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NARA Photo #210-G-B485: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Wataru Ichinotsubo, form…
NARA Photo #210-G-B485: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Wataru Ichinotsubo, former produce market employee form Los Angeles, California, is shown sandpapering the hull of a model into final shape in the model ship factory here. These ships are carefully constructed for the Navy by the Japanese-American craftsmen. Stewart, Francis, War Relocation Authority photographer, Photographer, 4/27/1943. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/537094
Wataru Ichinotsubo
NARA Photo #210-G-B485: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Wataru Ichinotsubo, form…
NARA Photo #210-G-B485: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Wataru Ichinotsubo, former produce market employee form Los Angeles, California, is shown sandpapering the hull of a model into final shape in the model ship factory here. These ships are carefully constructed for the Navy by the Japanese-American craftsmen. Stewart, Francis, War Relocation Authority photographer, Photographer, 4/27/1943. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/537094

Wataru Ichinotsubo

American, 1917 - 2004
Place of BirthLos Angeles, California
Place of DeathLos Angeles, California
Biography"Evacuee" at the Japanese Relocation Internment Camp Gila River Project, Rivers, Arizona, where he made instructional ship models.