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[Lillian Sugita in aloha shirt, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, ca. 1944-1945]
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

[Lillian Sugita in aloha shirt, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, ca. 1944-1945]

Date1944-1945
Mediumpaper
DimensionsH: 4.75 in, W: 3.375 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Mori Shimada
Object number92.10.2BW
Description1 photographic print : b&w; Candid shot of a young woman, Lillian Sugita, in an Aloha shirt leaning against a dresser at Heart Mountain, Wyoming, ca. 1944-1945. Suzuki wears an Aloha shirt with hula dancers and ʻukulele players as she rests her proper right elbow against a shoulder-high dresser on the left. She smiles and looks to the left. There are photographs on the dresser and pennants from Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois and Hawaiʻi on the wall in the background.

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