Japanese American building a model ship
PARTNER
Densho
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-densho-37-592 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i37-00592)
PARENT COLLECTION
National Archives and Records Administration Collection
DESCRIPTION
Original WRA caption: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Chic Yamaguchi, former farm worker from Kingsburg, California, is shown turning a section of one of the model ships on the lathe in the model ship factory at the Gila River Relocation Center. Chic had never operated power machinery before starting work in the factory here. Prior to evacuation, however, his hobby had been making paper airplanes.
DATE
27-Apr-43
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Stewart, Francis (photographer)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Densho
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration
RIGHTS
This work is free of known copyright restrictions.
