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Title: L.A. Girls
Creator: Shimada, Mori, Japanese American, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1944
Publication Information: Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Contributing Institution: Japanese American National Museum
Collection: Shimada (Moriyuki) Scrapbook
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Inscribed on reverse: L.A. girls. Had picture of their social club but I gave it away along with many others. Mori Shimada. One of the very few pictures that I have with the guard tower. I see Tets (with glasses) at Mt. Views bon odori Didn't go this year
Black and white photograph
"Bon odori" refers to a traditional dance (odori) often performed at a Buddhist festival (bon) held in August.
1 b&w photograph of 5 young women. Side view of them posed. All with hands on their hips. Barracks in background.
Type: image
Format: 5 x 7 in.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf6b69n80q
92.10.2AY
Subject: Barrack
Concentration Camps, Heart Mountain
Women

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