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Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook

Documenting the daily life of Japanese Americans incarcerated by the US Government near Kooskia, ID during World War II

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Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook

The Kooskia Internment Camp Scrapbook consists of 148 photographs (and two drawings) which document the lives of Japanese Americans incarcerated during the camp's two years of operation (May 1943 - May 1945). The camp was located in a remote area of north central Idaho, 30 miles from the town of Kooskia and administered by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) for the U.S. Department of Justice.

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