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Description
A letter from Takino Hosaka to Hiroji Hosaka who had been interned in the Santa Fe Internment camp. She notified that their hotel was being sold to their friend, Charlie, for 200 dollars; he promised that the family would be able to buy it back at the same price when returning from incarceration; and all their belongs would be stored in Hiroji's office in the hotel. The letter was censored. Hiroji Hosaka Family Letters consists of correspondence between Hiroji Hosaka and his family and friends while he was imprisoned in the Santa Fe Detention Station, the Santa Anita Assembly Center, and the Heart Mountain incarceration camp during World War II. Also included are prewar photographs of the Daiichi Rafu Gakuen, that is, a Japanese language school in Los Angeles, and Japanese archery, a photograph of the Heart Mountain camp, and his business cards prior to the war.
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Japanese American community responses Identity and values--Issei Industry and employment--Hotel industry Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles
Place
Los Angeles, California Department of Justice Internment Camps--Santa Fe
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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