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Title
World War I American Legion friends shake hands
Date Created and/or Issued
1944
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
All request for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to California State University, Sacramento, University Library, Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. Further information available online: www.lib.csus.edu/scua
Description
A photograph of Akio Tomono and his World War I American Legion friends gathered at Jerome Incarceration camp in Arkansas. They are happily shaking hands with each other. Several wear garrison caps. One man holds a flag. From the Akio Tomono photograph collection.
Collection consists of drafts and notes for narratives on Asian Americans, photographs, exhibit items, artifacts, publications, and audio and visual material accumulated by Wayne H. Maeda, instructor and founding member of Asian American Studies at Sacramento State.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
black and white, 5 x 7 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier
sac_maed_0078
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/55342
Subject
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Aftermath
World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees
World War II--Incarceration camps--Social and recreational activities
Community activities--Associations and organizations
Military service--Pre-World War II service
Military service--Veterans' organizations
Geographic communities--Arkansas
Identity and values--Nisei
Identity and values--Japanese American Identity
Identity and values--Men
Place
Jerome, Arkansas
Incarceration Camps--Jerome
Source
California State University, Sacramento, Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/css/mss201117.pdf
Wayne H. Maeda papers

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