Takahashi, Charles Theodore
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Charles T. Takahashi was a Seattle Japanese American businessman who was incarcerated at Camp Harmony in Puyallup, Wash., and at Camp Minidoka in Idaho during World War II. Just before the commencement of the war, Takahashi and an associate, Osawa, were prosecuted for selling oil tanks to the Japanese. Takahashi was also prosecuted by the IRS for nonpayment of taxes. While at Camp Minidoka, Takahashi attempted to continue to run his business and also served as a block commissioner and a Boy Scout leader. He was released from the camp at the end of the war.
From the guide to the Charles Theodore Takahashi Papers, 1903-1959, 1941-1945, (University of Washington Libraries Special Collections)
Japanese American businessman, of Seattle, Wash.
From the description of C.T. Takahashi interview, 1984 Aug. 16. (Idaho State Historical Society Library & Archives). WorldCat record id: 70975649
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Subjects:
- Business, Industry, and Labor
- Businessmen
- Civil rights
- Concentration camp inmates
- Concentration camp inmates
- Concentration camps
- Concentration camps
- Hotelkeepers
- Idaho
- Japanese American business enterprises
- Japanese Americans
- Japanese Americans
- Japanese Americans
- Seattle
- Washington (State)
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Concentration camp inmates
- Concentration camps
- Japanese Americans
- Japanese Americans
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
Occupations:
- Businessmen
Places:
- Minidoka County (Idaho) (as recorded)
- Washington (State) (as recorded)
- Idaho--Minidoka County (as recorded)
- Idaho (as recorded)
