A War Relocation Authority photograph with the description "These two boys are rapidly developing a love for a sport which is entirely new to them...sledding." 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; 5 x 7 inches image/jpeg
World War II--Incarceration camps--Social and recreational activities World War II--Incarceration camps--Sports World War II--Administration--War Relocation Authority Identity and values--Children
Place
Hunt, Idaho Incarceration Camps--Minidoka
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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