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Title: Memorial at Heart Mountain
Creator: Iwanaga, George S. (Shinichi): photographer
Date Created and/or Issued: [1942-1945]
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at http://libraries.claremont.edu/sc
Description: Memorial in honor of the male incarcerees from Heart Mountain who went to serve in World War II. Photograph mounted on cardstock.
A collection of 33 original photographs taken by George S. (Shinichi) Iwanaga (1921-2012) from the incarceration camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming. The black and white images depict the people of the camp, their living quarters, and daily life. The Heart Mountain War Relocation Center opened in June 1942 and closed on November 10, 1945. Iwanaga, born in Fresno, was a 21-year-old Los Angeles resident of Japanese descent, who never visited Japan and had completed two years of college. He lived for two years at Heart Mountain before being released in August 1944.
Type: image
Format: Photographs
black and white, 8 x 10 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier: tccl_jai00262
tccl_iwa_00262
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/27188
Language: English
Subject: World War II--Incarceration camps
World War II--Military service
Geographic communities--Wyoming
Place: Cody, Wyoming
Incarceration Camps--Heart Mountain
Source: Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library
Relation: California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c83t9ns9
George S. Iwanaga Papers

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