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Description
A photo album compiled by George Nobuo Naohara, a Kibei Nisei, who was incarcerated at Manzanar, Jerome, and Tule Lake incarceration camps during World War II. Included are photographs taken during/after World War II, depicting his farm labor experience in Idaho and Utah, incarceration in the Jerome incarceration camp, and Army language school training. 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.
Type
image
Format
Albums; Photographs 1 volume, 8.5 x 9 inches image/jpeg
Identity and values--Kibei Identity and values--Nisei Industry and employment--Agriculture--Farming World War II--Leaving camp--Work leave World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Incarceration camps--Sports Military service--Post-World War II service
Place
California Incarceration Camps--Manzanar Incarceration Camps--Jerome Incarceration Camps--Tule Lake
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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