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Photograph shows evacuee carpenters working at a carpenter shop at Portland, Oregon Assembly Center. The Portland Assembly Center was formerly known as the North Portland International Livestock Exposition Center. Caption on album page: "Many of the work projects involved the skills of mechanics. This photo shows the interior of a carpenter shop at Portland (Oregon) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-2813-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') World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Facilities, services, and camp administration Arts and literature--Visual arts--Carpentry and woodworking Industry and employment--Carpentry World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Work and jobs
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