Poster, "Lets Relocate to Illinois

Description:

This poster, made by Yoshio Makamura, was a school project in camp. "The second semester each student decided on the town in which he wished to resettle, and we set up a community survey of this locality and state. Using a Russell Sage publication, "Your Community" by Joanna Colcord, they sent for materials (writing model letters), did primary and secondary research, and wrote a term paper in college manuscript form summing up their results. At a recent reunion, there was amusement as alumni recounted that they had arrived at their chose resettlement destinations knowing more than the natives."-Eleanor Gerard Sekerak, a Teacher at Topaz

Date Made: 1943-1945

Maker: Nakamura, Yoshio

Location: Currently not on view

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Mabel Rose Vogel

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.3144.39Catalog Number: 1986.3144.39Nonaccession Number: 1986.3144

Object Name: poster

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 18 in x 12 in; 45.72 cm x 30.48 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-cd5d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1295410

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