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Lost LA
Reflecting on Japanese American Life in Postwar Los Angeles
After WWII, thousands of formerly incarcerated Japanese Americans had no homes or jobs to return to. Many ended up in makeshift trailer parks provided by the state, the living conditions of which were said to be worse than in the incarceration camps. Artist Estelle Ishigo’s drawings serve as documentation of what life looked like in these trailer parks throughout Los Angeles.
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