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[Tortoises on flatbed truck, Rohwer, Arkansas, May 8, 1944]
[Tortoises on flatbed truck, Rohwer, Arkansas, May 8, 1944]
[Tortoises on flatbed truck, Rohwer, Arkansas, May 8, 1944]

[Tortoises on flatbed truck, Rohwer, Arkansas, May 8, 1944]

Date1944
DimensionsH: 2.5 in, W: 3.625 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.17Q
Description1 photographic print : b&w;Two large tortoises sit in bed of flatbed truck at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, May 8, 1944. Tortoises face partially open tailgate; broken pallet on flatbed in background. A man in jeans is partially visible standing next to truck at right. Image has irregular scalloped border.

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