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photograph
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

photograph

Date1940-1949
Mediumpaper
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of the Nakamura Family
Object number2018.22.9
Description1 photographic print: b&w; A Japanese-American soldier in military uniform stands at the top of the stairs, looking away from camera, with his hands to his side, his right hand holding his hat. Behind him is a monument and building.

Written on verso in black ink, "八千マイル、半の村上サキ--” (Hachisen Mairu, han no murakami saki). On center of photograph is a light teal stamp that reads, "Hammond Photo Service, February 16, 1943, Meridian, Miss"
Copyright JANM
1940-1949
Life in New York
Henry Sugimoto
1950-1970
Copyright JANM
1940-1949

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