Title:
Mess hall
Creator/Contributor:
Iwata, Jack, Japanese American, photographer (photographer)
Date:
1942-1945
Identifier:
93.102.174
Format:
8 x 10 in.
General Physical Description:
Black and white photograph
General Content Note:
1 b&w image taken at an unspecified California concentration camp. Interior shot of kitchen area, with people being served
food. C, 1 man receives a bowl from a woman holding a ladling out from a large pot in front of her. In his R hand the man
holds a plate of food, he accepts the bowl with his L hand. Behind the man, another woman walking away from the counter with
a plate of food. There is another man at the back of the line holding a bowl, he is wearing a pith helmet. 3 people stand
on the other side of the counter with pots or pans hanging in the back.
Subjects:
mess hall
Concentration camps
food service employees