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![[Home Movies of Japan: Soldiers; Graves of 47 Ronin; Mt. Fuji and More / circa 1947 – 1948]](/internal/media/dispatcher/21321/thumbnail)
![[Rest stop with military police, Nevada, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/702/thumbnail)
Nisei babies in concentration camp
Maker
Henry Sugimoto
(American, 1900 - 1990)
Date1943
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 18 in, W: 22 in, D: .75 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum
Object number92.97.130
DescriptionFive faceless black haired babies in diapers on white sheet; one stands, holding up small American flag in right hand; one seated behind him salutes. A soldier in tan uniform and black MP arm band carries a rifle with bayonet in left foreground. A barbed-wire fence separates him from and surrounds the babies. A guard tower stands next to a bare tree in right background under a dark sky.;Stretched and framed.
![[Josephine Baker collecting clothing for Japanese American babies, Los Angeles, California, June 1952]](/internal/media/dispatcher/7858/thumbnail)
Mitsuoka, Norio
ca. 1947-1948
