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Description
Photograph shows a busy scene of family groups identifying their hand baggage prior to departure from the assembly center at Santa Anita, California. Caption on album page: "Transfer of the evacuees from the Assembly Centers to War Relocation Centers was conducted by the Army. Train lists were made up so that families would not be separated and in most instances, groups associated by residence in pre-evacuation days were kept together. Here is a busy scene of family groups identifying their hand baggage prior to departure from the Assembly Center at Santa Anita, California." SANTA ANITA PHOTO NO. 744A. 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
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