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[Monument construction in Rohwer Memorial Cemetery, Rohwer, Arkansas, ca. 1944]
[Monument construction in Rohwer Memorial Cemetery, Rohwer, Arkansas, ca. 1944]
[Monument construction in Rohwer Memorial Cemetery, Rohwer, Arkansas, ca. 1944]

[Monument construction in Rohwer Memorial Cemetery, Rohwer, Arkansas, ca. 1944]

Date1944
DimensionsH: 2.5 in, W: 3.5 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Walter Muramoto Family
Object number97.292.15G
DescriptionMonument under construction in open area at Rohwer Memorial Cemetery in Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, ca. 1944. Tall white pillar rises at center with an eagle sitting on a dark sphere at top; surrounded by low wall with short tapered pillars along rail. Road along right edge extending from foreground into distance. Planks lay across ditch near pile of scrap lumber. Photographer's shadow visible on ground at BR.;1 photographic print : b&w;Japanese , Monuments , Eagles , Roads , Cemeteries , Construction , World War, 1939-1945 , Concentration camps , Arkansas , Rohwer Relocation Center (Ark.)

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