418 items
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Harvey Watanabe Interview Segment 13 (ddr-densho-1000-102-13)
Worrying about family in Poston concentration camp, Arizona
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Mas Hashimoto Interview Segment 19 (ddr-densho-1015-7-19)
The history of the Poston concentration camp, Arizona
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Sakaye Aratani Interview Segment 6 (ddr-densho-1000-442-6)
Living and working at the Poston concentration camp, Arizona
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Poston Arizona 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-165)
Photographed are incarcerees and barracks at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Poston Arizona 1945. Title from caption. "KF476" is stamped on the backside. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 1. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_01_002
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George Yoshida Interview Segment 22 (ddr-densho-1000-132-22)
Preparing for mass removal: destroying Japanese cultural items, bringing popular music records; traveling to Poston concentration camp, Arizona
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Poston Arizona pre-school children (ddr-csujad-38-164)
Photographed are preschool children incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Poston Arizona Pre-school children. Title from caption. "KF476" is stamped on the backside. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 1. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_01_001
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Bill Nishimura Interview Segment 5 (ddr-densho-1000-119-5)
Daily activities at Poston concentration camp, Arizona
This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
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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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Goto family (ddr-densho-357-750)
Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Doris and Norma Goto, Poston Arizona Camp."
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Goto family (ddr-densho-357-751)
Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Doris and Norma Goto, Poston Arizona Camp."
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Charles Olds Interview Segment 3 (ddr-densho-1000-121-3)
Working as a relocation officer in Poston concentration camp, Arizona: "A very positive experience"
This interview took place at the 2000 Tule Lake Pilgrimage in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
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Drawing by artist Ruth Okimoto (ddr-densho-90-1)
"Schooled in the U.S.A. '44-'45; Third Grade Class - Poston, Arizona III"
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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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Wood Plaque (ddr-densho-364-1)
A wood plaque that reads "Souvenir / Colorado River Relocation Center / Poston, Arizona / 1942"
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Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-82)
Mae Higaki (Miwa) outside. Written on verso: Taken June 17, 1944 Poston, Arizona
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Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki (ddr-densho-458-79)
Mae Yoshiko (Miwa) Higaki in graduation cap and gown. Written on verso: Poston, Arizona 1943
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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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Jap relocation probe begins, June 28, 1943 (ddr-csujad-19-60)
The document describes the investigation of conditions in the incarceration camps in the West. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: WRA_02-14_01
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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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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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Reunion identification labels, camp 2, Poston, Arizona, 1942-1945 (ddr-csujad-55-1857)
List of cards identifying and requesting identification of individuals in photographs, artists, and other creators. Items most likely used for the Poston High School Reunion in 1977. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1860
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Poston Chronicle Collection (ddr-densho-145)
This collection consists of the Poston Chronicle, a newspaper published by the inmates at the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Poston consisted of three separate sections, designated Poston I, II and III. As a result, many of the Chronicle's issues contain pages contributed by the different sections. The paper was published from 1942 until 1945.
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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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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.