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- Description
- This historic photograph taken in Wyoming, shows the outline of a small child, named Gerald, watching the sunset. He's gazing over the Heart Mountain incarceration camp, while the sun is going down behind the clouds. Gerald is one of many small children that were incarcerated with their parents and families during WWII. The back says "Gerald admiring the sunset in Wyoming". His small silhouette contrasts to the vast expanse of the Wyoming sky and the Heart Mountain prison camp.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- photograph
- date made
- mid 20th century
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- United States: Wyoming, Heart Mountain
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4 in x 4 7/8 in; 10.16 cm x 12.3825 cm
- ID Number
- 2016.0037.14
- catalog number
- 2016.0037.14
- accession number
- 2016.0037
- Credit Line
- Gift of Janice Faden
- Japanese American Internment
- World War II
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
- Executive Order 9066
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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