[Two women in sweaters in front of barracks, Rohwer, Arkansas]

Muramoto, Walter [ bio ]

Description

1 photographic print : b&w

Half-portrait of two smiling women in cardigan sweaters standing in front of tar-papered barracks at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, 1942-1945. Woman on L wears striped blouse under short-sleeved cardigan sweater. Woman on R wears eyeglasses and patterned blouse under unbuttoned cardigan sweater. Both have curled shoulder-length hair pulled back at T. Low angle perspective. Barracks rises behind couple with bare beams extending out from eaves. Decorative geometric cropped corners on border.

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