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Densho_Football_game_flag_ceremony.jpg
Topaz High students present the American Flag before the start of a football game between Topaz High School and Millard County High School.
Densho_Drum_and_Bugle_Corps.jpg
A former boy scout troop from Los Angeles performs at the Topaz Hospital dedication.
Densho_Children_at_a_nursery_school.jpg
Japanese American children pose outside while teacher supervises.
Densho_Japanese_American_volunteers_clearing_land.jpg
Japanese American men and adolescents clearing sagebrush to create room for animal forage and gardening.
Densho_Topaz_Boy_Scouts_receiving_merit_badges.jpg
Topaz Deputy Director, James F. Hughes, giving merit badges to Boy Scouts at a Court of Honor.
Densho_Topaz_Band_The_Combo.jpg
"The Combo" preforming at Topaz. Sadie Tokata (piano); Ich Sasaki (guitar); G. Sakashita; Kaz Maruoko (trumpet): Albert Noda (saxophone)
Sekerak_Children_picking_up_waste_paper.jpg
Elementary school children in the classroom, teacher visible in the background.
Sekerak_High_school_gymnasium_at_Topaz.jpg
Gymnasium at Topaz. It was used as an auditorium and basketball court.
Sekerak_Students_signing_each_other_s_1945_yearbooks.jpg
Students signing the 1945 edition of the Rambler yearbook.
Sekerak_Field_Day_Games.jpg
Students playing "tug of war" at a field day while other students watch.
Sekerak_Buzz_session.jpg
A group of Topaz High School students studying in a barrack or rec hall.
Sekerak_First_Christmas_and_a_pageant.jpg
Youth dressed up for a retelling of the Christmas nativity story.
Sekerak_Oral_recitation.jpg
A group of youth in Eleanor Gerard Sekarak's classroom at Block 32.
Sekerak_Jr_high_graduation_at_Topaz.jpg
Jr. High students standing with Golden Wolff and LeGrand Noble (educators) in the front.
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Two students (Tom Tomioka and Rose Uyeda) in front of a barrack.
USHS_Boy_Scouts_Ceremony.jpg
Boy scouts salute.
USHS_Choir_Picture.jpg
Christian choir.
USHS _Crowd_of_Japanese_American_Internees.jpg
Crowd gathered in recreation hall or dining hall.
USHS_Dance_Presentation.jpg
Two children participating in Kabuki, a Japanese dance drama.
USHS_Graduating_Students.jpg
Topaz High School graduation in 1945 in the High School gymnasium.
USHS_High_School_Student.jpg
High school boy studying next to a desk in a barrack.
USHS_Singing_the_National_Anthem.jpg
Japanese American woman singing national anthem at Topaz.
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Japanese American boy standing in front of barracks at Topaz. Back of the photo reads "Sumida."
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Japanese American girl standing in front of drying laundry hanging outside of barrack.
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Crowd of Japanese Americans at Topaz.
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View of Topaz from the East towards the South.
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Photograph of Topaz "residents" arriving at Topaz. Luggage is piled high next to barracks.
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Image of boy walking through mud outside of a barrack.
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Photo of an adult night class at Topaz. There were many night classes at Topaz that taught adults subjects from English language and Americanization to Psychology.
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Photograph of Topaz from above.
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Photograph of workers clearing fields for agricultural use. Some of the works appear to be adolescents.
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Photograph of internees pounding dough to make mochi (a sticky Japanese rice cake) for New Years.
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Image of high school students waiting for an assembly meeting.
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Image of preschool students at Topaz.
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Image of barracks at Topaz.
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View of Topaz barracks from the side.
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Japanese American youth and adults browsing at the Topaz Co-op Store.
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A map of the Central Utah Relocation Center Project Area.
SCABOOK058No015Pg123.pdf
Illustration from Mine Okubo's "Citizen 13660" depicting Japanese American arrival at Topaz.
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Illustration from Mine Okubo's "Citizen 13660" which shows Japanese Americans gathered around a pot belly stove.
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Illustration from Mine Okubo's "Citizen 13660" showing the first Christmas at Topaz.
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Illustration from Mine Okubo's "Citizen 13660" depicting a High School class at Topaz.
SCABOOK058No015Pg188.pdf
Illustration from Mine Okubo's "Citizen 13660" showing the first High School Graduation.
SCA375-Un3e-Pgs115-120.pdf
This is an excerpt from "The Education Program Central Utah Relocation Center" which is an explanation of the curriculum for both the elementary schools and high school at Topaz. Also included is a brief history of the education program. This…
SCA375-Un3e-Pgs155-166.pdf
This is an excerpt from "The Education Program Central Utah Relocation Center" which is an explanation of the curriculum for both the elementary schools and high school at Topaz. This provides some introduction to how Topaz High was structured and…
DNO-0017-AllAboard-1944Spring-Pg019-022.pdf
This is an article from "All Aboard" which was a literary magazine that was published in Topaz in the Spring of 1944. Henry Tani was the author while Tamiko Kosakura was the illustrator. This article describes briefly the format and brief history of…
DNO-0017-AllAboard-1944Spring-Pg023-031.pdf
This is an article from "All Aboard" which was a literary magazine that was published in Topaz in the Spring of 1944, written by 7th grade students at Topaz High. This article records several experiences and stories from the lives of these students…
DNO-0017-AllAboard-1944Spring-Pg032.pdf
M. Yubuki created this hand drawn map of evacuation, which was published in "All Aboard" in 1944, a literary and art magazine published in Topaz. Included on the map are eight relocation centers as well as major cities in the western United States.
DNO-0017-AllAboard-1944Spring-Pg042-045.pdf
Hiro Katayama wrote this article which was included in "All Aboard," which was a literary and art magazine published by Japanese Americans in 1944 at Topaz. This article discusses the difficulties that youth encountered at Topaz, including boredom…
SCAMSS0170Bx001Fd08-001-009.pdf
Written in October 1942 to staff of the War Relocation Authority, this paper stresses the importance of understanding the cultural background of the Japanese Americans living in relocation centers. It describes common behavior patterns among the…
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