12 black and white photographic prints compiled by Shigeru Murakami documenting life in Gila River Relocation Center, an American concentration camp, circa 1943-1945. 6 photographs depict baseball players and baseball games at Gila River. 5 photograp...
Description:
Shigeru Murakami was incarcerated with his family at Gila River Relocation Center in Arizona, 1942-1945. Murakami served in the United States Army from 1946 to 1949.
Subject (Geographic):
United States, West (U.S.), and Arizona
Subject (Name):
Murakami, Shigeru and Gila River Relocation Center
Subject (Topic):
Baseball, Baseball players, Japanese American baseball players, Japanese American women, Japanese Americans, Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945, Recreation, Women, World War, 1939-1945, and Concentration camps
