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Copyright JANM
photograph
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

photograph

Date1943
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Kay Katata and Hiroko Iizuka Lysko
Object number2005.148.19
Description1 photographic print: b&w; 3x4" photograph of a man holding an infant and 2 small children standing next to him. Tree and barrack in background at Heart Mountain, WY. The man kneeling is Kaz Sugiyama holding Yoneko Yamasaki. The 2 little girls standing are Bette Yamasaki and Toyoko Yamasaki. Kaz is dressed in sport coat and slacks. The girls seem to have a Japanese print happi coat over their dresses.

Written on back: "April 25, 1943, Bette Yamasaki, Kaz Sugiyama (holding Yoneko Yamasaki), Toyoko Yamasaki."

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