reads "Hunt, Idaho camp entrance" in black ink.

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doc Envelope from Eva Koyama and addressed to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Alien Enemy Control Unit (ddr-one-5-218)

Photocopy of a declassified letter from Eva Koyama while she was incarcerated at Minidoka in Hunt, Idaho, to Edward J. Ennis, Director, Enemy Alien Control Unit. The envelope is postmarked August 3, 1943.

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img Group in camp's Catholic church (ddr-densho-37-685)

Original WRA caption: The Most Reverend Edward J. Kelley, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Boise, Idaho, visited the Catholic church at the Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho, on October 19 to conduct confirmation services for this class of children and adults. The Reverend L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll missionary, who is pastor of the Hunt church, is …

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doc Family travel permit (ddr-densho-25-111)

From 1943 until 1945, the Iseri family resided in Ontario, Oregon, as part of the War Relocation Authority's Seasonal Work Leave Program. In early 1945 they applied to move to Hunt, Idaho, and received this telegram granting permission.

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. II No. 30 (March 11, 1943) (ddr-densho-141-66)

Selected article titles: "Military: 300 Volunteer in Hunt, Idaho" (p. 1), "Ten Sugar Beet Prospectors Investigate Rocky Mt. States" (p. 1), "Editorials: More Tests to Endure" (p. 2), "Labor Shortage Delays Progress. Livestock Project Dispatches SOS" (p. 4).

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img Crowd in Minidoka (ddr-densho-477-120)

Photograph of a group of people gathering outdoors in Minidoka. The caption written along the bottom of the photograph reads "4- 1945 Camp" in blue ink. The caption below the photo reads "Hunt Idaho 1945" in black ink.

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img Flag dedication (ddr-fom-1-907)

WRA caption on reverse: "Dedication of the project flag and flag pole in the administration area conducted by Hunt Boy Scouts. Attended by representatives of American Legion post of Twin Falls, Idaho, civic officials of Twin Falls and Jerome, Idaho, and the Military Police Escort Guarge Company. At left is high school choir. At right are …

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img Funeral service (ddr-densho-37-675)

Original WRA caption: Reverend L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll missionary assigned to work with the Catholic group at the Minidoka Relocation Center, conducts a grave side service at the little cemetery cleared out of the sage land adjacent to Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho.

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img Class photo of nursery school at Minidoka (ddr-densho-543-9)

Dickie, Eddie and Norma identified on photo front. Written on back: Nursery school in Hunt Idaho. Eddie Masaru Hirota 5 years / Norma Kayoko Hirota 4 / Dickie Yoshihiro Hirota 3 / Teachers (from left) Miss Takahashi / Miss Ota / Miss Tanaka / Mrs. Hanamura / August 1943

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doc Memorandum for Alien Enemy Information Bureau Office of the Provost Marshal General War Department, Washington D.C. (ddr-one-5-249)

Photocopy of a declassified memorandum concerning the change of status for Keizaburo Koyama. On January 1, 1944, Koyama's status changed from being "Interim Paroled" at Santa Fe, New Mexico to being paroled at Spokane and to be inducted into Minidoka War Relocation Project, Hunt, Idaho.

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img First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-684)

Original WRA caption: First Communion class of Catholic Church at Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The Rev. L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll Missionary, is pastor. The nuns are Maryknoll sisters from the Maryknoll Mission in Seattle where the Maryknoll group numbered 1000 Japanese Catholics and non-Catholics before evacuation.

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img First Communion class (ddr-densho-37-683)

Original WRA caption: First Communion class of Catholic Church at Minidoka Relocation Center, Hunt, Idaho. The Rev. L.H. Tibesar, Maryknoll Missionary, is pastor. The nuns are Maryknoll sisters from the Maryknoll Mission in Seattle where the Maryknoll group numbered 1000 Japanese Catholics and non-Catholics before evacuation.

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