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Panorama of Granada Incarceration Camp, Amache, Colorado showing in the foreground a typical barracks unit consisting of 12 six-room apartment barrack buildings, a recreation hall, mess hall, laundry and bathhouse. Caption on album page: "Panorama of Granada Relocation Center, Amache, Colorado, showing in the foreground a typical barracks unit consisting of 12 six-room apartment barrack buildings, a recreation hall, laundry and bathhouse, and mess hall, constructed by Army Engineers. The re Center was made up of 30 such blocks, complemented by hospital buildings, administrative office buildings, living quarters, general warehouse structures and military police quarters." WAR RELOCATION AUTHORITY 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.
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image
Format
Photographs black and white, 8 x 10 in. image/jpeg
World War II World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation') World War II--Incarceration camps--Housing--Barracks World War II--Incarceration camps--Facilities, services, and camp administration
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