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
Robertson, Harold L. (Harold Lloyd), 1918-2012, compiler
Published / Created:
[circa 1920s-1960s]
Call Number:
JWJ MSS 351
Image Count:
168
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Photograph album compiled by Harold L. Robertson, containing over 1000 photographs, circa 1920s-1960s, most undated, many with manuscript annotations on versos. Most photographs are black and white, with a few color images, 1940s-1960s. Photographs ar...
Description:
Harold L. Robertson (1918-2012), was born in New York City and served in the United States Army, 1930s-1950s. In the 1930s Robertston enlisted in the 10th Cavalry Regiment, a segregated unit of African Americans known as Buffalo Soldiers, and he was l...
Subject (Geographic):
Germany., Germany, United States, United States., Italy, Darmstadt (Germany), Harlem (New York, N.Y.), Kansas, New York (N.Y.), and Washington (D.C.)
Subject (Name):
Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012. (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1918-2012 (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Harold L. 1942- (Harold Lloyd),, Robertson, Helena Jaroslawzewa, Robertson, Ronald, 1947-, Robertson, Terry, approximately 1945-, Robertson, Vicki, active approximately 1930-1950, United States. Army, United States. Army. Cavalry Regiment, 10th (1866-1950), and United States. Army. Engineer Combat Battalion, 547th
Subject (Topic):
African American officers, African American troops, African American soldiers, Military construction operations, Photographers, African American photographers, African Americans, Segregation, Armed Forces, Non-commissioned officers, German shepherd dog, Training, Interracial marrige, Military bases, Military bridges, Design and construction, Photography, Military, World War, 1939-1945, and History
