The Amache Silk Screen Shop was organized on June 1, 1943
at the request of the U.S. Navy. Amache had the only silk screen
shop in all of the internment camps. "Its success is accredited
to the WRA supervisor and the evacuee personnel of forty-five
members" (WRA
1944: 19).
The shop produced over 60,000 training-aid posters for the
Navy between 1943-1944 (Schwartz
1979: 39). The WRA furnished adequate training materials
and labor while the Navy provided all of the necessary materials
for the posters. Many evacuees, after completing their training
at the silk screen shop, obtained employment in outside shops.
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