Poston

Date1942-1945

Made WhereParker, Arizona, USA

Mediumpaper

DimensionsW: 4.875 in, H: 3.5 in

ClassificationsPhotographic Archives

Credit LineGift of the Miwa and Higaki Families

Object number2022.58.15

Description1 photographic print: b&w ; Buildings at Poston concentration camp, including a large water tank that has a roof constructed over it and the number "31" painted on its side. (related object: 2022.58.244)

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Poston buildings

1942-1945

[Letter to Clara Breed from Tetsuzo (Ted) Hirasaki, Poston, Arizona, August 27, 1943]

Hirasaki, Tetsuzo

1943

Poston

1942-1945

[Letter to Clara Breed from Tetsuzo (Ted) Hirasaki, Poston, Arizona, June 10, 1944]

Hirasaki, Tetsuzo

1944

YORITSUNE_01 96-3-1.mp4

[Home Movies of Beach; Heart Mountain; Wedding and More / circa 1930 – 1956]

Yoritsune, Henry

1930-1956

WATANABE_07 2003-121-7.mp4

[Home Movies of Jerome and Rohwer / circa 1942 – 1945]

Watanabe, Bruce

1942-1945

SAGARA_02 2001-32-2.mp4

[Home Movies of Amache (Granada) and Pueblo, Colorado / circa 1944]

Sagara, Tomojiro

1944

HIRABAYASHI_01 2004-123-1.mp4

[Home Movies of Amache (Granada) / circa 1942 - 1945]

1942-1945

[Letter to Clara Breed from Louise Ogawa, Poston, Arizona, September 27, 1942]

Ogawa, Louise

1942

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[Letter to Clara Breed and Mrs. R. L. Breed from Eleanor Breed, January 2, 1942]

Breed, Eleanor D.

1942

[Letter to Clara Breed from Louise Ogawa, Poston, Arizona, July 14, 1944]

Ogawa, Louise

1944

[Letter to Clara Breed from Tetsuzo (Ted) Hirasaki, Poston, Arizona, May 26, 1942]

Hirasaki, Tetsuzo

1942

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