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Description
A letter from "T. Azeka" who is presumably Taketaro Azeka, to Hiroji Hosaka who had been incarcerated in the Santa Anita Assembly Center. He learned that Hiroji was arrested by FBI the day after Hiroji visited Taketaro's barber in Los Angeles. He wrote about his life in the Pomona Assembly Center: he created a garden; had been barbering 20 people per day; got a job to work in a barber in the assembly center, getting paid 16 dollars which were the highest pay rate; and listed events in the assembly center. He included his haiku poems. 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.
Type
text
Format
Correspondence 5 pages, 8.75-11 x 7.5-8.5 inches, handwritten application/pdf
World War II--Pearl Harbor and aftermath--Arrests, searches, and seizures Identity and values--Issei World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Work and jobs Industry and employment--Barbering and hairdressing World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Living conditions
Place
Pomona, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Pomona Temporary Assembly Centers--Santa Anita
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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