Tazu Kawamoto Photo Album, 1939-1943

The Tazu Kawamoto Photo Album Collection (1939-1943) contains one photo album consisting of photographs, flyers, invitations, and business card pertaining to Tazu Kawamoto’s personal life. The bulk of the materials are photographs featuring Tazu Kawamoto and her friends and family members participating in recreational activities around cities in California, such as San Francisco, Stockton, Carmel, Monterey, and Santa Cruz, as well as photographs taken at the Grand Canyon, and Gila River, Arizona. Some photographs depict activities during the 1939-1940 World’s Fair on San Francisco’s Treasure Island, including Japan Day and Buddhist Day celebrations. This collection also contains photographs most likely taken inside the Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona, and includes a photograph of dentists at the Rivers Community Hospital.