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Grandma Okita's Embroidery Class
Unknown1942/1945
Japanese American Museum of Oregon
Portland, United States
Mrs. Okita (far right) taught embroidery class at the Minidoka concentration camp in Hunt, Idaho. The embroideries hang in the background. This black and white photographic print shows six Japanese women kneeling before an array of embroidered pieces. Along the top of the photograph is written "GRANDMA OKITA'S EMBROIDERY CLASS"
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Details
- Title: Grandma Okita's Embroidery Class
- Short Description: 2011.05.05 - ONLC1862
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1942/1945
- Location Created: Minidoka, Idaho
- Provenance: Gift of Ted Y. Okita and Molly (Okita) Sakamoto
- Subject Keywords: Art in Camp, World War II, Japanese American
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