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photograph
Date1943
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 number2005.148.25
Description1 photographic print: Black and white; 3-1/2 x 5" photograph of a group of women and 3 children next to a small tree and barrack. Block 29 Mess Hall Waitresses.
On back written in green ink, "April, 1943 / 1st row, l. to r. - Mary Tonai, Clara Funatsu, M. Iizuka, Min Ichioka, Tayoko Yamasaki, Iris Yamaoka, Masako Sugiyama. 2nd row - Grace Obata, H. Iizuka, K. Iizuka (holding Bette Yamasaki)." In pencil, written to the right of April, 1943 reads, "Block 29 Mess Hall Waitresses"
On back written in green ink, "April, 1943 / 1st row, l. to r. - Mary Tonai, Clara Funatsu, M. Iizuka, Min Ichioka, Tayoko Yamasaki, Iris Yamaoka, Masako Sugiyama. 2nd row - Grace Obata, H. Iizuka, K. Iizuka (holding Bette Yamasaki)." In pencil, written to the right of April, 1943 reads, "Block 29 Mess Hall Waitresses"
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