412 items
412 items
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Katashi Johnny Masukawa (ddr-csujad-38-180)
Photographed is Katashi Johnny Masukawa at the Poston incarceration camp in Arizona. He was a photographer at the camp. The caption reads: John, 1944. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 3. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_03_010
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Masukawa family (ddr-csujad-38-243)
Photographed is the Masukawa family incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. Includes Tsutomu, Yukie, Keiko Kay, Junko June, and Mitzi. The caption reads: June 1944. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 12. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_12_001
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Card from the Lights to Mitzi Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-385)
A card from Mr. Light and family to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara. It was probably sent to Mitzi while she was incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 21. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_22_001
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Postcard from Aiko to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara, September 14, 1945 (ddr-csujad-38-166)
A postcard from Aiko, who is incarcerated in the Poston camp to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara in Glendale in Arizona. It was probably mailed in 1945. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 2. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_02_001
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Masukawa family (ddr-csujad-38-249)
Photographed is the Masukawa family incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. Includes children, and Koyuta, Mitzi, Tsotomu and Yukie. The caption reads: Me, gang. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 12. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_12_007
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Card to Mitzi Naohara, March 16, 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-361)
A birthday card to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Greetings on my twenty-first birthday, March 16, 1944. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 10. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_11_001
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Card from Lily to Mitzi Naohara, March 16, 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-362)
A birthday card from Lily to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Greetings on my twenty-first birthday, March 16, 1944. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 10. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_11_002
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Poston Press Bulletin Vol. V No. 7 (October 14, 1942) (ddr-densho-145-133)
Selected article titles: "Chance for Year-Round Employment in Arizona Vegetable Industry; 75 Cents per Hour Wages" (p. 1), "Soldiers of Japanese Ancestry May Visit Poston" (p. 1), "New WRA Policy Offers Residents Greater Possibilities for Economic Self-Support" (p. 1), "Editorial: Clarification Should Be in Order Concerning 'Contraband'" (p. 2), "Radio Tubes, Aerial Tires, Reading Lamps, Confiscated …
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Masako Yoshida Interview (ddr-manz-1-153)
Nisei female. Born July 14, 1924, in Seattle, Washington. Spent early years in Seattle before family moved to the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, where father worked as a janitor at a wholesale produce market. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp to work in Detroit, …
Narrator Frances Midori Tashiro Kaji
Nisei female. Born April 30, 1928, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, where father was a prominent medical physician. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp with family to work on a sugar beet farm in Colorado, and eventually returned to Los Angeles, where father …
Narrator Jack Y. Kubota
Nisei male. May 4, 1929, in Pasadena, California. Grew up El Centro, California, where father was a truck farmer. During World War II, removed with family to the Poston (Colorado River) concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, lived for a time in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and joined the navy. Graduated from college in San Diego and …
Narrator Hisaye Yamamoto
Nisei female. Born August 23, 1921, in Redondo Beach, California. Raised in California before mass removal to Parker Dam Assembly Center, Arizona, which was later converted into Poston concentration camp. An aspiring writer, worked for the camp newspaper, the Poston Chronicle, while incarcerated. After leaving camp, returned to California and worked for the Los Angeles Tribune. …
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Chicken farm workers in Poston camp (ddr-csujad-35-16)
A group photograph of chicken farm workers in the Poston camp in Arizona. Translation of the handwritten note on the back side: Photographed in the middle of June, 1945. Chicken farm workers at the Poston camp. Closed at the end of July. This was my first experience to work under someone else and only followed his …
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Self analysis and inventory by high school students regarding the affects of the Colorado River Relocation Center residence, Poston Arizona (1942-1945) (ddr-csujad-55-1835)
Questionnaire form for a self-analysis and inventory to be completed by high school students at Poston incarceration camp. Questions cover the impacts of incarceration and students perceptions towards "relocation." Sections include, Part I covering culture, Part II covering attitudes, Part III covering personality, and Part IV covering achievements. See also sac_jaac_1836 and sac_jaac_1837 for report and …
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CSU Dominguez Hills George and Mitzi Naohara Papers (ddr-csujad-38)
The George and Mitzi Naohara Papers consists of photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George and Mitzi Naohara, and other documents pertaining to the Naohara and Masukawa family. Contained are photographs, correspondence, documents, and memorabilia depicting their experiences during World War II. George Nobuo Naohara is a Kibei Nisei, and his experiences include his farm labor …
Narrator Fred Oda
Nisei male. Born September 2, 1923, in Watsonville, California. Grew up in Watsonville, where parents operated a joint barbershop and bathhouse business. During World War II, removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, worked in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before returning to Watsonville. Attended barber school in San Francisco, …
Narrator Sachi Kaneshiro
Nisei female. Born January 1, 1920, in Los Angeles, California. Grew up in Covina, California. Worked for the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA). Volunteered to go early to Poston concentration camp, Arizona, to help set up the camp. Eventually transferred to Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, before leaving for New York. Eventually pursued a career in …
Narrator Lloyd K. Wake
Nisei male. Born January 12, 1922, in Reedley, California. Grew up in Reedley, where parents ran a farm. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp in 1943 to attend Asbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky, and entered the ministry. After the war, lived in San Francisco, California, and …
Narrator Takenori Yamamoto
Nisei male. Born February 21, 1938, in Los Angeles, California. Age three when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, and was removed with family to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned to Los Angeles. After World War II, served in the U.S. Air Force, and later became involved in numerous Japanese American community organizations, including …
Narrator Chiyoko Chiyo Omachi
Nisei female. Born July 12, 1926, in Terminal Island, California. Grew up on Terminal Island where father worked as a ship builder. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. Left camp and lived in Pennsylvania with relatives before attending college in New York. Family resettled in Chicago, Illinois, after the war, where …
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Card from Yoshie Dorothy Naohara to Mitzi Naohara, February 14, 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-409)
A Valentine's Day card from Yosh Naohara, who is Yoshie Dorothy Naohara, at the Jerome camp in Arkansas to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara at the Poston camp in Arizona. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 34. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_35_001
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Card from Katsugoro Andow and family (ddr-csujad-38-357)
A thank-you card from Katsugoro Andow and family at Block 308-4-A, Poston camp in Arizona. The handwritten notes read: Thank you for the beautiful floral wreath. Tayeko ____. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 6. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_07_002
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Card from Miss Eleanor M. Dougherty, Supervisor for pre-school, to Mitzi Naohara (ddr-csujad-38-388)
A Christmas greeting card from Miss Eleanor M. Dougherty in Montana to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara. It was probably sent to Mitzi while she was incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 23. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_24_001
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It comes up love (ddr-csujad-38-398)
An announcement card for a movie, "It comes up love," presented by Girl Scouts at the Poston camp in Arizona at 6:30 PM on December 3, 1944. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 27. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_28_003
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John and friends climbing ladder (ddr-csujad-38-172)
Photographed are Katashi Johnny Masukawa and his friends climbing a ladder at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: John and friends climbing ladder. Title from caption. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 3. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_03_002