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Description
Photograph shows a meat cutting room at Turlock, California Assembly Center. One of the evacuees is using a hacksaw while the other one is using a butcher knife to cut the beef. Caption on album: "Experienced Japanese butchers were employed in the meat cutting departments at the centers, under supervision of Caucasian cooks. Photo shows a meat cutting room at Turlock (California) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9SVC-42-2942-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--Temporary Assembly Centers--Food World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
Place
Turlock, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Turlock
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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