Christmas card

Description:

Although most Japanese American families spent Christmas behind barbed wire, the internment camp communities tried to keep some semblance of normal life by creating Christmas decorations for their homes and for each other. This card was made in Topaz Relocation Center in Utah.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Utah, Topaz War Relocation Center

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 Fusaye Shinoda

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1986.3126.01Nonaccession Number: 1986.3126Catalog Number: 1986.3126.01

Object Name: Christmas card

Physical Description: paper (overall material)Measurements: overall: 4 5/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 11.7475 cm x 16.51 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-a23e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1291735

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