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Description
Photograph of seven men unloading matresses and spring frames from a truck at Manzanar incarceration camp. Another truck behind them is full of boxes. The Sierra Nevada are in the background. Caption reads: Cots and mattress for 10,000. Title from caption, which was taken from the original photo album. The collection was donated by Ralph "Pete" Merritt, Jr. and Patricia Merritt. It is comprised of photographs from an album created by L. Josephine Hawes, the Chief Nurse at the Manzanar Hospital, and individual photographs collected by Ralph P. Merritt, the Project Director of the Manzanar War Relocation Center.
Type
image
Format
Photographs black and white, 3.25 x 4.25 inches image/jpeg
World War II--Incarceration camps--Construction World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration Industry and employment--Carpentry Identity and values--Men
Place
Manzanar, California Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
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