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Description
Photograph shows an empty kitchen attached to the hospital unit at Heart Mountain Relocation Center. Caption on album page: "Ready to begin service this modern, well-equipped kitchen is attached to the hospital unit at Heart Mountain Relocation Center." UNITED STATES ARMY ENGINEERS PHOTO 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--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Incarceration camps--Construction World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration World War II--Incarceration camps--Food
Place
Cody, Wyoming Incarceration Camps--Heart Mountain
Source
San Jose State University Department of Special Collections and Archives
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