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img Vacant barracks (ddr-densho-37-827)

Original WRA caption: Poston, Arizona. Some of the "blocks" which were vacated earlier, are already dropping to pieces as shown here. The barracks were of cheap construction, rough lumber, and tar paper and few people thought that they would be occupied for three years. Units II and III of the Colorado River Relocation center, Poston, Arizona, …

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doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XII No. 27 (May 27, 1943) (ddr-densho-145-322)

Selected article titles: "Net Fund to Be Distributed to Evacuees" (p. 1), "Resettlement in Arizona Cancelled" (p. 1), "No Adobe Bricks Available" (p. 1), "Milk Shortage Seen in Poston" (p. 1), "Pay Complaints and Adjustments" (p. 3).

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vh Taeko Joanne Iritani Interview (ddr-manz-1-45)

Nisei female. Born September 21, 1929, in Bakersfield, California. Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, was removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. After leaving camp, returned with family to Bakersfield before eventually moving to Sacramento, California.

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doc Bookmark, 1st anniversary of Poston Public Library at 325 (ddr-csujad-38-411)

A bookmark created for the first anniversary of Poston Public Library at Block 325, the Poston camp in Arizona. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 35. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_36_001

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Narrator Nellie Mitani

Nisei female. Born January 31, 1919, in Mesa, Arizona. Grew up in Arizona, where family ran a produce farm. Attended college, and after marrying husband, a Buddhist minister, moved to Bakersfield, California. During World War II, removed to the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. While in Poston, husband was picked up by the FBI and transferred to …

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doc Testimony of Rev. Dr. Paul Makoto Nagano (ddr-densho-67-159)

Written testimony of Rev. Paul Makoto Nagano. Incarcerated in the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Evacuation Impact and Redress."

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Collection CSU Dominguez Hills Kuwahara Family Papers (ddr-csujad-35)

The Kuwahara Family Papers contains documentation of the Kuwahara family depicting the daily life and people incarcerated in the Poston camp in Arizona during World War II. Materials include: junior high school, high school, and camp community newsletters in both Japanese and English, a short travel journal written by Kenji Kaware of his time away from …

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img Nishida family 318 blk (ddr-csujad-38-220)

Photographed are Nishida family members incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. They are friends of the Masukawa family, who used to live next door prior to the forced evacuation. The caption reads: Nishida family 318 blk. Title from caption. The handwritten notes on the back side reads: Aug. 1944, Poston, Arizona. A photo from: Mitzi …

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img Grove of the Poston desert (ddr-csujad-35-13)

A photograph of a grove of the Poston desert. Dried sage plants are captured. The handwritten note on the back side reads: A grove of the Poston desert, Colo. River Relocation Center, Poston, Arizona, 1942-1945. Aug. 18th. Title from note. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_13_001

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vh Gary Yamagiwa Interview (ddr-chi-1-7)

Sansei male. Born May 8, 1953, in Chicago, Illinois. Parents were Nisei, sent to the concentration camps at Poston, Arizona, Manzanar and Tule Lake, California, during World War II. After leaving camp, resettled in Chicago, where Gary was born and raised.

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img Shozo Bobby Masukawa (ddr-csujad-38-232)

Photographed is Shozo Bobby Masukawa, an incarceree of the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Bob, Poston, 1944. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 10. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_10_005

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doc Bookmark, 2nd anniversary Poston 3 Public Library (ddr-csujad-38-413)

A bookmark created for the second anniversary of Poston III Public Library at Block 325 in the Poston camp in Arizona. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 35. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_36_003

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img Water tank with mesquite trees in the Poston camp (ddr-csujad-35-29)

A photograph of a water tank with mesquite trees in the Poston camp in Arizona. The handwritten note on the back side reads: One of the Poston desert. (water tank) See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_24_002

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doc Happy New Year from Poston (ddr-csujad-35-27)

A New Year's card created in the Poston camp in Arizona. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_23_001

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img Poston camp facilities (ddr-csujad-35-24)

A watercolor painting, dipicting facilities in the Poston camp in Arizona. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_22_001

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img Poston mountains with dried sage plants (ddr-csujad-35-32)

A photograph of Poston mountains with dried sage plants in Arizona. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_24_005

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img Mesquite trees (ddr-csujad-35-31)

A photograph of mesquite trees in the Poston camp in Arizona. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_24_004

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img Poston camp facilities (ddr-csujad-35-26)

A watercolor painting, dipicting facilities in the Poston camp in Arizona. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_22_003

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doc Poston II reunion roster, Octover 4, 5, 6, 1992, Laughlin, AZ (ddr-csujad-55-1875)

List of registrants for the Poston II reunion in Laughlin, Arizona. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1878

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vh Tom I. Mine Interview (ddr-densho-1015-4)

Nisei male. Born in Watsonville, California, on March 14, 1918. Grew up in Watsonville before being removed to the Salinas Assembly Center, California, and Poston concentration camp, Arizona, during World War II. After the war, returned to Watsonville, establishing a successful farming operation.

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vh Hisaye Yamamoto Interview Segment 7 (ddr-densho-1002-10-7)

Recollections of Poston concentration camp, Arizona: heat, sand, and bad food

This interview was conducted by sisters Emiko and Chizuko Omori for their 1999 documentary, Rabbit in the Moon, about the Japanese American resisters of conscience in the World War II incarceration camps. As a result, the interviews in this collection are typically not life …

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img Poston school teacher, Barbara Washler (ddr-csujad-38-175)

Photographed is Barbara Washler, a high school teacher at the Poston camp in Arizona. The caption reads: Poston school teacher, Barbara Washler. 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_005

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img Wataru Nishikawa (ddr-csujad-38-227)

Photographed is Wataru Nishikawa, an incarceree at the Poston camp in Arizona. Autographed: Wataru Nishida, 10/4/43. The caption reads: Poston, Ariz. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 9. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_02_09_007

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doc Testimony of Chizuko Omori (ddr-densho-67-170)

Written testimony of Chizuko Omori of Seattle, Washington. Incarcerated in the Poston concentration camp, Arizona. This testimony was presented at the CWRIC hearing in Seattle, Washington, on Wednesday, September 9, 1981, in the section titled "Multiple Impact on Family & Redress." Personal information excised by Densho.

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img Poston camp guard tower (ddr-csujad-35-25)

A watercolor painting, dipicting a guard tower in the Poston camp in Arizona. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: kuw_01_22_002

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