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Description
Photograph shows young evacuees in the kindergarten room at Portland, Oregon Assembly Center. Kindergartners are cutting paper dolls under supervision of Japanese teachers. The Portland Assembly Center was formerly known as the North Portland International Livestock Exposition Center. Caption on album page: "Educational programs were developed by the service division and classes were organized for all age groups from nursery schools to adult education. Photo shows a scene in the kindergarten room at Portland (Oregon) Assembly Center, with tiny evacuees cutting paper dolls under supervision of Japanese teachers." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-2708-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
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