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Title
Amache reunion 1978
Creator
Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.): creator
Okada, Misao: compiler
Date Created and/or Issued
1978-10-21
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Permission to publish the image must be obtained from the CSUDH Archives as owner of the physical item and copyright. In instances when the copyright ownership is not clear it is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain copyright permission.
Description
This small, cardboard token commemorates the Amache Incarceration Camp in Granada, Colorado, created by the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles. The image on the token is a cartoon figure of a boy, most likeley a propoganda cartoon used previously. Token is from a page in Misao Okada’s album.
Misao Okada’s scrapbook contains photographs, ephemera, notes, and correspondence documenting her time at Amache and a visit and reunion over 50 years later. The scrapbook also includes materials relating to reparations and events observing Japanese American incarceration.
Type
image
Format
Cartoons (commentary); Ephemera; Physical objects
1 round object
image/jpeg
Identifier
oka_017
csudh_oka_0017
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/6611
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Incarceration camps
Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles
Geographic communities--Colorado
Community activities--Associations and organizations
Place
Los Angeles, California
Incarceration Camps--Granada (Amache)
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Misao Okada's Album

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