Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1994.80.171.2

Description

Exterior photograph of several hundred people arranged in a large circle looking in a stage with lighting that is in the center of the circle. People are standing on one or more football fields with the stage in the center. It is night, but there is enough lighting to see the people and the stage in the center. Label below photo is: "Manzanar Obon Festival '43" which is mentioned in the "Manzanar Free Press" as taking place in August 1943. There are two columns of Japanese writing on the right side.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

City

Manzanar War Relocation Center

County

Inyo County

State/Province

California

Collection

Shiro and Mary Nomura Collection

Made/Created

Date made

August 1943