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Japanese American family photograph album from the World War Two era [graphic]
BANC PIC 2000.020--fALB
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Title:
Japanese American family photograph album from the World War Two eraAbstract:
Snapshots of family life in San Francisco, during internment at Heart Mountain (Wyoming), and during the military service
of a friend or family member. Many include an apparent young couple, Mitsi and Toshi. Chiefly snapshot portraits or group
portraits, often with barracks of internment camps or army bases in the background. Some postcards and photographs from Europe
are included, presumably from Toshi's tour of duty with the army.
Date:
ca. 1939-ca. 1944 (issued)Subject:
n-us-ca -- n-us-wyHeart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.) -- Pictorial works
Japanese Americans -- Photographs
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Photographs
Japanese American soldiers -- Photographs
Family
Note:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographers and compiler unknown. Some inscribed to Mitsi from Toshi.
Type:
graphicPhysical Description:
graphic
photoprint
1 album (190 photographic prints and 4 postcards) : b&w ; album 26 x 34 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 2000.020--fALB