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Description
Photograph shows incarcerees drawing coupon books at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center. Caption on album page: "In additional to the nominal wages paid, if employed within the centers, evacuees were entitled without cost to coupon or script books on the basis of $1.00 per month for children, $2.50 for a single person, $4.00 for a married couple with a maximum of $7.00 to a family. This script was redeemable at center stores or canteens for personal items such as tooth brushes, refreshments, tobacco and other items. No cash transactions were permitted at stores or canteens. Photo shows evacuees drawing coupon books at Santa Anita (California) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-1944-PSF. The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
Type
image
Format
Photographs black and white, 8 x 10 in. image/jpeg
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Work and jobs World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
Place
Santa Anita, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Santa Anita
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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