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Title
Newspaper sales
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 evacuees buying San Francisco morning papers at Turlock, California Assembly Center. Caption on album page: "Newspapers from metropolitan and local communities were available for purchases by the evacuees. Photo shows evacuees buying San Francisco morning papers at Turlock Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9SVC-42-2943-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_0391
http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/5725
Subject
World War II
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Publications
Journalism and media--Mass media
Place
San Bruno, California
Temporary Assembly Centers--Tanforan
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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