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| Desert near Topaz | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Photograph 1.5" x 2.5" |
1942-1945 |
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| Mornin' On the Desert | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Photo postcard. 5.5" x 3.5" |
1942-1945 |
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| Christmas 1944 Staff housing | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Emil Sekerak and Eleanor Gerard, civilian workers at Topaz. |
1942-1945 |
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| Field Day Games | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
High school students, probably in the open playing area near Block 32, which was where the high school buildings were located. |
1942-1945 |
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| View of Mt. Swasey with snow | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
View toward the west of the camp toward Mt. Swasey. Signed "S. Mikami" in the lower righthand corner. On the back a typed message reads: CHRISTMAS GREETINGS! It is our sincere wish that the true spirit of Chrismas may bring you much joy... |
1942-1945 |
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| View of hospital with various wings and boiler room | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah) |
View of the hospital furnace and chimney and possible wings of the hospital. Japanese kanji in the lower righthand corner. |
1942-1945 |
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| Eleanor's classroom Block 32 | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Eleanor Gerard taught civics and was the vice principal of Topaz High School. She was employed there from 1943 to 1945. Teacher lectures. |
1942-1945 |
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| Field day games, 1943 | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Field Day Games for the high school. Probably took place on Block 32 and the open field to the north. |
1942-1945 |
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| Enroute to Mt. Topaz | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Desert area toward Mt. Topaz northwest of Topaz City. Back of the photo dated 1943. |
1942-1945 |
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| Emil (Sekerak) and Lorne (Bell) | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Photograph of two men who worked at Topaz. Probably taken near Topaz Mt. |
1942-1945 |
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| Hospital and block 7 | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Hospital with chimney taken toward the northwest with Topaz Mt. in the background. Block 7 and part of block 6 as well as a small portion of the military compound are shown. The mess hall sits in between the row of barracks in the lower lefthand... |
1942-1945 |
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| Main Street, Bingham Canyon, Utah | Utah |
Photo postcard of Bingham Canyon on the west side of the Salt Lake City, Utah valley. |
1942-1945 |
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| Lorne Bell and Emil (Sekerak) starting a campfire | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Topaz administrators and Lorne Bell's wife and Eleanor Sekerak took an outing toward Mt. Topaz about 16 miles northwest of Topaz City. Back of photo dated 1943. |
1942-1945 |
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| Staff housing | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Staff housing. Note construction of the building, clap board siding, awnings, fence area for the next apartment. |
1942-1945 |
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| Firewood | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Two administrators, Emil Sekerak and Lorne Bell, gathering firewood for an outing taken by four camp workers. Photo dated 1943. |
1942-1945 |
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| Summit Topaz Mountain, Topaz, Utah | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Summit Topaz Mountain, Topaz, Utah K. Topaz Mt. was about 30 miles from Topaz city. Reads "Postcard" on the back. |
1942-1945 |
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| 1943 Staff housing | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Eleanor Gerard and Emil Sekerak in one of their apartments. Possible Chirua Obata watercolor on the wall. |
1942-1945 |
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| Lorne (Bell) and Emil (Sekerak) and car | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Topaz administrators on an outing to Topaz mountain. |
1942-1945 |
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| Lorne (Bell), Marian (Bell) and Emil (Sekerak) | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Caucasian administrators from camp on an outing near Topaz Mt. |
1942-1945 |
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| Farewell to Topaz High | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Farewell to Topaz High School song |
1942-1945 |
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| Nearing Mt. Topaz | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Mountains northwest of Topaz City toward Mt. Topaz. Back of photo dated 1943. |
1942-1945 |
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| Delta, Utah from the overpass | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Photograph taken from the top of the overpass looking east down Delta, Utah's Main Street. |
1942-1945 |
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| RR station, Delta | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Railroad station in Delta, Utah where trains unloaded internees coming from Tanforan in California. |
1942-1945 |
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| Sheepherder's wagon, 1942 | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
One of the photos taken by camp administrators while on an outing to Topaz Mt. |
1942-1945 |
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| Relocation staff | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Emil Sekarak is in the middle row on the far left. |
1942-1945 |
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| Snow in the desert | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
This photo is not the fence around Topaz city, although the Topaz fence was similar, about four-feet high made from four strands of barbed wire and cedar posts. |
1942-1945 |
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| Entrance to Delta | Utah |
Photograph taken from the top of the overpass toward the Delta, Utah to the east. |
1942-1945 |
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| Lorne Bell, Marian Bell, Eleanor (Gerard Sekerak) | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Lorne Bell worked as an administrator. Eleanor Gerard was a high school teacher at camp. |
1942-1945 |
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| Christmas 1944 | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Eleanor Gerard and Emil Sekerak in a civilian housing apartment. |
1942-1945 |
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| Lorne Bell at Mt. Topaz | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Lorne Bell climbing Mt. Topaz about 16 miles from Topaz city. |
1942-1945 |
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| Dinner in Block 2 Dining Hall | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Dinner in honor of Dillon Myer when he inspected Topaz. Left head table, Mrs. Ernst; Dillon Myer, Mrs. Bell, Roscoe Bell. Right side of the table, Eleanor Gerard; Emil Sekerak; Walt Honderich |
1942-1945 |
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| Topaz camp from the water tower | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Eastern border of the residential area of Topaz. The four-foot high barbed wire fence follows the road to the guard tower. Block 21 was a playground. To the south of that block are blocks 28, 35, and 42. On the back of the photo is printed... |
1942-1945 |
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| Utah Copper mine, Bingham Canyon, Utah | Utah |
Photo postcard of the Kennecott Copper mine located on the western side of the Salt Lake City, Utah valley. |
1942-1945 |
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| Eleanor (Gerard Sekerak) on hike 2 m. out of camp | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Eleanor Gerard was a teacher at the high school, well-loved by her students. |
1942-1945 |
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| Campfire | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Lorne Bell, Marian Bell and Emil Sekerak making a fire while camping outside Topaz city. |
1942-1945 |
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| Water tower and barracks | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Winter Topaz scene looking toward the eastern boundary of the camp and the water towe (Duplicate image of 004) Japanese kanji n the lower lefthand corner of the print. |
1942-1945 |
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| Dillon Myer dinner | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Dillon Myer came to Topaz on an inspection. This is a photo of the dinner held for him. Only a few people are identified: Rosco Bell, far left at the head table, (possibly Mrs. Bell), Dillon Myer, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Ernst. Eleanor Gerard, in profile... |
1942-1945 |
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| Christmas party at Lafabreques | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Only a few people are identified. Emil Sekerak is the tall man wearing glasses. In front of him is Walt Honderich. Standing next to Emil is Gil Niesse and then George Lafabreque. Possible Chiura Obata watercolor on the wall. |
1942-1945 |
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| Sunrise at Topaz | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Sunrise at Topaz with barracks and water tower. Japanese kanji reads: "Happy Birthday, April 2? 1945, Miss Gerard." with Japanese kanji. The water tower is in the background toward the eastern border. |
1942-1945 |
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| Eleanor Gerard and Emil Sekerak | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Civilian workers standing in front of a building numbered 210-B. Note the construction of the building, with a screen door, awnings, and clap board siding. |
1942-1945 |
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| Mormon Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
Photograph of the Mormon Temple from its southeast corner on Main Street and South Temple, Salt Lake City, UT |
1942-1945 |
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| Eleanor (Gerard) and snow | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Eleanor Gerard came from Oakland, California to teach high school students at Topaz. She later married Emil Sekerak. |
1942-1945 |
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| Administrative Apartment | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Typical housing for administrators and civilian workers. Emil Sekerak worked with the coop. Eleanor Gerard was a school teacher. |
1942-1945 |
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| Eleanor Gerard and Muriel (Matzkin) Shapp | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Eleanor Gerard was a school teacher at camp. They are standing in front of an adminstrative building with awnings. |
1942-1945 |
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| Upper Binghan Canyon, 1904 | Utah |
Photo postcard of Bingham Canyon on the western side of the Salt Lake City, Utah valley. |
1942-1945 |
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| First snowfall | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Winter scene at Topaz |
1942-1945 |
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| Trucks unloading Japanese American belongings | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
Photograph of trucks unloading internees' possessions at Topaz. |
1942-1945 |
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| Main Street, Delta, Southern Hotel | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
North side of the Delta, Utah Main Street. Workman's, Quality Market, Wright's 5-cent to $1.00 Store, Southern Hotel. Two Hoshiyama brothers worked at the Quality Market, bringing fresh fish on the train. They lived with the Orvil... |
1942-1945 |
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| Topaz hospital | Central Utah Relocation Center; Internment of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945; Japanese American Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945; Topaz (Utah); |
The large white building with the chimney was the hospital boiler. Various wings of the hospital extend to the right of the photo. |
1942-1945 |
