Love birds and hearts pin

Description:

This pin was made in Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas. Crafts like this pin served to create or reinforce connections and relationships between people imprisoned at the camps. On the back of this pin, featuring two lovebirds perched on a heart, are the initials "HGK/45". Perhaps in 1945, someone gave this pin to their sweetheart as a token of love and affection.

Date Made: 1943-1945

Subject: Japanese Americans

Subject:

See more items in: Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, General, Cultures & Communities, Art, Japanese American Internment Era

Exhibition: Price of Freedom

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Credit Line: Gift of Mabel Rose Vogel

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.3144.19Catalog Number: 1986.3144.19Nonaccession Number: 1986.3144

Object Name: pin

Physical Description: wood (overall material)glue (overall material)safety pin (overall material)Measurements: overall: 1 3/4 in x 1 15/16 in; 4.445 cm x 4.92125 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-bcd8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1295397

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