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[Seven people standing in front of mural, Poston, Ariz., 1942-1945]
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

[Seven people standing in front of mural, Poston, Ariz., 1942-1945]

Date1942-1945
Mediumpaper
DimensionsH: 3.25 in, W: 5 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Barbara Washler Curry
Object number92.34.87
Description1 photographic print laminated on card stock : b&w ; photo 3.25 x 4.875 in., card stock 3.625 x 5 in.;Informal group portrait of seven men and women standing in front of a mural depicting the forced removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast during World War II, Poston, Arizona, 1942-1945. Tall Japanese man stands in center flanked by two women and a young man on the left and two women and a European American woman on the right. The mural shows people walking from left to right as a man sits on a tractor (left), women talk (center) ending with people climbing into covered trucks (right), and barracks in background. Same mural as 92.34.52 and 95.

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