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Description
Photograph shows two evacuee laboratory technicians at work at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center. Caption on album page: "Hospital facilities at the centers included adequately equipped laboratories. Photo shows two evacuee laboratory technicians at work at Santa Anita (California) Assembly Center." WPA PHOTO - SANTA ANITA NO. 934-A 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--Work and jobs World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Medical care and health issues
Place
Santa Anita, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Santa Anita
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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