ARTIFACTS


Donated by Thomas Kurihara. Poston III.
Poston Block 308 Directory


Donated by Mrs. Norman Oda. Poston III
Donated by the family of W. Wade Head
Donated  by Mrs. Norman OdaPoston III
Donated by Lilyan Kiyomoto. Poston III
Scans. Mrs. Toshi Harada Poston II




Poston Wedding Guest book signatures


Poston Wedding Invitation
Poston II Director's Address Book

Scans donated by Mr. Jim Crawford



Donated by Mrs. Norman Oda  Poston III

Hand-carved by Mr. Tamekichi Kiyomoto Block 305

Handmade without nails. Donated by John Y. Kashiki


Donated by Bob Akaki


Postage Marks By Bob Akaki

 Poston was opened as  "Parker Dam" on May 8 1942 and had a peak population of 11,738 and was renamed "Poston" on May 31,1942.

 





The cover is franked with a 3-cent National Defense stamp and is cancelled with a steel duplex handstamp dated May 22, 1942 - just before it was officially renamed. Note that the return address is for the ’Poston Reception Center’.