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Description
Photograph of Kango Takamura painting a bird resting on a branch at Manzanar incarceration camp. He is in traditional robes and surrounded by additional supplies and paint brushes. The background is a woven screen with flowers and grasses depicted on it. The collection was donated by Ralph "Pete" Merritt, Jr. and Patricia Merritt. It is comprised of photographs from an album created by L. Josephine Hawes, the Chief Nurse at the Manzanar Hospital, and individual photographs collected by Ralph P. Merritt, the Project Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Type
image
Format
Photographs black and white, 8 x 9.875 inches image/jpeg
World War II--Incarceration camps--Arts and literature Arts and literature--Visual arts--Painting Industry and employment--Arts Identity and values--Men
Place
Manzanar, California Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
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