Sadao and Shizue Fujihara Hamaoka wedding portrait, Camp Amache, Colorado, 1944 - Sonoma County Library Digital Collections -- Colecciones Digitales de la Biblioteca del Condado de Sonoma

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Title

Sadao and Shizue Fujihara Hamaoka wedding portrait, Camp Amache, Colorado, 1944

Creation Date (Original)

1944

Description

Photo, black and white: Sadao and Shizue Fujihara Hamaoka wedding portrait, Camp Amache, Colorado, 1944. Background: Soon after the outbreak of World War II, all Americans of Japanese ancestery on the West Coast were removed from their homes and businesses and relocated to internment/concentration camps for the duration of the war. In 1942 most American of Japanese ancestery from Sonoma County were sent to Camp Amache in Colorado. Sadao Hamaoka and Shizue Fujihara met at Camp Amache and were married there in 1944. They returned to Sebastopol after the war. Sadao worked for the Hotle-Burdo Ranch for 50 years.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Portraits"]

Subject (Person)

["Hamaoka, Sadao","Hamaoka, Shizue Fujihara"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_002124

Item Details
Image Details

Item Details

Title

Sadao and Shizue Fujihara Hamaoka wedding portrait, Camp Amache, Colorado, 1944

Description

Creation Date (Original)

1944

Category

["8: Communication Artifact"]

Subcategory

["Documentary Artifact"]

Material Type (WSCHS)

["Print, Photographic"]

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

Other Physical Details

black-and-white

Item Physical Dimensions

5"x7"

Local History and Culture Theme

["Portraits"]

Subject (Person)

["Hamaoka, Sadao","Hamaoka, Shizue Fujihara"]

Subject (Time Period)

1940-1949

WSCHS Subject (People)

["Hotle-Burdo","Hamaoka, Shizue Fujihara","Hamaoka, Sadao"]

WSCHS Subject (Topical)

["apparel--army uniforms,","Sebastopol","1942","Japanese Americans","Camp Amache-Colorado","Japanese internment","World War II"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["Colorado"]

District

["Granada War Relocation Center"]

Street Address

Granada, Colorado

Latitude

38.049444,-102.328611

Geocoding Status

["No geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger

Original Collection Name

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Photographic Collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Western Sonoma County Historical Society

Local System Identifier

2124

Digital Collections Identifier

casebwsc_pho_002124

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Western Sonoma County Historical Society Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Accession #

03-163

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

WSCHS Archives: Rack A: Shelf 5: Box 8

Copyright Statement

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