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Title
Sumi Seki wears a white shirt and plaid skirt while standing in front of barracks
Date Created and/or Issued
1942
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
HSLB Digital Collections are for educational and research use only. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Executive Director of Historical Society of Long Beach. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Historical Society of Long Beach as the owner of the physical materials, and does not include permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Description
Sumi Seki, wearing a white blouse under a plaid skirt, leans against the railing in front of barracks. This is a photograph of a photograph, taken by Tom Shaw of the Long Beach Independent Press-Telegram. The caption used in the newspapers reads, "Sumi Seki was a junior at San Pedro High School when she and her family were 'evacuated' on April 4, 1942."
The Newspaper Photograph Collection is made up of photographs that were printed in the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Independent newspapers, between the 1950s and early 2000s.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
black and white, 8 x 10 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier
hslb_npc_0049
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/36728
Language
English
Subject
Identity and values--Nisei
Identity and values--Women
World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks
Place
Denson, Arkansas
Incarceration Camps--Jerome
Source
Historical Society of Long Beach, Long Beach, California
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Newspaper Photograph Collection

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