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Photographed are kindergarten teachers and children incarcerated at the Poston camp in Arizona. Includes Nisei teachers, Mitzi Masukawa Naohara and Sumi (Kamiya) Kango. The caption reads: Kindergarten, Poston, Ariz., 1945. Title from caption. "Photographed by Kunkle and Wilcox" stamped on the backside. A photo from: Mitzi Naohara photo album (csudh_nao_0200), page 6. The George and Mitzi Naohara Papers consists of photo albums and scrapbooks compiled by George and Mitzi Naohara, and other documents pertaining to the Naohara and Masukawa family. Contained are photographs, correspondence, documents, and memorabilia depicting their experiences during World War II. George Nobuo Naohara is a Kibei Nisei, and his experiences include his farm labor in Idaho and Utah, incarceration in the Manzanar, Jerome, and Tule Lake camps, and the U.S. Army language school training and Korean War. He also engaged in Buddhist activities for his whole life and there are moving images depicting Gardena Buddhist Church activities after the war. Mitzi Masukawa Naohara was a preschool teacher at the Poston camp, Arizona, and also a member of a young Nisei women's club, "Sigma Debs.” Her collected materials depict her life as a teacher and social events in the Poston camp during the war.
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image
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Photographs black and white, 5 x 7 inches image/jpeg
World War II--Incarceration camps--Education Industry and employment--Educators Identity and values--Children Identity and values--Nisei Identity and values--Women World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees
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