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Description
Photograph shows a teenage orchestra tuning up under the baton of a female teacher. Caption on album page: "Orchestras were organized among all age groups at different centers. Photo shows a teenage orchestra tuning up under the baton of a Japanese woman instructor at Salinas (California) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-2397-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 World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Education Community activities--Recreational activities Arts and literature--Performing arts--Music
Place
Salinas, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Salinas
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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