From 1942 to 1945, over 100,000 Japanese-Americans were interned in camps throughout the American West. Topaz Camp, located near Delta, Utah, held around 8,000 of these individuals. This collection contains an assortment of historical photos depicting the hardships met by these prisoners.
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"Shaggy" the "Relocation Dog" | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
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"Shaggy" the "Relocation Dog" | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 3 |
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1942 Honderich's Block 2 apt. | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 4 |
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1943 Graduation | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 5 |
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1943 Graduation | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 6 |
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1943 Mary McMillian and her students | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 7 |
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1943 Staff housing | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 8 |
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1943 Staff housing | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 9 |
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1943 Students | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 10 |
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1944 Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 11 |
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1945 yearbooks being issued | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 12 |
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1945 yearbooks being issued | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 13 |
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1945 yearbooks being issued | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 14 |
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1945 yearbooks being issued | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 15 |
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A classroom | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 16 |
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Administrative Apartment | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 17 |
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Administrative apartments | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 18 |
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Autumn scene of water tower | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 19 |
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Block 32 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 20 |
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Building 210-B | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 21 |
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Bulletin Board Quiz! | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 22 |
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Buses arrive from Tanforan | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 23 |
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Buzz session | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 24 |
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Buzz session | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 25 |
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Campfire | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 26 |
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Charles Ernst, Topaz Project Director | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 27 |
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Chieko Yamada marries Tomate Sakai | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 28 |
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Children picking up waste paper | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 29 |
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Children playing between the blocks | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 30 |
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Christmas | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 31 |
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Christmas 1944 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 32 |
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Christmas 1944 Staff housing | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 33 |
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Christmas 1944 Staff housing | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 34 |
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Christmas party at Lafabreques | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 35 |
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Christmas Party for Topaz Staff | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 36 |
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Christmas wedding, 1942 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 37 |
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Christmas Wedding, 1942 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 38 |
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Christmas Wedding, 1942 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 39 |
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The Co-op | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 40 |
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Commencement Program, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 41 |
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Commencment Program, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 42 |
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Core Instructors | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 43 |
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Dave Tatsuno family | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 44 |
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Delta, Utah from the overpass | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 45 |
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Desert near Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 46 |
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Dillon Myer dinner | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 47 |
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Dillon Myer, WRA Director | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 48 |
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Dinner in Block 2 Dining Hall | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 49 |
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Ditches and more ditches! | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 50 |
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Dot Harada | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 51 |
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Eleanor (Gerard Sekerak) on hike 2 m. out of camp | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 52 |
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Eleanor (Gerard Sekerak), Lorne (Bell) and Marian (Bell) | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 53 |
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Eleanor (Gerard) and snow | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 54 |
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Eleanor Gerard and Emil Sekerak | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 55 |
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Eleanor Gerard and Muriel (Matzkin) Shapp | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 56 |
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Eleanor Gerard Sekerak standing at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 57 |
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Eleanor Gerard with students outside the camp | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 58 |
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Eleanor's Block 2 rooms | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 59 |
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Eleanor's classroom Block 32 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 60 |
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Emil (Sekerak) and Lorne (Bell) | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 61 |
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Emil and Yas Furuya | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 62 |
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Emil Sekerak and Dave Tatsuno | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 63 |
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Emil Sekerak at an abandoned mine | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 64 |
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Emil Sekerak's Room | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 65 |
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Enroute to Mt. Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 66 |
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Farewell to Topaz High | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 67 |
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Field Day Games | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 68 |
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Field day games, 1943 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 69 |
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Firewood | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 70 |
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First Christmas and a pageant | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 71 |
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The first graduation | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 72 |
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First snowfall | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 73 |
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Formal dinner at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 74 |
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Former internee | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 75 |
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Graduation | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 76 |
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Graduation procession, 1943 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 77 |
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Graduation, 1943 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 78 |
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Group photo | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 79 |
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High school gymnasium at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 80 |
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High school gymnasium at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 81 |
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Home Ec. Class | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 82 |
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Hospital and block 7 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 83 |
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Jr. high graduation | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 84 |
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Jr. high graduation | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 85 |
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Jr. high graduation at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 86 |
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Lorne (Bell) and Emil (Sekerak) and car | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 87 |
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Lorne (Bell), Marian (Bell) and Emil (Sekerak) | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 88 |
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Lorne Bell and Emil (Sekerak) starting a campfire | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 89 |
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Lorne Bell at Mt. Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 90 |
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Lorne Bell, Asst. Community Services | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 91 |
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Lorne Bell, Marian Bell, Eleanor (Gerard Sekerak) | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 92 |
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Lower classmen line up for yearbooks, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 93 |
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Main Street, Delta, Southern Hotel | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 94 |
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Marian Bell, Lorne Bell, Eleanor (Gerard) | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 95 |
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Mary McMillian | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 96 |
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Mornin' On the Desert | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 97 |
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Motoichi Yanagi | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 98 |
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Mt. Swasey, barracks and dog | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 99 |
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Muriel (Matzkin) Shapp | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 100 |
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Nearing Mt. Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 101 |
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No Title | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 102 |
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Office staff, Co-op | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 103 |
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Oral recitation | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 104 |
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P.E. Teachers, 1943 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 105 |
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Pig farm | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 106 |
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Playing field and gym - auditorium | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 107 |
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Pre-school at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 108 |
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Pre-school painters at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 109 |
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Project Director's Home | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 110 |
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Project farm | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 111 |
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Project farm | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 112 |
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Protestant Chapel | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 113 |
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Recreation hall kindergarten | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 114 |
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Relocation | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 115 |
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Relocation from train in Delta | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 116 |
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Relocation staff | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 117 |
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Relocation, Leave and Welfare Staffs | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 118 |
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Relocation, Leave, Welfare Staffs | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 119 |
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RR station, Delta | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 120 |
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School children at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 121 |
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Science and Math Teachers, 1943 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 122 |
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Senior assembly | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 123 |
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Senior assembly, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 124 |
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Senior assembly, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 125 |
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Senior assembly, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 126 |
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Senior assembly, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 127 |
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Senior assembly, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 128 |
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Senior assembly, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 129 |
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Senior assembly, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 130 |
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Senior assembly, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 131 |
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Senior assembly, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
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Senior Calendar 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 133 |
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Senior farewell to student body, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 134 |
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Senior farewell to the student body, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 135 |
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Senior farewell to the student body, 1945 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 136 |
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Sheepherder's wagon, 1942 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 137 |
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Snow in the desert | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 138 |
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Some of the co-op staff, warehouse workers | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 139 |
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Staff housing | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 140 |
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Student at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 141 |
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Student at Topaz High School | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 142 |
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Student at Topaz High School | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 143 |
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Student at Topaz High School | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 144 |
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Student from Topaz High School | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 145 |
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Student receives a copy of the 1945 yearbook | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 146 |
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Students | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 147 |
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Students at Eleanor Gerard's Block 2 rooms | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 148 |
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Students at the high school | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 149 |
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Students at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 150 |
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Students at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 151 |
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Students at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 152 |
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Students at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 153 |
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Students at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 154 |
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Students at Topaz High School | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 155 |
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Students from Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 156 |
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Students from Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 157 |
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Students from Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 158 |
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Students from Topaz High School | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 159 |
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Students from Topaz High School | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 160 |
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Students from Topaz High School | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 161 |
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Students from Topaz High School | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 162 |
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Students in front of the gymnasium | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 163 |
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Students playing baseball at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 164 |
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Students signing 1945 edition of "Ramblings" | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 165 |
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Students signing 1945 yearbooks | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 166 |
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Students signing 1945 yearbooks | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 167 |
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Students signing each other's 1945 yearbooks | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 168 |
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Students visiting at Eleanor Gerard's apartment | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 169 |
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Summit Topaz Mountain, Topaz, Utah | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 170 |
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Sunrise at Topaz | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 171 |
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Topaz after the camp closed | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 172 |
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Topaz barracks on farms in Utah | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 173 |
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Topaz camp from the water tower | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 174 |
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Topaz Hi Y Club | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 175 |
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Topaz High School classroom on Block 32 | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 176 |
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Topaz hospital | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 177 |
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Topaz, Utah | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 178 |
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Topaz, Utah | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 179 |
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Trains leaving for California from the Delta depot | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 180 |
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Trucks unloading Japanese American belongings | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 181 |
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Utah State Education Advancement Committee | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 182 |
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Utliity trench | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
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View of hospital with various wings and boiler room | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 184 |
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View of Mt. Swasey with snow | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
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Warming up before class | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 186 |
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Water tower and barracks | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 187 |
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Winter Scene, Topaz, Utah | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 188 |
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Winter Scene, Topaz, Utah | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 189 |
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Worker repairing flood lights | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
| 190 |
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The yearbooks arrive | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
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The yearbooks arrive! | 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945 | Image |
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