Grandma annd uncles leaving camp
Grandma annd uncles leaving camp
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- Description
- This photo taken on June 12th, 1944 shows two men and two women on board on a train. The back says, "Sad good-byes to friends. On board - Jimmie, Mits, Mom and Hide”. Families and friends were frequently split up because of the constant movement and forced redistribution of the Japanese American prisoners between incarceration camps.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- photograph
- date made
- 6/2/1944
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- World
- Physical Description
- ink (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 8.89 cm
- ID Number
- 2016.0037.21
- catalog number
- 2016.0037.21
- 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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