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1. 1 media/Topaz Times Issue 1 Title.JPG 2020-04-19T14:19:20-07:00 Michael Dorney a8078622c00eeea79c8167589a992ee7a3920cf8 Incarcerated Quotidian: Everyday History in the Community Newspaper of Topaz Japanese American Incarceration Camp Michael Dorney 11 by Michael Dorney book_splash 986130 2020-08-30T23:57:33-07:00 Michael Dorney a8078622c00eeea79c8167589a992ee7a3920cf8

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• 1 media/October 24 - Deltans - the Satakes_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T14:14:14-07:00 October 24, 1942 - Deltans 1 Take note of the information regarding the Satakes; local residents of Japanese heritage who employ at least one prisoner from Topaz. media/October 24 - Deltans - the Satakes.JPG plain 2020-04-19T14:14:15-07:00
• 1 media/October 14 - Last Contingent_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T13:03:08-07:00 October 14, 1942 - Last Contingent 1 Topaz prisoners learn that the last of their fellow Japanese Americans being detained at Tanforan Racetrack have left the camp. media/October 14 - Last Contingent.JPG plain 2020-04-19T13:03:08-07:00
• 1 media/October 17 - Bennie Nobori Cartoon_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T13:06:06-07:00 October 17, 1942 - Jankee! 1 One of Bennie Nobori's cartoons, which comments on the lack of basic furnishings made available to Japanese Americans at Topaz and their efforts to secure scrap lumber with which to improve their dwellings. In Topaz, where temperatures varied wildly and buildings were extremely poorly insulated, scrap wood was a precious resource. media/October 17 - Bennie Nobori Cartoon.JPG plain 2020-04-19T13:06:07-07:00
• 1 media/October 21 - Flashy Midget_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T13:07:34-07:00 October 21, 1942 - Football 1 An article discusses the first organized football games played at Topaz, in expressive language. media/October 21 - Flashy Midget.JPG plain 2020-04-19T13:07:34-07:00
• 1 media/October 27 - Circus Man_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T13:17:17-07:00 October 27, 1942 - Circus Man 1 The Times provides a profile for Joseph Ito, a former carnival worker who traveled throughout Cuba, the eastern U.S., Mexico and Canada during his 20 years on the road. His statement that "I don't even know what a carrot looks like when it's growing" would have applied to many of the previously urban prisoners in Topaz who now were forced to consider agricultural labor. media/October 27 - Circus Man.JPG plain 2020-04-19T13:17:18-07:00
• 1 media/October 28 - Need for Workers_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T13:19:54-07:00 October 28, 1942 - Need for Workers 1 This article is almost a plea from the administration for more Japanese Americans to sign up for jobs that effectively harnessed their captive labor in order to "Winterize" (i.e. make habitable) the ramshackle barracks which they initially forced incarcerees into. media/October 28 - Need for Workers.JPG plain 2020-04-19T13:19:54-07:00
• 1 media/October 29 - First Snowfall_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T13:36:59-07:00 October 29, 1942 - The City's Residents See Season's First Snowfall 1 For former residents of San Francisco, California and locales with similarly warm climates, the harsh winter conditions at Topaz would prove to be a significant source of demoralization. The unfinished and under-reinforced quality of many dwellings made the first winter at Topaz especially challenging. media/October 29 - First Snowfall.JPG plain 2020-04-19T13:36:59-07:00
• 1 media/October 3 - New Baby_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T12:49:45-07:00 October 3, 1942 - Third Baby 1 An article celebrating the birth of Nancy Lynn Ogawa. media/October 3 - New Baby.JPG plain 2020-04-19T12:49:45-07:00
• 1 media/October 30 - Spooks to Take Over_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T13:50:57-07:00 October 30, 1942 - Spooks to Take Over 1 This article details the various events that were planned for Halloween 1942 by the Community Activities Section. media/October 30 - Spooks to Take Over.JPG plain 2020-04-19T13:50:57-07:00
• 1 media/October 7 - Lost Boy_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T12:58:27-07:00 October 7, 1942 - Lost Boy 1 Yoshikazu Uyeno, a 6 year-old boy who got lost on September 29, 1942 probably didn't expect to appear on page two of the camp newspaper. media/October 7 - Lost Boy.JPG plain 2020-04-19T12:58:27-07:00
• 1 media/October 31 - Sermons_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T13:54:16-07:00 October 31, 1942 - Sermons 1 This article is like many others that would appear in subsequent Church Editions of the Topaz Times. Many incarcerees were devout, and substantial populations of Catholics, Protestants and Buddhists were imprisoned in the camp. media/October 31 - Sermons.JPG plain 2020-04-19T13:54:17-07:00
• 1 media/October 10 - Movies_thumb.JPG 2020-04-19T13:01:30-07:00 October 10, 1942 - Movies 1 Incarcerees learn what movies they will be able to watch daily moving forward in the camp. media/October 10 - Movies.JPG plain 2020-04-19T13:01:30-07:00