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Title
Shower room
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 three evacuee children taking a shower in a shower room at Fresno, California Assembly Center. Caption on album page: "Shower rooms were provided in all areas of the various centers. Photo shows a shower room scene on a hot day at Fresno (California) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9SVC-42-3499-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_0327
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/5661
Subject
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Facilities, services, and camp administration
World War II
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Living conditions
Place
Fresno, California
Temporary Assembly Centers--Fresno
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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