photo: Aaron Marcus, © 2018 History Colorado, courtesy of Amache Preservation Society
4_Amache Dog Carving
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photo: Aaron Marcus, © 2018 History Colorado, courtesy of Amache Preservation Society
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photo: Aaron Marcus, © 2018 History Colorado, courtesy of Amache Preservation Society
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photo: Aaron Marcus, © 2018 History Colorado, courtesy of Amache Preservation Society
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photo: Russell Lee, Shelley Idaho FSA mobile camp, July, 1942
Japanese child who lives with his parents at the camp.
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Anthropomorphic dog, otter, or cat carved Into stone, Kooskia Internment Camp, Idaho. Courtesy Stacey Camp.
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painting: Kango Takemura, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 5/22/1942
Takemura’s caption – “Our pet hawk died on May 22. The following day Mr. Sato of Chula Vista died. But same day over 80 of us internees were released.”
Courtesy of Manzanar National Historic Site and the Kango Takemura Collection
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drawing: Mine Okubo, Topaz, Utah c 1942 – 1944
Okubo’s caption – “Dogs and cats were common in the center. Most of the dogs were of odd mongrel combinations and had short, sawed-off legs. In a year’s time the number increased to the point that the administration had to compel the licensing of all dogs.”
from Okubo’s book. “Citizen 13660”, University of Washington Press, © 1983