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Photograph of four people next to Harmony Borax Works equipment in Death Valley

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Title: Photograph of four people next to Harmony Borax Works equipment in Death Valley
Date Created and/or Issued: 1942-1945
Contributing Institution: California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
Collection: CSU Japanese American Digitization Project
Rights Information: Materials in the Eastern California Museum may be subject to copyrights. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the Eastern California Museum as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained. For further information, please contact: ecmuseum@inyocounty.us
Description: Photograph of four people, including L. Josephine Hawes, standing next to Harmony Borax Works equipment in Death Valley National Park. A mountain range in visible in the distance.
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, 2.125 x 3.125 inches
image/jpeg
Identifier: ecm_merritt_0211
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/36778
Subject: Identity and values--Men
Identity and values--Women
World War II--Incarceration camps--Social and recreational activities
Place: Death Valley, California
Incarceration Camps--Manzanar
Source: Eastern California Museum
Relation: California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
Merritt Photo Collection

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