Children at Play – Object #8

Makeshift playhouse Jerome Relocation Center

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<p>Three small children play with wooden pallets to make a playhouse outdoors in under oak and pine trees at Jerome Relocation Center. The forest looks like it has been partially cleared and there is smoke in the background.</p>

Small Japanese American children use wooden pallets to make a playhouse while at Jerome Relocation Center, Arkansas, 1942

Questions:

What are these children playing with? Why do you think they are playing with these things?

Have you ever built a playhouse? What did you use to build it? Why?

During what time of year do you think this photograph was taken? Give evidence to support your answer.

Citations

United States War Relocation Authority. “Makeshift playhouse Jerome Relocation Center” November 20, 1942. Life Interrupted Collection, UALR-MS-0250_04_na_02_03_05.B_pho16. UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture. Original in National Archives.