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photograph
H: 3.5 in, W: 2.5 in

Subject Tags
Coats
Concentration Camps, Heart Mountain
Gloves
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
Ice skating
jeans
mittens
Scarves
World War, 1939-1945
Wyoming
Young men
Young women

[Boy and girl in ice skates, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, 1943]

Mori Shimada [bio]

Heart Mountain, Wyo., 1943

Gift of Mori Shimada

Mori Shimada Collection

Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; 3.5 x 2.5 in. | Boy and girl wearing ice skates in Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, 1943. Girl, left, stands holding lapels of her dark overcoat. She wears white pants and skates and mittens. Her hair is curly. The boy, right, holds his gloves in hand. He wears jeans with cuffs rolled up, skates, jacket and scarf. Both smile directly at viewer. Skaters in motion behind them on the ice.

Inscription
Stamped in black ink on back, TRC: A19.

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