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Title
Artist sketching
Creator
United States. Army. Signal Corps: photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
[1942]
Contributing Institution
California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection
CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Photograph shows Japanese artists sketching a girl posed against a background of landscapes at Tanforan, California Assembly Center. Caption on album page: "Art classes for all ages were conducted at various centers. Photo shows Japanese artist sketching girl posed against a background of landscapes at Tanforan (California) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-2316-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
Identifier
sjs_fla_0389
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/5723
Subject
World War II
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
Arts and literature--Visual arts--Drawing
Community activities--Recreational activities
Place
San Bruno, California
Temporary Assembly Centers--Tanforan
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
Relation
California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt987024h5/
John M. Flaherty Collection of Japanese Internment Records

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