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doc Daily Press Review, Vol. V, No. 23 (ddr-densho-156-263)

Article titles: "Topaz Times"; "Evacuee Laborers"; "Items from Central Utah Relocation Project"; "Second Birth at Topaz"; "Open Temporary Postoffice at Topaz"; "'Japs' Vote in Hawaii Hit"; "Action Against Aliens Listed."

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img Japanese American auto mechanic (ddr-densho-37-557)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A young resident at the Topaz Relocation Center adjusting a carburetor on a well worn War Relocation Authority truck.

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img Japanese American mechanics (ddr-densho-37-570)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Keeping well warm motor equipment running is a problem confronting these two Nisei volunteer mechanics, at the Topaz Relocation Center.

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img Construction of barracks (ddr-densho-37-563)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Young volunteer workers of Japanese parentage haul lumber for the construction of barracks and interiors at he Topaz Relocation Center.

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img Topaz Camp (ddr-densho-357-774)

Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Taken at Topaz, Utah 1944?" Families gather around a picnic table to eat.

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img Dedication of camp hospital (ddr-densho-37-561)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A young doctor of Japanese parentage, addresses the gathered crowd at dedication ceremonies for the new hospital at the Topaz Relocation Center.

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img Japanese American workers loading scrap lumber (ddr-densho-37-555)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A group of volunteer workers at the Topaz Relocation Center gathering a truck load of scrap lumber from the contractor's scrap pile.

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img Drum and bugle corps (ddr-densho-37-432)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A drum and bugle corp, formerly a boy scout unit in Los Angeles, performs at the dedication of the new hospital at Topaz.

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img Class photo from Topaz (ddr-ajah-6-657)

Caption below photo: School class at Topaz, Utah incarceration camp, 194-1945 Kazumaro was from Alameda, CA.

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doc Letter to Rev. Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayawa (ddr-densho-498-37)

Letter to Robert Inglis from Hiro Katayama letting him know that they are going to Topaz, Utah.

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img Sewing class at Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp (ddr-densho-22-464)

Women sewing stars onto a service flag during a sewing class in camp.

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img Drum and bugle corps (ddr-densho-37-565)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. A section of the drum and the bugle corps, a former boy scout unit, performs at the dedication of the hospital at the Topaz Relocation center.

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img Topaz Camp (ddr-densho-357-763)

Two unnamed women stand on their front steps with two children between them in the camp in Topaz, Utah.

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img Group posing for photo outside barracks (ddr-ajah-6-144)

Caption below photo: Topaz, Utah Incarceration Camp Kitchen Crew circa 1943-1945 Most are from Alameda, CA. Individuals identified.

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img Construction of an irrigation gate (ddr-densho-37-566)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Vocational training class in farm construction gets some real action at the Topaz Relocation Center. Picture shows them getting practical class work in construction of irrigation gate.

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img Yoshioka family in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-773)

Hanako Terakawa's caption: "Pvt Giichi Yoshioka on leave from army and took picture of Tadaichi and Yoni at Topaz, Utah."

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img Japanese Americans clearing land (ddr-densho-37-567)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Volunteer workers clearing sagebrush and wild guayule from a section of the lands of the Topaz Relocation Center to be used for truck gardening and animal foreage acreage.

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img Yoshioka family in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-733)

Private Masaru Yoshioka visits his parents in the camp in Topaz, Utah. Left to right: Yoni Yoshioka, Masaru Yoshioka, Tadaichi Yoshioka.

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img Japanese Americans landscaping (ddr-densho-37-558)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. To soften the general atmosphere at the hospital at the Topaz Relocation Center, these volunteer workers are preparing to move a tree to be transplanted near the hospital grounds.

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img Boy Scout band at Topaz (Central Utah) concentration camp (ddr-densho-22-463)

This Boy Scout band greets Japanese Americans arriving from Hawai'i.

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img Two girls standing in front of barracks (ddr-densho-292-1)

Caption on reverse: "Topaz, Utah. Shigeko Omori on left, Mary Kaibe, right 17 years. 1943? Nishioka family residence Block 31A, family # 20752."

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img Motoyoshi family at Topaz (ddr-ajah-6-655)

Caption below photo: Motoyoshi family, Topaz incarceration camp in Utah. Baby Miyuki was born June 30, 1942. The family was from Alameda, CA.

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img Shuzo "Bill" Takeda with daughter Judy (ddr-ajah-6-542)

Caption below photo: Shuzo "Bill" Takeda with first born child, Judy. Block 13, Topaz, Utah, 1943. Bill married Fumiko "Nellie" Itahara from Alameda, CA.

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img Portrait of group of men in uniform (ddr-ajah-2-800)

Caption: Niseis from the Military Intelligence School at Camp Savage, Minnesota visit friends and family incarcerated at Topaz, Utah - December 4. 1942. Includes names.

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img Masaru Yoshioka (ddr-densho-357-737)

Private Masaru Yoshioka addressed this portrait to his parents, "Your son, Masaru." Masaru's parents, Yani and Tadaichi Yoshioka, were held in the Topaz, Utah camp.

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