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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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img Mormon Tabernacle Choir in front of the Great Organ (ddr-densho-368-250)

Front of postcard. Written on front: 905 The Tabernacle Choir and Organ, Great "Mormon" Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah. 1938 Deseret Book Co. 8A-H2434

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img School class at Topaz (ddr-ajah-6-95)

Caption below photo: School class at Topaz, Utah incarceration camp, 1942-1945. Kazumaro was from Alameda, CA. Kazumaro Motoyoshi standing third from left at back

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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 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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doc Topaz Times Vol. II No. 55 (March 6, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-118)

Selected article titles: "Need Fifty Nurses' Aides Immediately" (p. 1), "Editorial: Mormon Saga" (p. 2), "History of Utah" (p. 2), "Seventeen Relocated in Schools" (p. 6).

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img Dedication ceremony (ddr-densho-37-564)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. With a fervent prayer, this Japanese Topaz resident, a Christian Minister, opens the dedication ceremonies at the Relocation Center at Topaz.

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img Shirai Keizo's funeral (ddr-csujad-25-356)

A group photograph of the attendees of Keizo Shirai's funeral held at a Buddhist temple in Salt Lake, Utah. Mr. Shirai died at the age of 51 on October 10, 1934 in Salt Lake, Utah. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: jia_12_018

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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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doc Topaz Times Vol. II No. 60 (March 13, 1943) (ddr-densho-142-123)

Selected article titles: "Welcome Hawaiians!!" (p. 1), "Editorial: Nurses' Aides Needed" (p. 2), "History of Utah" (p. 2), "World Citizenship: What About the Post-War Period?" (p. 11).

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doc Information Roundup Vol. III, No. 24 (ddr-densho-156-370)

Section titles: "Projects Receive Tule Vegetables"; "Work Furloughs Increasing"; "Administrative Instructions Issued"; "Army Solves Freight-Handling Problem"; "Administrative Bodies Organized at Central Utah"; "Notes from Poston"; "Population: 65,792."

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img Football game flag ceremony (ddr-densho-37-433)

Original WRA caption: Topaz, Utah. Presentation of colors before start of football game between Topaz High School and Millard County High School of Fillmore at Topaz Relocation Center.

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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 Naomi Higaki, Ko Hirabayashi, and Toichi Arai (ddr-densho-458-41)

Naomi Higaki, Ko Hirabayashi, and Toichi Arai in uniform sitting in front of door. Written on verso: Oct. 15, 1945 Allendorf, Germany Toichi Arai Hawaii, Ko Hirabayashi Layton, Utah

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doc Instruction on Evacuation of Tanforan Assembly Center (ddr-densho-410-6)

For Tomoye and Helen Takahashi and Masako Martha Nozawa to relocate to Central Utah WRA camp (Topaz). Back has instructions of behavior during the transfer in English and Japanese.

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 13 No. 150 (February 1941) (ddr-pc-13-2)

Selected article titles: "I.D.C. Presents Loyalty Pledge To Utah Governor" (p. 1), "Los Angeles Organized Special Groups to Foster Goodwill in Community" (p. 1), "Your Federal Income Tax" (p. 3).

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doc The Pacific Citizen, Vol. 9 No. 106 (March 1937) (ddr-pc-9-1)

Selected article titles: "Development Plan Details Given By League's Officers" (p. 1), "Nisei in Farming Now Lively Topic on Pacific Coast" (p. 1), "Utah Fishing Bill Favors Japanese" (p. 4).

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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 Yoshioka family in Topaz (ddr-densho-357-731)

Private Masaru Yoshioka visits his family in the camp in Topaz, Utah. Left to right: Tadaichi Yoshioka, George Yoshioka, Masaru Yoshioka, Yoni Yoshioka, Giichi Yoshioka, June Yoshioka, Vernon Yoshioka (front).

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doc Postcard from Haruye Koga to Mitzi Naohara, October 9, 1944 (ddr-csujad-38-377)

A postcard from Haruye Koga to Mitzi Masukawa Naohara at the Poston camp in Arizona. Haruye writes from Ocden, Utah. A small bag of salt from Great Salt Lake, Utah, is attached. An item from: Mitzi Naohara scrapbook (csudh_nao_0400), page 17. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nao_03_18_001

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img Work-leave crew (ddr-densho-5-16)

Ted Matsushita (left) and Toshio Ito received permission to leave the Tule Lake concentration camp in California to harvest sugar beets for Orly Garner in Utah. They are doing their laundry.

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 163 (September 5, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-318)

Selected article titles: "Family Groups Sought in Utah Ammunition Job" (p. 1), "Trial Indefinite Area Expanded" (p. 1), "On West Coast Return" (p. 2), "U.S. Dismisses Case for Good" (p. 4).

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doc Gila News-Courier Vol. III No. 84 (March 4, 1944) (ddr-densho-141-239)

Selected article titles: "Nisei Hero: Saves Unit Bare Handed" (p. 1), "Utah: Nisei Fight Discrimination" (p. 2), "Editorial: We Await the Day -- " (p. 2), "Leaves: Rivers Lowest Among Centers" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-141-239/

doc Topaz Times Vol. I No. 30 (December 5, 1942) (ddr-densho-142-40)

Selected article titles: "History of Utah _ Introduction" (p. 1), "Items from Government Sources" (p. 3), "Caucasian Staff Additions" (p. 6), "Psychology Most Popular" (p. 7), "Landscapists Stake Out Rink" (p. 10).

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