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Object Number
2017.11.2.57
Display Title
Closing canal locks
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on photograph (verso): "Omigara hamo / 11-51 / Closing canal locks / Papa san gives the orders / while mama san & daughter / do the work. / (more propaganda from / the far East)
Department
Photographic
Date
November 1951
Artist
Dr. George A. Butler
Culture
- Japanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Japan
/
Miyagi
Additional Geographic Terms
Omigara hama
Materials
Print, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 7.62 × 10.795 cm (3 × 4 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Credit Line
Gift of Alan Butler
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Alan Butler
(7/21/2017)
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