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Title
Barbershop
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 a section of one of two 12-chair barber shops at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center. Caption on album page: "Barber shops were male evacuees could obtain haircuts for 20 cents and shaves for 10 cents were operated in centers (payable only out of monthly script allowances, no cash and shaves for 10 cents, were operated in centers. Photo shows a section of one of two 12-chair barber shops at Santa Anita (California) Assembly Center." SANTA ANITA PHOTO SA1
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_0338
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/5672
Subject
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Facilities, services, and camp administration
World War II
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
Place
Santa Anita, California
Temporary Assembly Centers--Santa Anita
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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