title

 

Gene (Yasushi) Nishimura collection

 

general material designation

 

[graphic material]
extent

 

43 copy negatives:b&w

 

date

 

1943-1943

 

scope and content

 

The collection consists of a series of copy photographs based on Eugene (Yasushi) Nishimura's life in Taylor Lake during his internment in 1943.

 

biography

 

Gene (Eugene) Nishimura and his family were deported to Taylor Lake to be interned during the Second World War. Gene was around six or seven years old at that time.

 


 


 

 

number

 

2014.30

 

organisation

 

Nikkei National Museum
access

 

Open