Photograph shows a display of a large assortment of candy bars at Portland Assembly Center in Portland, Oregon at a canteen with evacuees purchasing items. The Portland Assembly Center was formerly known as the North Portland International Livestock Exposition Center. Canteen, Flaherty Collection: Japanese Internment Records, MSS-2006-02, San Jose State University, Special Collections & Archives. Caption on album page: "Canteens or stores were located in all the centers, where evacuees could purchase candies, smoking materials, and small personal items with coupon books issued each month. Photo shows a display of a large assortment of candy bars at Portland (Oregon) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-2802-PSF 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Candy Canteens (Wartime, emergency, etc.) Food Relocation camps Forced migration Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War II, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans North Portland International Livestock Exposition Center Portland Assembly Center
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