Recognize anyone?

RECOGNIZE ANYONE?

In the background is the Poston Post Office in the center, 

and to the left is the Relocation Office Building.

 Photo shared by the Takahash Family of Poston 36-6-C

HELP! Photo identification needed for camp 1

We need your help....

 with identification of the people

 in the following photo:

Poston camp 1 Parish 3 
Sunday School Teachers
Rec. Hall Block 19.

(L-R): Hisako Sugioka, Rev. ______Yamamoto, Miss Erma Thompson, _______, Ruth Horikawa (?), Tad Shibata, Satoe Shindo (?), and Peggy Yamato.

                    

Photo credit: Lilyan (Takahash) Hirohama (36-6-C)

Other photos at: Poston In Pictures Blog

Recent Board meeting

Here's a few photos from our recent Board meeting in Walnut Creek.  

We were joined by members of the Poston Memorial Monument Committee, as we discussed our two fundraising projects: the Poston Brick Campaign and the Poston Block Book Project.

...The Poston Brick Campaign will end...

...DECEMBER 2014....

Have you placed your order for a personally inscribed brick yet? 
---Need more information? Visit our Poston Brick Campaign blog page, listed on the left side of your screen under the heading, "OUR OTHER SITES"
--Curious about what Poston Block Books are done? Visit our Poston Block Book blog page, listed on the left side of your screen under the heading, "OUR OTHER SITES"
--If you have some personal PRE-1950 photos of the people who were at Poston which will be used in the block books, please let Dianne know. We are searching for photos to enhance the books. Contact: diannerd79 (at) yahoo (dot) com

Elite sponsors ($1000 on up) 

Will have an option to order on a double-sized brick.
Will have preferential placement of the brick, such as towards the top of the walkway up to the Poston Memorial Monument, if desired.

Do not miss this ONCE IN A LIFETIME opportunity to pay tribute and include the name(s) of your loved ones who were unjustly incarcerated at Poston, Arizona from 1942-1945.

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Poston books

Have you explored the Poston Block Book blog site?

To view the site, click here.

UpDate: Poston Block Books

CAN YOU

The Poston Block Books are 'smokin'!

To see which ones are NOW available for ordering, CLICK HERE

Update: Poston Block Book series....

NEW ADDITION!
Poston Block books blogsite. 
 Hardcover and softcover options.

Click on 
"BLOCK BOOKS" on the left side of this screen.  
Look to see which Poston block books have been completed.  
Want a copy?  Information for ordering is provided.

Makes a unique historical gift!

Order copies for those who do not have internet access.

More blocks will be added to the site, so check back frequently.

.......JUST TO REVIEW IN CASE YOU MISSED 
THE EARLIER POSTING.....

What are the Poston, Arizona block books about?

Basically, the book is a "Who's Who" directory of the incarcerated people and where they lived within each block and barrack based on the 1944 Poston census. The book includes names and limited photos, and the marriages, births, deaths, location from where, and when some were taken by the F.B.I. from their homes, and when and where they went,  when they were told to "leave" Poston (and had no where to go, in many cases.)

The book tells of some of the students who were released to attend college, others who went outside of the camp fence for agricultural work in nearby states, and the Poston organization memberships and positions held, etc..  (Information mostly extracted from the Poston Chronicles and/or oral histories by the author.)

The goal of the book series is to let outsiders know that each person was a real person.   Most descendants have no idea WHO were living in the same block.  Those who were incarcerated did not talk about this traumatic episode in their disrupted their lives which occurred from 1942-1945.

What are the Poston, Arizona block books about?

Basically, the book is a "Who's Who" directory of the incarcerated people and where they lived within each block and barrack based on the 1944 Poston census. The book includes names and limited photos, and the marriages, births, deaths, location from where, and when some were taken by the FBI from their homes, and when and where they went when they were told to "leave" Poston and had no where to go. 

The book tells of some of the students who were released to attend college, others went outside for agricultural work in nearby states, and the Poston organization memberships and positions held, etc..  Information mostly extracted from the Poston Chronicles and/or oral histories by the author. 

The goal of the book series is to let outsiders know that each person was a real person.   Most descendants have no idea WHO were living in the same block.  Those who were incarcerated did not talk about this traumatic episode in their disrupted their lives which occurred from 1942-1945.

Poston, Arizona camp block 17

RESERVE your copy now!
Poston, Arizona Block 17 book
Pre-sale orders only.
 
Softcover $28 (incl S & H)
Hardcover $40 (incl S & H)





Index of block 17 family names: Arita, Awaya, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukuda, Fukushima, Hashimoto, Hayase, Hiraki, Horita, Ikeda, Itow, Iwamuro, Kanazawa, Kawahara, Kobayashi, Maruyama, Masumoto ,Morimoto, Mukai, Murata, Nakamura, Nakawatase, Nishida, Nishijima, Nishio, Nishioka, Nishita, Noda, Okita, Osumi, Ota, Ouchida, Sakai, Sakaye, Sawabe, Shigemi, Shingai, Sugimoto, Suyemasa, Tabuchi, Takahashi, Takata, Tanabe, Tanaka, Taniguchi, Toyofuku, Umeda, Uyehata, Yamaguchi, Yamamoto,Yoshida, Yoshioka.....

 If interested, contact: diannerd79 (at) yahoo (dot) com

Poston Arizona block 307

RESERVE your copy now!
Poston, Arizona Block 307 book pre-sale orders only.
Softcover $28 (incl S & H)
Hardcover $40 (incl S & H)

 
Poston block 307 book index of family names:
Aburamen, Akahoshi, Aoki, Aoto, Arikawa, Doi, Ezaki, Fujimitsu, Fukumoto, Fukushima, Goto, Hara, Hasegawa, Hashikaku, Hayakawa, Higashi, Hiramoto, Hirano, Ichimura, Ikeda, Imamura, Inouye, Ito, Iwai, Iwata, Kakihara, Kamiura, Kato, Kawamoto, Kirihara, Kobayashi, Koga, Kuranaga, Masui, Matsumoto, Matsumura, Mayeda, Mayekawa, Miyata, Miyazaki, Murakami, Murakawa, Nagano, Naito, Nakamura, Nakayama, Masakazu, Niino, Oda, Oda, Okamura, Ono, Oyanagi, Ozawa, Sasaki, Sasano, Sato, Seki, Shima, Shinomoto, Soyama, Sugimura, Tahara, Tajiri, Takahashi, Tanaka, Tashiro, Teraji, Togasaki, Tsuneta, Umino, Uyeda, Yamaguchi, Yamamoto, Yamanaka, Yamashita, Yasumatsu, Yumen.

If interested, contact: diannerd79 (at) yahoo (dot) com

Poston, Arizona Block 306

RESERVE your copy now!
Poston, Arizona Block 306 book pre-sale orders only.
Softcover $28 (incl S & H)
Hardcover $40 (incl S & H)

Block 306 index of families:
Akahoshi, Akita, Amino, Ashida, Chikasawa, Enoki, Ezaki, Fujinami, Furuta, Hamamoto, Harada, Hayakawa, Ihara, Ikemoto, Ikuta, Ishii, Ishijima, Iwaihara, Izumi, Kaku, Kaneichi, Kawashige, Kodama, Kuroda, Kurokawa, Kusayanagi, Kuwada, Maruyama, Matsumoto, Matsuoka, Matsushita, Mitsuoka, Miyashita, Mizuno, Nagai, Nagano, Nagata, Nakamura, Nakano, Narimatsu, Natsume, Nishimoto, Nishimura, Nishioka, Niwa, Oda, Ogata, Okuyama, Onchi, Osaki, Ozawa, Sakai, Sakaji, Sakamoto, Shimada, Shinpo, Shintani, Shiraishi, Sujishi, Takahashi, Takemoto, Taku, Tanaka, Tanase, Tanigawa, Taniguchi, Tanisaki, Tanouye, Terakawa, Terasaki, Tokudomi, Tosono, Toyama, Tsuneta, Uyeda, Uyeki, Wadamoto, Wakita, Watanabe, Yamada, Yamagata, Yamamoto, Yanagita, Yemoto, Yokota, Yoneda, Yonezawa

 For more information, email: diannerd79(at)yahoo(dot)com

Poston Arizona Block 305

RESERVE your copy now!

Poston, Arizona Block 305 book  pre-sale orders only.

Softcover $28 (incl S & H)

Hardcover $40 (incl S & H)

Poston block 305 last names:

Abe, Araki, Asaida, Asami, Fujisaki, Fukuba, Goromaru, Hamachi, Hanada, Hasama, Hashimoto, Hayakawa, Higashida, Hiramatsu, Horibe, Ikeda, Ikemura, Ishida, Kaga, Kageyama, Kajikawa, Kajioka, Kashima, Katayama, Kawahara, Kishi, Kitauchi, Kiyomoto, Kobayashi, Kodama, Koike, Kunisada, Kunishige, Kurihara, Mayeda, Miyamoto, Mori, Morioka, Nagata, Nagatoshi, Nakata, Nakatsu, Niioka, Nishimura, Oda, Okada, Okamura, Osato, Ota, Saita, Saito, Sato, Shinoda, Suyeda, Suzuki, Tahara, Taira, Tanaka, Tashiro, Tateichi, Tateiwa, Terada, Teranishi, Uchida, Wumino, Yamada, Yamamoto, Yokota, Yoshida, Yoshii, Yoshimura.

For more information, email: diannerd79(at)yahoo(dot)com

Another block book done

Poston block 17 book DONE!
Index of family names: 

Arita, Awaya, Fujimoto, Fujita, Fukuda,
Fukushima, Hashimoto, Hayase, Hiraki, Horita, Ikeda, Itow, Iwamuro, Kanazawa, Kawahara, Kobayashi, Maruyama, Masumoto ,Morimoto, Mukai, Murata, Nakamura, Nakawatase, Nishida, Nishijima, Nishio, Nishioka, Nishita, Noda, Okita, Osumi, Ota, Ouchida, Sakai, Sakaye, Sawabe, Shigemi, Shingai, Sugimoto, Suyemasa, Tabuchi, Takahashi, Takata, Tanabe, Tanaka, Taniguchi, Toyofuku, Umeda, Uyehata, Yamaguchi, Yamamoto,Yoshida, Yoshioka.....

 

 

Poston block 326 book

WANTED: PRE-1950s photos

.......  Just completed......

Poston block 326 book

 Family name INDEX

Akamichi, Anzai, Atari, Doi, Fujii, Fujinaka, Fujita, Furubayashi, Goishi, Hanada,Hashimoto, Hayano, Hibama, Hirashima, Honda, Hongo, Ishibashi, Ishikawa, Iwahashi, Iwasa, Izushita, Kagawa, Kakishita, Kamada, Kamimura, Kanezaki, Katahira, Katano, Kimura, Kino, Kinoshita, Kinuya, Kita, Kiyomura, Koyama, Kumamoto, Kumatori, Kurihara, Kurooka, Kurujami, Matsukami, Matsumoto, Misono, Miyagishima, Morishita, Morofuji, Munekata, Murata, Muto, Nagano, Nagasawa, Nagaya, Naka,Nakamura, Nakashima, Namba, Oda, Ogata, Okamoto, Oki, Sakai, Sakayo, Sasaki, Sasano, Setoguchi, Shibata, Shigemi, Shimizu, Shiota, Shiraishi, Shirasawa, Sumida, Suzuki, Taguchi, Takahashi, Takanishi, Takao, Takatoh, Takayoshi, Tokuda, Tsurudome, Ueda, Uyeda, Uyeno, Wake, Watanabe, Yamaguchi, Yamane, Yokoyama.....

..... Waiting for your scanned photos (jpg format) of 

people who lived at Poston block 326......

email: diannerd79(at)yahoo(dot)com 

Information on how to order copies of the Poston block books

 to be announced at a later date. 

Book sales update

Effective immediately: Received notice from the publisher (Blurb.com) that the price of the books has changed.
If you are interested in pre-ordering a book, 
contact: diannerd79(at)yahoo(dot)com