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Take fresh air ? (Fresh air break on the trip from Fresno to Jerome)

To get to the camp in Jerome, Arkansas, Sugimoto and his family had to travel a very long distance in a very old train. They were given periodic "breaks" to stretch and breathe in fresh air. During these breaks, as you can see in the picture, there were guards observing them, with their guns pointed towards them, as if they were the enemy. Sugimoto depicts this injustice in this painting.

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Henry Sugimoto, "Take fresh air ? (Fresh air break on the trip from Fresno to Jerome)"
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In the foreground and left side, four soldiers with rifles and MP armbands look over a barbed wire fence at the large number of men, women and children who are … More »


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