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[Young woman crocheting, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 18, 1944]

Muramoto, Walter [ bio ]

[Young woman crocheting, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 18, 1944]
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photograph
H: 7 in, W: 5 in

Rohwer, Ark., October 18, 1944

(97.292.7A)

Gift of the Walter Muramoto Family

Description

1 photographic print : b&w;

Portrait of a young woman sitting in profile crocheting a garment in her lap at Rohwer concentration camp, Rohwer, Arkansas, October 18, 1944. She wears eyeglasses, floral blouse, white skirt and saddleshoes. She sits on a a folding chair, facing L, in front of a wooden desk, L, with an open drawer and a black rotary telephone on top a desk blotter; cloth measuring tape tangled at her feet. Radiator and books on windowsill directly behind her.

Inscription
Stamped in black ink on back: OCT 18 1944.

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