Adult education / Art education / Handicraft / Sewing / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Relcoation camps / Women
Source :NARA-NWDNS
NaraID :210-G-E829


Photographer :Parker, Tom
Personal Name :N/A
Topical Name :Jerome Relocation Center
Geographical Name :N/A
Institution Name :War Relocation Authority

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.

Date :03/12/1943

State :AR
Country :USA



Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. A pattern making class in the adult education division of the Jerome Center schools. Housewives and mothers swelled the rolls of all adult classes that teach subjects which will contribute to the comfort of center living, for themselves and their families. These include pattern making, sewing, art and craft, interior decoration, etc. The women shown, are learning to design their own clothing, and prepare their own patterns. Instructors are chiefly qualified center residents, former west coast persons of Japanese ancestry.

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