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Title
Two women, one woman wearing a kimono
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1943
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
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Description
Photograph of two women standing outside. One is Caucasian (possibly a teacher) and the other is Japanese American who is wearing a kimono and holding an umbrella. She is possibly Madame Fujima Kansuma's dance student. Photo featured on page 16 of the Minidoka Incarceration Camp Photograph Album (csudh_ben_001).
The Minidoka Incarceration Camp Photograph Album is a photograph album featuring images from the Minidoka incarceration camp. It may have been compiled by Lona Haug, vice-principal of the Blk 10 school at Minidoka in 1943. The album features a photograph of Ben Kuroki, a Japanese American who served in the United States Army Force during World War II.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
black and white, 3.5 x 2.5 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier
ben_01_001_017_056
csudh_ben_031
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/37619
Subject
World War II--Incarceration camps--Social and recreational activities
Arts and literature--Performing arts--Dance
Identity and values--Nisei
Identity and values--Women
Industry and employment--Educators
Place
Hunt, Idaho
Incarceration Camps--Minidoka
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8pg1zk4/
Minidoka Incarceration Camp Photograph Album

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