Young Japanese women showing the different styles of clothing worn

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Densho
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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-299-180

PARENT COLLECTION

Theodore Akimoto Family Collection

DESCRIPTION

Caption: "By the end of the war, almost all working women wore the mompei shown at the right. / Then on festival days, women began appearing in the traditional kimono without the wig. / Then as dependents began arriving, more and more women began appearing in western / style clothing as the PX began to carry women's clothing."

DATE

c.1945-1947

LOCATION

Japan

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the Theodore Akimoto Family Collection

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