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photograph
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

photograph

Date1945
Mediumpaper
Dimensions3 1/2 x 5 in. (8.9 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Kay Katata and Hiroko Iizuka Lysko
Object number2005.148.43
Description1 photographic print: b&w; 3 1/2x5" photograph of crowds of people lined alongside railroad tracks at Heart Mountain Concentration Camp, WY. There is also a Red Cross truck and covered pick up truck in the area. People are lined up alongside the train. Field of sage bushes in foreground.

On back has a stamped number and written in pencil, "1945 - WAITING FOR RELOCATION TRAIN'S ARRIVAL FOR THOSE GOING OUT OF CAMP." There is also a Japanese inscription written from right to left.

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