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Title
New arrivals at Manzanar fill mattresses with straw
Creator
Associated Press: publisher
Date Created and/or Issued
1942-03-24
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
HSLB Digital Collections are for educational and research use only. Requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Executive Director of Historical Society of Long Beach. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Historical Society of Long Beach as the owner of the physical materials, and does not include permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Description
Caption pasted on reverse of image reads, "Japanese evacuees who arrived at the alien reception center at Manzanar, Calif., Mar. 24, 1942, fill mattresses with straw as they prepared to spend their first night in their new homes. The emigres were among the first in the greatest forced migration in the nation's history."
The Newspaper Photograph Collection is made up of photographs that were printed in the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Independent newspapers, between the 1950s and early 2000s.
Type
image
Format
Photographs
black and white, 7 x 9 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier
hslb_npc_0031
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/36614
Language
English
Subject
World War II--Incarceration camps
World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks
World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions
Place
Manzanar, California
Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
Source
Historical Society of Long Beach, Long Beach, California
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Newspaper Photograph Collection

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