Arts and crafts fair inside of a recreation hall.

Arts and crafts fair inside of a recreation hall.

Hirahara, George

1943/1945

Photograph of arts and crafts displayed at the Craft Fair inside of a Recreation Hall, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Wyoming. Representative works from the crochet, embroidery, fine arts, and floral arrangement classes were shown in the first combined handicraft exhibit on February 12 and 14, 1944 in the Heart Mountain 21-25 Mess Hall under the sponsorship of the Adult Education department. Some of the crafts are Japanese in inspiration, such as a bonzai tree, a noh mask, and a relief of an Asian deity. Instructors of the various classes were Mrs. Kimi Ito, crochet; Isaburo Nagahama and Mrs. H. Iwahashi, embroidery; Benji Okubo, fine arts; and Mrs. Shigee Homma, floral arrangement.

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Community & social service organizations

Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945

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