| Title |
Loyalty Sign |
| 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 1, No. 1-11 |
| Subject |
Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah); Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans--California--1940-1950; World War II--United States; World War II; Grocery stores |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date |
1942 |
| Description |
Wanto Company Grocery store in California with sign, "I AM AN AMERICAN." Once relocation was ordered, Japanese-Americans were forced to sell their businesses and leave their jobs regardless of loyalty to the United States. |
| 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 |
Jennika Anderson |
| Holding Institution |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Scanning Institution |
Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library |
| File Name |
39222002185978 |
| 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/s69s1qzv |
| 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 |
483223 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69s1qzv |
