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Description
Photograph shows members of an advance party of incarcerees loading bedding equipment in a warehouse at Pomona, California Assembly Center. Caption on album page: "The Army supplied all necessary equipment for the temporary centers and had them ready for operation and for the accommodation of all evacuees upon their arrival. Photo shows members of an advance party of evacuees loading bedding equipment in warehouse in Pomona (California) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9SvC-42-3702-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--Mass removal ('Evacuation')--Preparation World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Work and jobs World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers
Place
Pomona, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Pomona
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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