Block 2

Block 2 School of Dressmaking. Chiyono Kuroda, Principal.  Poston, Ariz. 1945

Block 45

Mrs. Miyoko Miura with her daughter, Yoneko Diane Miura (45-5-A), evacuees from Los Angeles standing in front of the Maryknoll Catholic chapel.  Poston, Ariz.  1945

Block 036

Sister Eucharia and 8 year old Johnnie M. Ritchie (36-4-CD), an Italian-Japanese evacuee from Los Angeles standing in front of the Maryknoll Catholic Chapel.  Poston, Ariz.  1945.

Camp I High School

HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS

? Hirata, H.

? Tanimoto, Sarah Yoko, (36-12-B), evacuee from Los Angeles.

? Masuda, Esther Harumi, (4-3-C), evacuee from Upland.

? Minami, Hiroshi Harry (26-9-D) evacuee from Calexico
? Morita, Shizue (31-13-D), evacuee from Gilroy
? Okabe, Hatsuye (38-4-B), evacuee from Buena Park.

Sanematsu, Ben Denichiro (3-4-B) evacuee from Riverside

Poston III Jr High School

Junior High GAA Cabinet

Girls Advanced Basketball team

Front row kneeling (L-R): _________, ___________, Maki Shinoda, Mary______, Amy Nagata,  and Mary  ________.  Standing (L-R): June Kiyomoto, __________, __________, _________, ___________, _________, _________, Pauline Date, __________, and _________.

Block 325

Hatsumi, Fujie, Harumi with mother,  Sadame Yamakawa (325-6-D), evacuees from Dinuba

Block 317

Mary S. Nakagawa (317-11-D) evacuee from Reedley

Block 328

Terrie Hazama (328-4-D) evacuee from Los Angeles, Santa Anita Assembly Center

Block 227

                                                                                 RESETTLEMENT

Kiyoshi Robert Kanagawa (Poston 227-6-C) , who returned to his 85-acre farm of citrus fruits and nursery  stock located at Rt. 2, Box 606, Sanger, California from the Colorado River Relocation Center (Poston, Arizona) is shown budding young orange trees.  The family consisting of his wife, Yukiye (Nakamura) Kanagawa, and his parents, Yasoichi and Jitsuyo Kanagawa (227-5-B) , returned home on February 8, 1945.  They said they had no trouble whatsoever in marketing their citrus fruit upon their return home.  A brother of Kiyoshi Kanagawa, S/Sgt Jerry Nobuo Kanagawa, is now serving overseas in the U.S. Army.  He has three sisters who are relocated in Cleveland, Ohio.  Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru.  Sanger, California. 6/26/1945.

Kiyoshi Robert Kanagawa (Poston 227-6-C) is shown in his orange grove located at Rt. 2, Box 606, Sanger, California. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru.  Sanger, California. 6/26/1945.

Block 309

                          
 
 

Sayoko Togioka (309-2-D) evacuee from Dinuba

 
                                     




                                          RESETTLEMENT

L-R: Hideyuki Nakamura (308-8-C), Mrs. Fusaye Yamada,  Gene Yamada, and her sister-in-law.  They returned from Poston, Arizona on June 15, 1945.  They own a 60-acre farm with oranges, plums, and truck crops.  Mr. Yamada has a brother, Akira, who is serving in the U.S. Army.  Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru.  Orosi, California.  6/27/1945

 

John A., Frank T. , Carl K., and Henry T. Yamane (formerly from Poston 309-8-BCD), operate the Golden Nursery.  Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru. 

Gardena, California. 9/5/45

Block 60

Mr.Sotaro F.  Niiseki (60-9-C) tries one of his heart lockets on Mrs. Etsu Niiseki. Evacuees from Holtville, California.  Photograher: Iwasaki, Hikaru, Poston, Ariz. 9/1945.

Employment

 Subjugation Crew 1944

Crew working on the Poston canal

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Block 318

                                       

  Yone Aoyagi (318-5-c) evacuee from Reedley

 Connie _________ block 318

       Photo courtesy of Charles M Sawabe family

                                RESETTLEMENT

 

 The daughters of Mr. & Mrs. Denroku Sasaki are in their garden at home located at Rt. 1, Box 276, Reedley, to which they returned from the Colorado River Relocation Center (Poston 318-8-D) on February 8, 1945.  (L-R):  Miyako, Aiko, and Fumiko Sasaki. They own a 50-acre vineyard on which the girls assist when necessary. Miyako just completed a term at the Reedley Junior College after her return from Poston. She majored in a secretarial course, therefore, she hopes to find a stenographic position soon. While in the Center, Denroku Sasaki was appointed to the Executive staff of Unit III of the Colorado River Project. The family is very pleased to be home once again after living at the Center for 2 1/2  years.  Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru.  Reedley, California. 6/25/1945

                                                        Visitor to block 318 park

Photo courtesy of Charles M Sawabe family

Block 316

Yoshiko Nozawa 316-4-D,

formerly of San Francisco

Photo courtesy of Charles M Sawabe family

 

RESETTLEMENT PHOTOS

 Paul Suyeda, formerly of the Colorado River Relocation Center (Poston 316-13-G), is grading beans in the processing plant of the Deerfield Packing Corporation at Seabrook Farms, Bridgeton, N.J.  Prior to evacuation he had his own farm at Visalia, California. While at Colorado River where Mrs. Alice (Morioka) Suyeda is still living, he was employed in the Community Enterprises.  Mr. Suyeda is one of over 400 evacuees from most of the relocation centers who are employed at Seabrook Farms.  The total Japanese-American population at Seabrook is over 500.  Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru.  Seabrook Farms, New Jersey.  8/1944

Block 28

Emiko and brother Bobby Okabe (28-9-D), evacuees from Buena Park.

Block 307

Block 307 1944. 

Front row (L-R): ____-,____,_____,_____,_____, _____, and _____.

2nd row (L-R): ____,____,_____,_____<____,____,____, and ____.

3rd Row (L-R): ____,_____,_____,_____,_____,____,____, and _____.

Back row (L-R): _____, _____, _____, and ______.

 Jean R. Nozawa (307-7-B),

formerly from Dinuba

  

   






Jane Yamaguchi (307-7-D) 
formerly from Cutler  

   

  Block 307 Baseball Team

Front (L-R):  ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, Akio Fukushima (307-13-C) formerly from Dinuba;  and ___.  Standing: (L-R): ___, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____ and ____.

Michi Niino (307-12-AC), 
formerly from Dinuba

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                                                          RESETTLEMENT

                                                                                                            

  Here, Yeiki Tashiro (Poston 307-9-D), asks Miss Wilma Smith, hand painter, to color the lips of the model she had painted a little deeper.  Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru.  St. Louis, Missouri.  9/21/1944.

 

Yeiki Tashiro (Poston 307-9-D), an evacuee from the Colorado River Relocation Center (Poston, Arizona), is shown taking an inventory at the request of Mr. A. Hope, Manager.  Yeiki Tashiro acts in a supervisory capacity in the factory, having a complete knowledge of the work to be done.  Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru.  St. Louis, Missouri.  9/21/1944.

Block 308

Maya Miyamoto (308-13-C) evacuee from Carmel

                     Civilian Personal Mess Hall Poston III employees.

 (L-R)  Miyota Tanbara, Takeno Tanbara, and Grace Tomiko Kurihara. 

Poston, Arizona. 1945. 

                Photo donated by Thomas M. Kurihara

 

Summer 1944. (L-R) Wataru "Waco" Shintani (308-14-C) evacuee from Terminal Island; Minoru "Mino" Araki (308-9-A) evacuee from Reedley; Mikio Floyd "Mickie" Nishida (308-3-D) evacuee from Reedley; and Tom Kurihara (308-14-A) evacuee originally from Berkeley/Pomona Assembly Center/Heart Mountain.     

   Photo donated by Thomas M. Kurihara

 
                                           RESETTLEMENT PHOTOS 

 This is a cooperative house in Philadelphia. It is a three story house and members take turns with cooking, dish washing, and cleaning. (L-R): Kenny Murase (Poston 308-1-C); (right foreground) Kimi Tanaka (308-10-D); and in the (right foreground), George Sakai, a voluntary evacuee. Photographer: Parker, Tom.  Philadelphia, Penn. 1/28/1944.

Mr. Kiichi Iwasaki (308-3-B) is assisting in irrigating the vineyard which belongs to his son, Charles Kiyoshi Iwasaki, located at Rt. 1, Box 384 in Reedley, Caifornia to which he returned with his son's family on March 1, 1945 from the Colorado River Relocation Center (Poston, Arizona).  Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru.  Reedley, CA  6/25/1945

Mrs. Ann I. Iwasaki of Rt. 1, Box 384, Reedley, California, formerly of the Colorado River Relocation Center (Poston 308-3-B)  and its first woman Block Manager, returned to her home with her husband and three children on March 1. She is shown surrounded by her children and their friends.  Front row, (L-R): Annie Torosian, a neighbor; and Takeo Larry Iwasaki.   Back row, Michi Kubota, Amy Iwasaki, Mrs. Iwasaki, and Norman Iwasaki. The Iwasaki home was one in which Levi Multanen fired several shotgun shots on the night of May 22, 1945 for which he was convicted and given 6-months' probation. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru.  Reedley, CA. 6/25/1945

 

 

Former Poston III block 308 internees relocated to Minnesota:

Seated (L-R) Michi Rokutani, Grace Tomiko Kurihara,

George Rokutani, and daughter, Barbara Rokutani 

St. Paul, Minnesota. 1965

  Photo donated by Thomas M. Kurihara

Block 326

Vera Furubayashi (326-9-C) evacuee from Orange Cove

Camp III

                                     Construction of camp III  1942

                                                   Adult Poetry Club 
                           Standing (L-R): far right: Yenpei Wake.

Camp III 1944

Children outside of school (block 324)
Photo from Barbara Washler collection 

 Outside the Poston Chronicle building.
(L-R): ____________, _________, and ____________.
Photo from Barbara Washler collection.