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Title: Queen of Manzanar
Creator: Iwata, Jack, Japanese American, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1942-1945
Publication Information: Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Contributing Institution: Japanese American National Museum
Collection: Iwata (Jack Masaki) Collection
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Black and white photograph
1 b&w image of Margie Midori Shimizu Hirashimal in a white dress sitting on a stool wearing a handmade crown that says: "Queen of Manzanar".
Type: image
Format: 8 x 10 in.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf3z09n6kj
93.102.133
Subject: Shimizu, Midori
Beauty queen
Concentration camps, Manzanar

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