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Description
Photograph shows a portion of the completed Santa Anita, California Assembly Center, situated within the race track at Arcadia, California. Caption on album page: "Photo shows a portion of the completed Santa Anita (California) Assembly Center, situated within the world famous race track at Arcadia, California. This was the largest of all the temporary centers and quartered close to 19,0000 persons at its peak period." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-1877-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
World War II World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration
Place
Santa Anita, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Santa Anita
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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