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    • About the Artist

    • About the Artist

    • Whitaker, Linda

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Tsuruoka, Tokutaro "Kakunen" (1892-1977)

    • Artist profile of Tokutaro "Kakunen" Tsuruoka.
    • Administration Buildings

    • Administration Buildings

    • Unknown

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.)

    • Typical photo documentation of physical camp structures.
    • Animal Husbandry

    • Animal Husbandry

    • Unknown

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Gila River Relocation Center

    • The cattle and hog operations at the Gila River camp offered many learning oppportunties for the Montgomery biology classes.
    • Arrival and Departure Station

    • Arrival and Departure Station

    • Unknown

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.)

    • Arrival and Departure Station at Poston, a site for the intake procedures as internees arrived at the camp. Compared to arrivals, camp departures were slow. The last internees left in 1946.
    • Base Map of Parker Relocation Area

    • Base Map of Parker Relocation Area

    • Unknown

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.)

    • Base Map of Parker War Relocation Area by the War Relocation Authority, San Francisco Regional Office. Map shows the locations of Poston camps I, II, and III, as well as the boundaries of the area.
    • Basketball Court

    • Basketball Court

    • Unknown

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Gila River Relocation Center

    • One of several basketball courts used by children and adults.
    • Biology Field Trip I

    • Biology Field Trip I

    • Unknown

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Gila River Relocation Center

    • Boys mugging for the camera. Inscribed "Butte Camp. Biology class visited camp hog farm. Paul Komura and ---"
    • Biology Field Trip II

    • Biology Field Trip II

    • Unknown

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Gila River Relocation Center

    • The Gila River camp was the largest farming operation of all the relocation camps. Thousands of acres were cultivated and irrigated requiring heavy equipment and hundreds of workers.
    • Biology Lab

    • Biology Lab

    • Unknown

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Gila River Relocation Center

    • Biology students in a makeshift dissection lab outside the classroom door.
    • Block 19 Drawing of Camp and Cloudscape

    • Block 19 Drawing of Camp and Cloudscape

    • Yamada, Albert K.

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Scrapbooks

    • Page from Block 19 section of scrapbook. Ink and pencil drawings of cloudscape over camp and alternate view of camp. Cloudscape titled "End of Day". Page is dated "Poston, Ariz. 44" and signed by Albert K. Yamuda.
    • Block 19 Signatures

    • Block 19 Signatures
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    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Scrapbooks

    • Page from Block 19 of scrapbook. Contains signatures of block residents in English and Japanese characters.
    • Block 2 Desert Landscape

    • Block 2 Desert Landscape

    • Unknown

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Scrapbooks

    • Page from Block 2 section of scrapbook. Painting of desert landscape with cactus in foreground. Probably watercolor paints. Labeled "Poston, Arizona" but unsigned.
    • Block 2 Horses and Barbed Wire

    • Block 2 Horses and Barbed Wire

    • Sasuga, Shozo

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Scrapbooks

    • Page from Block 2 section of scrapbook. Painting of black and white horses behind barbed wire. Labeled "Block 2" and signed by Shozo Sasuga.
    • Block 2 Signatures

    • Block 2 Signatures
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    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Scrapbooks

    • Page from Block 2 of scrapbook. Contains signatures of block residents in English.
    • Block 2 Signatures and Characters

    • Block 2 Signatures and Characters
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    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Scrapbooks

    • Page from Block 2 of scrapbook. Contains signatures of block residents in English and Japanese characters.
    • Block 2 Signatures and Characters with Snail Sketch

    • Block 2 Signatures and Characters with Snail Sketch
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    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Scrapbooks

    • Page from Block 2 of scrapbook. Contains signatures of block residents in English and Japanese characters. Page has a pencil sketch of a snail.
    • Block 21 Characters

    • Block 21 Characters

    • Unknown

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Scrapbooks

    • Page from Block 21 section of scrapbook. Inscription in Japanese characters.
    • Block 21 Inscription in English and Japanese

    • Block 21 Inscription in English and Japanese

    • Sato, Kamuichi

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Scrapbooks

    • Page from Block 21 of scrapbook. Contains inscription from Kamuichi Sato in English and Japanese characters.
    • Block 21 Landscape

    • Block 21 Landscape

    • Kyoka

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Scrapbooks

    • Page from Block 21 section of scrapbook. Painting signed "Kyoka" but undated.
    • Block 216 Drawing of Wade Head

    • Block 216 Drawing of Wade Head

    • Yoshizumi, H.

    • Japanese Americans-- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945; Poston Relocation Center (Poston, Ariz.); Scrapbooks

    • Page from Block 216 section of scrapbook. Pencil drawing of Wade Head signed by H. Yoshizumi.

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