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photograph
H: 1.75 in, W: 1.75 in

Subject Tags
Barracks
Concentration Camps, Heart Mountain
Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
Ice skating
Men
Women
World War, 1939-1945
Wyoming

[Two young men and one young woman in ice skates holding hands, Heart Mountain, Wyoming, 1942-1945]

Mori Shimada [bio]

Heart Mountain, Wyo., 1942-1945

Gift of Mori Shimada

Mori Shimada Collection

Description
1 photographic print : b&w ; | Two men and one woman in ice skates holding hands on frozen pond at Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, 1942-1945. The young woman stands in the middle between the two men as their arms cross and hold hands. Man on left has ear muffs and man on right has leather jacket. Barrack buildings visible at great distance on low horizon line.

Inscription
Written in pencil on back: Ice skaters / Don't know who the pretty one is / Mori Shimada.

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