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Description
Young boy sitting under a tree with barracks in the background. 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, 10 x 8 inches image/jpeg
World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees Identity and values--Children World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks Geographic communities--Wyoming
Place
Cody, Wyoming Incarceration Camps--Heart Mountain
Source
Special Collections, The Claremont Colleges Library
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