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Description
Photograph of Canal Camp, opened in May 1942 as one of two camps comprising Gila River Incarceration Camp in Arizona. Photograph taken from the top of a Butte. Source of information: front side of photograph. Source of date: back side of photograph. Naoki ("Jack") and Tsuyoko (nee Tanoue) Koyasako were farmers who grew asparagus and onions in Clarksburg, California. They had eight children: Suenari ("Sue"), Kazuo ("Jackson), Kiyoko ("Kik"), Yoshio ("Yank"), Sueo ("Goi"), Jimmy, Tsuyako ("Chuck"), and Mitsuo ("Mits). Suenari married Alma Makashima. The Koyasako family was incarcerated at Tule Lake and took photographs with a contraband camera. Suenari was a musician in the "Paradise Melodiers" band that played in the Tule Lake administration building.
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image
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Photographs black and white, 3 x 4.75 inches image/jpeg
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