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Japanese in Colorado

by Alejandro Hernández on March 7, 2023

Bill Hosokawa, using a cane, standing in front of a panel at the Nisei War Memorial, located in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado

View of Japanese section of Riverside Cemetery (incorporated 1876) at 5201 Brighton Boulevard in the Elyria-Swansea neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. Shows graves of Japanese immigrants and descendants of Japanese immigrants. Many of the gravestones have Japanese characters. Names include: "[T]akiyama" and "Yutaka Honjo 1882-1930," "

Five Japanese workers pose around a railroad handcart. Each wears workclothes, including heavy boots, hats, and gloves.

Portrait of Japanese UMWA coal miners striking against CF&I (of Ludlow), in Tioga, Huerfano County, Colorado; they are: "Bubba, Uyado, Matsumoto."

Men and boys (including Japanese) stand in the snow at the UMW camp for coal miners on strike against CF&I in Forbes, Las Animas County, Colorado; mattresses, clothes, and household items are in a pile.

A black and white photograph of members of the Tri-State Buddhist Temple. They are standing outside the church on the sidewalk.

Chief of Internal Security, Tomlinson, and a group of Japanese police staff pose in a line in front of "Block 6F", Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, southeastern Colorado. Tomlinson wears a suit, vest, tie and hat, his staff wear jackets or sweaters, some have hats and eye glasses. All wear arm bands designating their rank, left to right, Patrolman, Desk Sergeant, Sergeant, Lieutenant, Captain, and Chief. The Chief holds a cigarette.

Exterior view of the Tri-State Buddhist Temple (Church) at 1942 Market Street in downtown Denver, Colorado. The multi-story, brick building has a rounded arch window on the first floor facade, a gabled parapet with finial and roof battlements. Signs on additional buildings read: "S.& H. Garage Repair" and "J.F. Walters Sheet Metal Works." An automobile is parked on the street.

Two Japanese soldiers in uniform pose with their girlfriends by a flower exhibit, at the Arts and Crafts Festival, Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. The women wear long wool coats, white blouses, skirts, and ribbons in their curled hair. One holds an artificial flower in the display. The soldiers wear glasses and sunglasses.

Shows a group of Japanese-American men, women and children at the funeral of James Saburo Takumi in Denver, Colorado. A minister is in front of a flower covered casket. Two women dressed in black and with hats are seated with their heads bowed, possibly widow and family member. Tombstones with Japanese characters carved into them are in front of the group.

A black and white photograph of the Tri-State Buddhist Temple in Denver, Colo.

1926: Panoramic photo shows lettuce field situated between the farms of Joseph Sato and William S. Parrish near the San Luis State Road, Costilla County, Colo. Truck farmer Joseph Sato is standing middle left and William S. Parrish is on the middle right hand side. A large cement structure in the distance behind Parrish is the former San Luis Roller Mills. The flour mill was built, owned and operated by Parrish. Constructed in about 1914, it was destroyed by fire in 1958.

Bill Hosokawa speaking with two members of the Denver Post staff

A black and white photograph taken outside the Buddhist Church in the 1930's. The casket is in the center of the photograph surround by those attending the funeral service.

View of a gravestone at the Brighton, Adams County, Colorado, cemetery. A sculpted lamb tops a block with Japanese inscriptions.

Portrait of Y. Tamai, a Buddhist monk, in Denver, Colorado; he wears a brocade robe with sunbursts and clouds.

View of a war bonds promotion in a Denver, Colorado theater lobby. A Japanese woman shows a man a brochure; signs read: "U.S. Bonds Here," "Defend America," and "On Sale Here - Tabor Luck by Caroline Bancroft."

A black and white photograph of Sterling Kahn speaking to a group at the Buddhist temple. He is standing at a podium in front of the altar.

Japanese evacuees stand or sit with their suitcases and belongings in front of a Santa Fe and Topeka passenger train car. The men and women wait for the bus ride to Camp Amache, Granada Relocation Center, southeastern Colorado.

Captain Willaim S. Fairchild stands behind a wooden lectern addressing Japanese internees at Camp Amache, Prowers County, southeastern Colorado. Fairchild wears a military uniform; a United States flag stands near him. The front two rows of metal folding chairs are empty while several men stand against the back wall. Bare electric bulbs illuminate the block; fire extinguishers hang on support posts with angle braces.

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