Fashion designing class, Manzanar Relocation Center, California. Photograph by Ansel Adams, around 1943.
This preserved scene shows A Japanese American female teacher holds a measuring tape near small scale evening gowns while a group of young women watch her carefully. Their work table is covered with fabric and spools of thread. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Fashion designing class, Manzanar Relocation Center, California. Photograph by Ansel Adams, around 1943.
This preserved scene shows A Japanese American female teacher holds a measuring tape near small scale evening gowns while a group of young women watch her carefully. Their work table is covered with fabric and spools of thread. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: Fashion designing class, Manzanar Relocation Center, California. Photograph by Ansel Adams, around 1943.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
Image: Library of Congress | View original catalog record
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