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Title
Mess hall
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
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Description
Black and white photograph
1 b&w image taken at an unspecified California concentration camp. Interior shot of kitchen area, with people being served food. C, 1 man receives a bowl from a woman holding a ladling out from a large pot in front of her. In his R hand the man holds a plate of food, he accepts the bowl with his L hand. Behind the man, another woman walking away from the counter with a plate of food. There is another man at the back of the line holding a bowl, he is wearing a pith helmet. 3 people stand on the other side of the counter with pots or pans hanging in the back.
Type
image
Format
8 x 10 in.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf6s2005b5
93.102.174
Subject
Mess hall
Concentration camps
Food service employees

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