Flower Pin
date: label: date made
content: 1942-1945
notes: label: Description
content: This corsage was made by June Shimizu, who was incarcerated with her sister, Tsuneyo Shimizu, at the Tule Lake and Topaz concentration camps. Both June and Tsuneyo took up the hobby of arts and crafts to occupy the large amounts of spare time that they had during their imprisonment. They along with many other Japanese Americans who were incarcerated took up a form of arts and crafts to express their discontent and feelings during imprisonment. The sisters started making beautiful corsages from whatever they could find. This particular corsage was made with pipe cleaners, along with other basic materials that June could find. The different materials come together to make a beautiful corsage that represents the perseverance that the Japanese Americans had during their incarceration.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Tule Lake
topic: label: Subject
content: World War II
label: related event
content: World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Japanese American
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dale Cawley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0210.07
label: accession number
content: 2015.0210
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0210.07
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: thread (part: stamen material)
label: Physical Description
content: wire; cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glued/ pasted (overall connector/connecting technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (part: stem material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric (part: ribbon material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.4 cm x 3.5 cm x 1.5 cm; 2 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in x 19/32 in