Soldiers at Topaz

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Title Soldiers at Topaz
Note Images and descriptions were collected and provided by KUED in the making of their 1987 documentary about the Topaz Internment Camp. Some images were used in the documentary as representations of actual events occurring at Topaz.
Photo Number Box 4, No. 10-9
Subject Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah); Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans--California--1940-1950; World War II--United States; World War II
Publisher Utah State Historical Society
Date 1943
Description Over 1,400 Topaz residents deemed disloyal were shipped to a segregation center at Tule Lake, California. The decision to leave Topaz was made by the eldest male of the family and family members followed. When segregated, belongings were closely searched by military police for contraband.
Rights Digital Image © 2012 Utah State Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.
Format image/jpeg
Source Format Photographic print
Type Image/StillImage
Source Size 7.75x9.75 in.
Scanning Technician Jacob Matthews
Holding Institution Utah State Historical Society
Scanning Institution Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library
File Name 39222002187669
Conversion Specifications Scanned by Utah State University Library Digital Initiatives staff using Epson Expression 10000 scanner, grayscale, at 800 dpi. Archival file is uncompressed TIFF.
ARK ark:/87278/s6wd40gh
Source MSS C 125 The KUED Topaz (Utah) Residents Photograph Collection, 1987
Relation https://history.utah.gov/finding-aids/data/C00125/C0125.xml
Setname dha_kued_trc
ID 483265
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wd40gh