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Description
Photograph shows a happy young couple of evacuees immediately after a ceremony with pastor looking on at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center, with cake and trimmings ready for the wedding reception. Caption on album page: "Numerous weddings of evacuees occurred at the Assembly Centers, with ceremonies of different faiths. Photograph shows a happy young couple of evacuees immediately after a ceremony with pastor looking on at Santa Anita (California) Assembly Center, with cake and trimmings ready for the wedding reception." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-1922-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') Community activities--Weddings Community activities--Festivals, celebrations, and holidays World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Weddings
Place
Santa Anita, California Temporary Assembly Centers--Santa Anita
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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