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Description
Photograph of Government Issue (G.I.) blankets being given to the incarcerees at Manzanar. Each person was given two blankets. The unfinished walls and rafters of the ceiling can be seen in the building. Caption reads: Issuing G.I. blankets (two to each evacuee). Title from caption, which was taken from the original photo album. The collection was donated by Ralph "Pete" Merritt, Jr. and Patricia Merritt. It is comprised of photographs from an album created by L. Josephine Hawes, the Chief Nurse at the Manzanar Hospital, and individual photographs collected by Ralph P. Merritt, the Project Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Type
image
Format
Photographs black and white, 5 x 6 inches image/jpeg
World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees Identity and values--Men
Place
Manzanar, California Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
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