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Title
Men's washroom
Creator
United States. Army. Signal Corps: photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
[1942]
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Photograph shows a men's wash room scene at Portland, Oregon Assembly Center with incarcerees shaving and washing. The Portland Assembly Center was formerly known as the North Portland International Livestock Exposition Center. Caption on album page: "Modern wash rooms, with hot and cold water, were provided in all parts of the centers. Photo shows a wash room scene at Portland (Oregon) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-2805-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
Identifier
sjs_fla_0326
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/5660
Subject
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Facilities, services, and camp administration
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Living conditions
Place
Portland, Oregon
Temporary Assembly Centers--Portland
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt987024h5/
John M. Flaherty Collection of Japanese Internment Records

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