Residential blocks

The Site

Manzanar

Manzanar Relocation Center

Manzanar Today

Deaths

Military

Conversion of a Military Camp to an Internment Center

Facilities Built by the Inmates

Home Towns

The inmates arrived by train. (Lone Pine, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry arrive here by train and await buses for Manzanar, now a War Relocation Authority center. Yoshisaburo Kitada and his dog Miki being assisted off of the train.)

On March 2,1942, the first 82 Japanese Americans arrived at the camp. And by July 1942, Manzanar's population was nearly 10,000.

The full caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Lone Pine, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry arrive here by train and await buses for Manzanar, now a War Relocation Authority center.
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Lone Pine, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry arrive here by train and await buses for Manzanar, now a War Relocation Authority center. Yoshisaburo Kitada and his dog Miki being assisted off of the train.

Details

Level of Description:

• Item

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

• Photographs and other Graphic Materials

This item was produced or created:

• 04/01/1942

The creator compiled or maintained the series between:

1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

• Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

• Unrestricted

Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Material(s):

• Albers, Clem, Photographer

Scope & Content

The full caption for this photograph reads: Lone Pine, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry arrive here by train and await buses for Manzanar, now a War Relocation Authority center.

Variant Control Numbers

ARC Identifier:

536242

NAIL Control Number:

NWDNS-210-G-A303

Archived Copies

Copy 1:

Preservation

Contact(s):

• National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park 
  8601 Adelphi Road 
  College Park, MD 20740-6001 
  Phone: 301-837-0561 
  Fax: 301-837-3621 
  Email: stillpix@nara.gov

Copy 1 Media Information:

• Specific Media Type: Negative

Manzanar Today (Monument at Manzanar Cemetery, 2002)

On November 21,1945, Manzanar closed.

Manzanar is a National Historic Site administered by the National Park Service.
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Monument at Manzanar Cemetery, 2002

Photo Creditshttp://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/manz/remembering_ss.html

174 internees were inducted into the armed forces. (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Lt. Eugene Bogard explaining the purpose of registration to Japanese and Japanese Americans. Similar meetings were held at all centers for the purpose o…

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Lt. Eugene Bogard explaining the purpose of registration to Japanese and Japanese Americans. Similar meetings were held at all centers for the purpose of registering all evacuees between the ages of 18 and 38.
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Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

02/11/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-A938

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Stewart, Francis, War Relocation Authority photographer, Photographer

Over 135 people died at Manzanar. 28 were buried in the cemetery. After the camp closed, six remained at the Manzanar cemetery. (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. The first grave at the Manzanar Center's cemetery. It is that of Matsunosuk…

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. The first grave at the Manzanar Center's cemetery. It is that of Matsunosuke Murakami, 62, who died of heart disease on May 16. He had been ill ever since he arrived here with the first contingent and had been confined to the hospital since March 23.
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Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

06/30/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-C902

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965, Photographer

Orphans in the Camps (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuee orphans from an institution in San Francisco who are now established for the duration in the Childrens' Village at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japane…

All orphans with 1/16 or more Japanese blood in California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska, and even babies living in Caucasian foster homes, were sent to Manzanar.

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Evacuee orphans from an institution in San Francisco who are now established for the duration in the Childrens' Village at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Mrs. Harry Matsumoto, a University of California graduate, and her husband are superintendants of the Childrens' Village where 65 evacuee orphans from 3 institutions are now housed. 
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Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

07/01/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-C905

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965, Photographer

Hospitals (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Emergency hospital housed in temporary quarters at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancesrty. The modern new hospital is almost ready for occupancy as shown in Pho…

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Emergency hospital housed in temporary quarters at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancesrty. The modern new hospital is almost ready for occupancy as shown in Photo C-851.
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Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

07/02/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-C850

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965, Photographer

Doctors (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Doctor James Goto, Medical Director of Japanese ancestry is in charge of all medical work at this War Relocation Authority center. He has had six years of experience as House Surgeon in the Los …

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Doctor James Goto, Medical Director of Japanese ancestry is in charge of all medical work at this War Relocation Authority center. He has had six years of experience as House Surgeon in the Los Angeles General Hospital, prior to evacuation.
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Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

07/03/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-C864

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965, Photographer

Schools in the Camp (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. A pupil of the third grade is taught to read and enjoy children's books, like any other young American boy. This picture was taken in a student training center, where student teachers…

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

A pupil of the third grade is taught to read and enjoy children's books, like any other young American boy. This picture was taken in a student training center, where student teachers are given college credit for their work here. All classes are supervised by accredited teachers.
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Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

02/10/1943

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-A924

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Stewart, Francis, War Relocation Authority photographer, Photographer

The Dentist (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuee dentists in the temporary dental clinic, at this War Relocation Authority Center, which cares for an average of 100 persons daily.)

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Evacuee dentists in the temporary dental clinic, at this War Relocation Authority Center, which cares for an average of 100 persons daily.
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Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuee dentists in the temporary dental clinic, at this War Relocation Authority Center, which cares for an average of 100 persons daily.

Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

07/03/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-C857

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965, Photographer

Canteens of the Fields (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Masaro Takahashi, 19, evacuee farmer from Malibu Beach, takes a drink from a portable Army canteen on the farm at the relocation center.)

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Masaro Takahashi, 19, evacuee farmer from Malibu Beach, takes a drink from a portable Army canteen on the farm at the relocation center.
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Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Masaro Takahashi, 19, evacuee farmer from Malibu Beach, takes a drink from a portable Army canteen on the farm at the relocation center.

Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

06/02/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-D570

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Stewart, Francis, War Relocation Authority photographer, Photographer

The Post Office (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry receiving mail at Manzanar Post Office - a branch of the Los Angeles Post Office, more than 250 miles away. A two-cent stamp will send a letter by first-clas…

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Evacuees of Japanese ancestry receiving mail at Manzanar Post Office - a branch of the Los Angeles Post Office, more than 250 miles away. A two-cent stamp will send a letter by first-class mail from Manzanar to Los Angeles.
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Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

04/02/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-B144

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Albers, Clem, Photographer

Camouflage net factory (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Making camouflage nets for the War Department. This is one of several War and Navy Department projects carried on by persons of Japanese ancestry in relocation centers.)

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Making camouflage nets for the War Department. This is one of several War and Navy Department projects carried on by persons of Japanese ancestry in relocation centers.
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Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Making camouflage nets for the War Department. This is one of several War and Navy Department projects carried on by persons of Japanese ancestry in relocation centers.

Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

07/01/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-C815

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965, Photographer

Staff buildings for the WRA were built and run by the inmates as well. (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Office and other workers are given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers for evacuees of Japan…

The full caption for this photograph reads:

Office and other workers are given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Trudes Osajima, (above), switchboard operator in the Administration Building.
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Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

04/02/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-B7

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Albers, Clem, Photographer

Farms were built and harvested by the inmates. (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Field laborers hoeing corn on the farm project at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.)

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Field laborers hoeing corn on the farm project at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
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Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Field laborers hoeing corn on the farm project at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

06/30/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-C764

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965, Photographer

Inmates Came from Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry entraining for Manzanar, California, 250 miles away, where they are now housed in a War Relocation Authority center.)

90 percent of the evacuees came from the greater Los Angeles area. While others came from Stockton, California and Bainbridge Island, Washington.

The full caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Los Angeles, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry entraining for Manzanar, California, 250 miles away, where they are now housed in a War Relocation Authority center.
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Los Angeles, California. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry entraining for Manzanar, California, 250 miles away, where they are now housed in a War Relocation Authority center.

Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Coverage Dates:

1942 - 1945

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-B16

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Albers, Clem, Photographer

Mens and Ladies Latrines; Laundry Room (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Looking west from Hall Number 1. The small square buildings in the center between rows of barracks are the laundry and sanitary units. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry…

The full caption for this photograph reads:

Looking west from Hall Number 1. The small square buildings in the center between rows of barracks are the laundry and sanitary units. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry are spending the duration in War Relocation Authority centers.
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Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

07/02/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-C843

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965, Photographer

Inmates lived in Barracks ( (Manzanar, California. Dust storm at this War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry are spending the duration. ))

Each of 36 evacuee residential blocks consisted of 14 - 20X100 foot barracks

Original caption: Manzanar, California. Dust storm at this War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry are spending the duration. 
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(Manzanar, California. Dust storm at this War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry are spending the duration. )

Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

07/03/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

Former Local Identifier: 210-G-10C-839
Former Local Identifier: NWDNS-210-G-10C-839
NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-10C-839
Other Identifier: 02038
This is the NARA Internal Exhibit Tracking Number for the Public Vaults exhibit.
Search Identifier: siLearning Center
Search Identifier: siNational History Standard Era 8
Select List Identifier: WWII #30

Index Terms:

• Subjects Represented in the Archival Material:

  • Concentration camps
  • Relocation of Japanese Americans, 1942-1945
  • Manzanar (Calif.)

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:

  • Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965, Photographer

Camp Sites were under guard. (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Army military police go on duty to guard the boundaries of this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.)

Barbed wire surrounded the camp site. Though the camp was supposed to be for the protection of the inmates, an inmate was shot by the fence. A total of 11 inmates shot at the camp. Eight watchtowers guarded the inmates as well. 

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Army military police go on duty to guard the boundaries of this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
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Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Army military police go on duty to guard the boundaries of this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

04/02/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-B110

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:

  • Albers, Clem, Photographer

Summers are hot (110 deg. F. high) and winters are cold (-9 deg. F. low) (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Evacuee children enjoying a hot summer afternoon in the mountain creek which flows through the desert on the border of this War R…

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Evacuee children enjoying a hot summer afternoon in the mountain creek which flows through the desert on the border of this War Relocation Authority center.
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Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

07/03/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-C788

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Lange, Dorothea, 1895-1965, Photographer

Construction began in March 1942 (Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Construction begins at Manzanar, now a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.)

The camp was built by Griffith and Company, and most of the construction was completed within six weeks.

The caption for this photograph by the WRA reads:

Construction begins at Manzanar, now a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.
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Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Construction begins at Manzanar, now a War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

Creator(s):

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. (02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946)

Type(s) of Archival Materials:

Photographs and other Graphic Materials

Contact(s):

National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures (RD-DC-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-0561; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s):

04/02/1942

Part Of:

Series: Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, compiled 1942 - 1945

Access Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Use Restriction(s):

Unrestricted

Variant Control Number(s):

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-210-G-B139

Index Terms:

• Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
  • Stewart, Francis, War Relocation Authority photographer, Photographer