| Title |
Funeral Crowd |
| 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. 10-15 |
| Subject |
Topaz Relocation Center (Topaz, Utah); Japanese Americans; Japanese Americans--California--1940-1950; World War II--United States; World War II; Funeral rites & ceremonies |
| Publisher |
Utah State Historical Society |
| Date |
1943-04 |
| Description |
In April 1943, thousands of Topaz camp residents turned out for the funeral of the 63-year old James Wakasa. Wakasa had been shot by the military police for walking with his dog too close to the camp's barbed wire perimeter. Prior to the shooting, the military had maintained that the guards at Topaz were there to protect the Japanese-Americans from unruly mobs. |
| 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 |
39222002187727 |
| 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/s6r2119v |
| 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 |
483212 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r2119v |
