Envelope Sent from M. Nakata at Minidoka Japanese Internment Camp to Marjorie Konishi at Heart Mountain Camp, 1943
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Artifact Overview
During World War II, the War Relocation Authority removed and unjustly incarcerated more than 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry in War Relocation Camps. Entire communities were shipped to one of ten camps in remote areas of the West. Fourteen-year-old Marjorie Konishi, held at the Heart Mountain, Wyoming, camp, received this from M. Nakata, living at Minidoka internment camp in Idaho.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Envelope
Date Made
01 December 1943
Subject Date
01 December 1943
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2023.102.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Ink
Technique
Handwriting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.325 in
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