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[Center occupation mural]
Maker
Muramoto, Walter
Date1944-1945
DimensionsH: 2.5 in, W: 3.625 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.17G
DescriptionMural titled, "Center occupation," painted by high school student, Motohiko Hori, is propped on sawhorses against wall of wooden building at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, 1944-1945. Mural depicts Japanese Americans working in various occupations at Rohwer camp, including housepainters, construction worker, secretary, salesperson, surgeon, boiler attendant, cook, logger, gardener, farmer (on tractor and planting rows), and mechanic. Panel is signed at bottom right (illegible). Image has irregular scalloped border. Appears to be a different version from mural in JANM collection (88.25.125H).;1 photographic print : b&w
1942
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Honda, William Minoru
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