Love birds and hearts pin
date: label: date made
content: 1943-1945
notes: label: Description
content: This pin was made in Rohwer Relocation Center in Arkansas. Crafts like this pin served to create or reinforce connections and relationships between people imprisoned at the camps. On the back of this pin, featuring two lovebirds perched on a heart, are the initials "HGK/45". Perhaps in 1945, someone gave this pin to their sweetheart as a token of love and affection.
title: label: Title
content: Love birds and hearts pin
topic: label: Subject
content: Japanese Americans
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Art
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content: Japanese American Internment Era
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mabel Rose Vogel
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3144.19
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3144.19
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3144
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glue (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: safety pin (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 1 15/16 in; 4.445 cm x 4.92125 cm