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Ephemeral items relating to Japanese-Americans

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Title: Three ephemeral items relating to Japanese-Americans and World War II
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Description: Includes: Draft card for Kisoii Hashimoto of San Francisco, filled out in ink, signed by him and the registrar. 6x10 cm. 25 April 1942. * "Jap Hunting License, Good for Duration of Hunting Season, Open Season, Now, No Limit, 'Remember Pearl Harbor' Issued by Hobo News." With ink note on verso "Give this to Jill. Too bad I won't be home for the deer season." (some rubbing and wear). 5x8.5 cm. N.d. * Single-page calendar sheet for first four months of 1943 featuring illustration by Bennie Nobori. 35.5x31.5 cm. 1943. Together, 3 items.The final item, the calendar from the Topaz Times, was issued by the camp newspaper at Central Utah Relocation Center – known as Topaz for most of the Second World War - where the U.S. War Relocation Authority (WRA) imprisoned roughly 9,000 Japanese-American residents from the San Francisco Bay Area.
Heading: (World War II - Japanese Americans)Place Published: Various places
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Date Published: c.1942-45