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Description
Postcard with Arizona desert scene- "Saguaro Cactus on the Arizona Desert--12" is written on the postcard's front. Letter from Morita sends well wishes to Carson and discusses weather, the camp being under construction and overcrowding. Morita also mentioned passing through Los Angeles after being away for four months, presumably while at an assembly center, on his way to the camp; he felt good about being in Los Angeles.
Type
text
Format
Postcards 2 pages, handwritten with 1 color image application/pdf
Farm tenancy Industry and employment--Agriculture Japanese American farmers--California Geographic communities--California--Los Angeles World War II--Incarceration camps World War II--Incarceration camps--Incarcerees World War II--Incarceration camps--Living conditions World War II--Incarceration camps--The journey
Place
Rivers, Arizona Incarceration Camps--Gila River
Source
CSU Dominguez Hills Department of Archives and Special Collections;
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