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Japanese railroad workers
[1900?]
Tioga - Bubba - Uyado - Matsumoto
1915 July 20
Forbes Tent Colony demolished by militia
1914
Members of the Tri-State Buddhist Temple 1917-1919
circa 1917
Lettuce field of Sato and Parish, San Luis, Colorado, 1926
1926
Funeral at the Buddhist Church at 1942 Market in Denver, Colo. in the 1930's.
Circa 1930
Male internships being loaded onto a truck at the Grenada-Amache Japanese Internment Camp. (Photos from www.colorado.gov)
12/7/06 - P. 36A;
Barracks from a distance at Grenada-Amache Japanese Internment Camp. (Photos from www.colorado.gov)
12/7/06 - P. 36A;
A block group of Japanese and Japanese-Americans, residents at the Granada Relocation Center listen to an explanation of the Army questionnaires
1943 February 9
Men purchasing clothing at the Canteen at Grenada-Amache Japanese Internment Camp. (Photos from www.colorado.gov)
Elementary school children being served milk at Grenada-Amache Japanese Internment Camp. (Photos from www.colorado.gov)
Formal dinner at Grenada-Amache Japanese Internment Camp. (Photos from www.colorado.gov)
Graduating class at Grenada-Amache Japanese Internment Camp. (Photos from www.colorado.gov)
Chief of Internal Security, Tomlinson and a group of his police staff
1942 December 8
Two Japanese-American soldiers, home on furlough, and their girlfriends, viewing the flower booth at the Arts and Crafts Festival
1943 March 6
Exterior view of the Tri-State Buddhist Temple in Denver, Colo.
Kendo Demonstration at Aki Matsuri Festival - Rocky Mountain News August 8,1978
Sterling Kahn,vice-chairman of Denver Urban Renewal Authority, speaking in the main auditorium/chapel of Tri-State Buddhist Church.
1971 March 19
Toshihiro "Toshi" Kuzaki, Owner of Sushi Den June 23, 1985 - Rocky Mountain News
Yoko Cannon of Boulder Plays Koto at Boulder Art Fair 1993 - Rocky Mountain News
86 year-old George T. Sakato (cq) points at a picture of himself, from a book called "GO FOR BROKE", A pictorial History of Japanese American 100th Infantry Battalion 442 RCT, in which he is depicted as part of the regiment who fought at the battle of ...
5/29/07 - P. 6NEWS;
(DENVER COLO., May 31, 2004 ) Harry Nakagawa puts a flag on a grave site at Fairmount Cemetery May 31, 2004. He was there for the 58th Annual Community Memorial Day Service held at the NISEI War Memorial, which honors Japanese American Veterans. ...
(Denver, CO. - SHOT 5/21/2004) World War II veteran Noboru Ashida, 85, of La Jara, Co. poses for a portrait in the Japanese Garden at the Denver Botanic Gardens recently. Ashida was a rifleman in the Nisei Regiment of the U.S. Army during World War II...
KAS055 Akiko Buckmaster demonstrates ikebana, the Japanese art of floral arrangement, during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival in Sakura Sqaure on Sunday, June 18, 2006. Buckmaster is an teacher in the Ohara School of Ikebana and teaches classes at th...
DLM0004 Surrounded by photographs representing a lifetime of memories and holding a photograph of her late husband Hank, Aiko Okubo poses for a portrait at her home in Centennial, Colo. Tues., July 17, 2007. Aiko Okubo is among the parishioners of Sim...
Miwa Stewben, cq, teaches Japanese Thursday July 20, 2007 at the Simpson Methodist Church, in Arvada. The church provides a Japanese language class. This church has been passing on Japanese culture, which includes the language. (AHMAD TERRY /ROCKY MOU...
Bill Hosokawa at the Nisei War Memorial in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver
[circa 2003]

Japanese in Colorado

Women at Union Station in Denver, Colorado
[1930-1940?]
Bamla Butpyce - Festival of India 1984
"Night of Old Madras" Denver Art Museum 1985
Denver, Colo., photo taken January 2, 2004-Ma Geeta Sharma (left) and Abhishek Ambani (right) gathered with many others from the community to the Sri Sri Radha Govinda Temple located at 1400 Cherry Street in Denver where they held a special program Su...
Denver, CO July 25, 2005 Karima Kisch (left) and Meera Rawat, Hindu dancers, rehearse for the huge interfaith festival that happens in August. Rick Giase/Special to the News
(DENVER, COLORADO, January 30, 2005) Arushi Raval, 7, left, poses for parents before her Sattriya Dance performance with the Assamese Association of Colorado on Sunday evening, January 30, 2005. The Tsunami Relief Fundraising Concert, organized by the...
(Denver, Colorado, 12/22/2005) Nanci Ricks (cq), from the Dalit Freedom Network, is thrilled with the non-profit's new offices in Greenwood Village. She also reflected on the past year and their upcoming annual trip to India in January to do more work...
12/24/05 - P. 6A;
DLM367 Ravi Krishnaswamy, 29, of Centennial prepares for the evening services at the Hindu Temple of Colorado in Littleton Tuesday July 11, 2006. Krishnaswamy, who is originally from southern India said he was saddened and angered by Tuesday's terrori...
Sharmila Chakravarti, left, and Leena Bhagat attend the Governor Bill Ritter's inaugural ball at the Colorado Convention Center on January 12, 2007. Sharmila Chakravarti, left, wears a black embroidered Salwar-Kameez. Salwars are loose pajama-like tr...
Mounika Chilakuri(cq), left, and her sister Nikhila Chilakuri(cq) watch for cars arriving for the ceremony in the Dove Valley area of Centennial, Colo on Saturday, June 23, 2007. The Hindu Temple and Cultural Center of the Rockies held Bhoomi Pooja Sam...
Kari Grossman holds her child Shanti Grossman, 4, at their parents home in Denver, Colo., on Monday, July 14, 2008. Kari and Geeorge Grossman won the Colorado parents of the Year Award. They adopted Grady Grossman, 8, from Cambodia, and Shanti Grossman...
MJM065 Acharya Kailash Upadyay (cq), far left, and Ned Kumar (cq), watch as Jyoti Yagnik (cq), center to right, Jigisha Yagnik (cq) and Tosha Shah (cq) perform the "Aarti" at a Hindu Temple in a converted home in Littleton, Colo. Thursday 11/13/08. ...
02/25/2005 Denver, Colorado-Daljit Kaur (cq:Daljit Kaur), who hails from India, waits to be sworn in as a U.S. citizen on Friday. Newly naturalized citizens were officially sworn in during a ceremony at the Immigration Office at the Department of Homel...

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