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img [Ladies group photo] (ddr-csujad-56-210)

Group portrait of young Japanese American women incarcerated at Camp Amache. Page 19 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-019

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-210/

img [Little girls in the snow] (ddr-csujad-56-191)

Original photo of two Japanese American girls holding hands at Camp Amache in the snow. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-058

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-191/

img [Ladies group photo] (ddr-csujad-56-222)

A group of young Japanese American girls interned at Camp Amache. Page 8 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-031

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-222/

img [Group conversation] (ddr-csujad-56-233)

A group of incarcerees by the Arkansas River near Camp Amache. Page 19 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book Two. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-042

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-233/

img [Living in the snow] (ddr-csujad-56-190)

Amache living quarters in the snow with some incarcerees in the background playing around. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-057

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-190/

img Adult education program (ddr-csujad-7-16)

Advertisement and schedule of courses for adult education at the Amache incarceration camp. Text in English and Japanese. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: HMLSC_The Adult Education Program

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-7-16/

doc Poston Chronicle Vol. XVIII No. 1 (March 3, 1944) (ddr-densho-145-478)

Selected article titles: "73 Go to Tule Center" (p. 1), "Internee Mail" (p. 1), "More Go to Crystal City" (p. 1), "Editorial: How to Spread a Rumor in One Easy Lesson" (p. 2), "Five Amache Nisei Ignore Draft Call" (p. 2), "Arizona Selective Service Headquarters Release Army Classifications for Eligible Men" (p. 3).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-145-478/

doc Granada Pioneer Vol. II No. 34 (March 1, 1944) (ddr-densho-147-147)

Selected article titles: "11-Point Petition Presented Myer. Restoration of Nisei Rights" (p. 1), "Amache to Receive Portion of Jerome Center's Populace" (p. 1), "Bans Anti-Nisei Bill; Passes Biddle Proposal" (p. 2), "No Rules Prohibit Nisei From any Service Branch" (p. 5), "Draft Rate to be Sharply Accelerated Once Again" (p. 8).

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-147-147/

img Young Sansei (ddr-csujad-29-218)

Photograph titled: "A young Sansei--third generation Japanese American--pictured in a field at the Granada War Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: P161

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-29-218/

vh Keith One Interview (ddr-chi-1-10)

Sansei male. Born 1953 in Chicago, Illinois. Parents' families lived in Sacramento, California, prior to World War II. During the war, they were sent to the Tule Lake concentration camp, California, and the Amache concentration camp, Colorado. Both parents resettled in Chicago after the war, where they met and Keith was born.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-chi-1-10/

Collection Frice Family Collection (ddr-densho-257)

The Frice Family Collection consists of two documents. One is the Granada (Amache) Directory, a listing of all the incarcerees, staff members, and organizations in camp. And the other is a marriage scroll for Baba Nobuzo and Miye Kato.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-257/

Collection James G. Lindley Collection (ddr-densho-160)

These photographs are from the collection of James G. Lindley, project director of the Granada (Amache) concentration camp. The scans were made from color slides depicting everyday life in Granada, with an emphasis on camp personnel and administrative staff.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-160/

img Masonite (ddr-csujad-23-8)

Oil Painting no. 1 of 2 "Masonite" by Geichiro Kare Kuramatsu. Geichiro (Ernest) Kare Kuramatsu was born in Japan in 1885 to a Russian mother and Japanese father. The family moved to Canada, and Ernest saw combat while serving with the Canadian Army in France during World War I. He completed this oil painting in 1943 …

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img Masonite (ddr-csujad-23-6)

Oil Painting no. 2 of 2 "Masonite" by Geichiro Kare Kuramatsu. Geichiro (Ernest) Kare Kuramatsu was born in Japan in 1885 to a Russian mother and Japanese father. The family moved to Canada, and Ernest saw combat while serving with the Canadian Army in France during World War I. He completed this oil painting in 1943 …

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img Gravesite (ddr-densho-37-514)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Not all the center residents will return to their former homes. Many have found permanent "relocation" in the sandy soil on which the tar paper barracks were hurriedly erected. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when …

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img Gravesite (ddr-densho-37-513)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Not all the center residents will return to their former homes. Many have found permanent "relocation" in the sandy soil on which the tar paper barracks were hurriedly erected. A total of nearly 15,000 evacuees were inducted into the Granada Project, Amache, Colorado, since August 27, 1942, when …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-513/

img [Baseball] (ddr-csujad-56-202)

Incarcerees play baseball at Amache with a large crowd of fellow incarcerees. Page 11 of Kawase Family Photo Album, Book One. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-03-011

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-202/

img [Japanese American soldier] (ddr-csujad-56-181)

Picture of Japanese American incarceree and soldier standing in front of Amache Honor Roll four-sided board. Photo provided by Tak Kameoka. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: nbea08-02-048

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-56-181/

img Bon Odori (ddr-densho-37-517)

Original WRA caption: Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado. Although music for the Bon Odori held August 14, was furnished by phonograph records and a loud speaker, it was supplemented by the two drummers shown. They are, left to right, Koshiro Kumagai and Jutaro Gondo. The Bon Odori was sponsored by the Granada Buddhist Church.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-37-517/

doc Letter from Mom and Dad to Hideo H. Nakamura, January 6, 1945 (ddr-csujad-55-2373)

Correspondence from "Mom and Dad" to George Hideo Nakamura in Japanese regarding life in Amache incarceration camp. Please see sac_jaac_2480 for English translation. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2479

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-csujad-55-2373/

Narrator Marion Michiko Bernardo

Nisei female. Born July 25, 1930, in Walnut Grove, California. Grew up in Walnut Grove. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, removed with family to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Left camp to attend a boarding school in New York before eventually returning to Walnut Grove. Marion passed away …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/566/

Narrator Richard Iwao Hidaka

Nisei male. Born April 11, 1928, in Modesto, California. Grew up in Modesto, where parents ran a laundry business and then a farm. During World War II, removed to the Merced Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, finished school in Chicago, Illinois, and served in the National Guard. Remained …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/582/

Narrator Kimiko Nakashima

Nisei female. Born November 27, 1919, in Florin, California. Grew up in Florin where parents ran a farm. During World War II, removed to the Fresno Assembly Center, California, the Jerome concentration camp, Arkansas, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. After leaving camp, lived and worked for a time in Utah before eventually returning to …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/601/

Narrator Hana Shepard

Nisei female. Grew up in Los Angeles, California, before World War II. During the war, removed to the Santa Anita Assembly Center, California, and the Granada (Amache) concentration camp, Colorado. Transferred to the Crystal City internment camp, Texas, so family could be reunited with father. Had several brothers who served in the U.S. military during World …

https://ddr.densho.org/narrators/838/

Narrator Mae Matsuzaki