Photograph shows an evacuee teacher leading a singing class at Portland, Oregon Assembly Center. The Portland Assembly Center was formerly known as the North Portland International Livestock Exposition Center. Singing class, Flaherty Collection: Japanese Internment Records, MSS-2006-02, San Jose State University, Special Collections & Archives. Caption on album page: "Singing classes were organized and conducted at the centers by experienced Japanese teachers. Photo shows a teacher leading a singing class at Portland (Oregon) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-2696-PSF 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945; Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Relocation camps Singers Singing Teachers Forced migration Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 World War II, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans North Portland International Livestock Exposition Center Portland Assembly Center
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