Maker:

unknown  Search this

Object Name:

photograph

Place made:

United States: Arkansas

Date made:

mid 20th century

Description:

This photograph taken in the Jerome incarceration camp, shows a baby posed on top of a box. The caption under the photo says "11 months" explaining how young the child is. On the back it says, "Prepared to go to Wyoming. From Arkansas." The family in this photo is getting ready to be forcibly removed once again to a prison camp. Japanese Americans were forced to hop from camp to camp quite frequently.

Location:

Currently not on view

Related event:

Japanese American Internment  Search this

World War II  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Janice Faden

ID Number:

2016.0037.13

Catalog number:

2016.0037.13

Accession number:

2016.0037

See more items in:

Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, Japanese American

Executive Order 9066

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-8276-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1805794