Girl's Pink Crocheted Dress

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Girl's Pink Crocheted Dress

1944

This small dress was hand crocheted for Lois Akiko Sakahara. She was a little girl when she was in the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center. There were many children and small toddlers in the various camps, whether they were born in camp, or brought in very young, they stayed with their parents in the concentration camps. Lois' mother, Pauline Hatsuye Sakahara made it while she and her daughter were incarcerated. Sewing classes were often taught in War Relocation Centers. This turned out to be a crucial skill to learn while in camp because the Japanese Americans were impoverished in their imprisonment. Making and mending clothes was a common and very important skill to learn while living in the incarceration camps. Japanese Americans were forced to make many things such as clothes to try to make their lives as normal as possible.

WW II

Executive Order 9066

World War, 1939-1945

World War II

Smithsonian Institution

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WW II

Executive Order 9066

World War, 1939-1945

World War II