• What is ironic about this sign? - pgordon65
  • Describe what you see here. Does this look like a place you would want to live? - pgordon65
  • What do you notice about the man standing here? - pgordon65
  • When do you think this photo was taken? - pgordon65

Roy Takeno reading paper in front of office (LOC)

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Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984, photographer.

Roy Takeno reading paper in front of office

[1943]

1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
1 negative : safety film.

Notes:
 Photo shows editor Roy Takeno reading a copy of the Manzanar Free Press in front of the newspaper office at the Manzanar War Relocation Center; with mountains in the background.

Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print.
Original neg. no.: LC-A35-4-M-4.
Gift; Ansel Adams; 1965-1968.
Forms part of: Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs.

Subjects:
 Takeno, Roy,--1913-
Manzanar War Relocation Center--Buildings--1940-1950.
World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans--California--Manzanar.
Japanese Americans--California--Manzanar--1940-1950.
Newspapers--California--Manzanar--1940-1950.
Concentration camps--California--Manzanar--1940-1950.

Format: Portrait photographs--1940-1950.
Gelatin silver prints--1940-1950.
Safety film negatives--1940-1950.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Adams, Ansel, 1902- Manzanar War Relocation Center photographs (DLC) 2001695654

For more information about this collection, see www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/manz/

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppprs.00407

Call Number: LOT 10479-7, no. 2

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  1. zzazazz 38 months ago | reply

    Wow, even a casual portrait by Adams is a work of a genius.

  2. architekt2 38 months ago | reply

    Great photo - love the simplicity.

  3. JBSvolunteer 38 months ago | reply

    Adams at his sarcastic best!

  4. Fávaro - luiscfa@terra.com.br 38 months ago | reply

    Colors in B & W very beautiful.

  5. Vuurhoutjie1 38 months ago | reply

    this is photography

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