Some of the internees, such as Bill's grandparents, where housed in makeshift quarters in stables and stalls at the Santa Anita race track.

Photo courtesy of National Archive Digital Collection.
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Santa Anita Stall - National Archive Item

Scope and content
The full caption for this photograph reads: Arcadia, California. Evacuee mothers, with their children, getting acquainted at the Santa Anita Assembly center, where evacuees from this area are awaiting transfer to a War Relocation Authority center to spend the duration.

ARC Identifier 537387
Local Identifier 210-G-C6

Item from Record Group 210: Records of the War Relocation Authority, 1941 - 1947

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):

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. PHONE: 301-837-3530; FAX: 301-837-3621; EMAIL: stillpix@nara.gov.

Production Date(s): 04/06/1942
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-C6

Index Terms:

* Contributors to Authorship and/or Production of the Archival Materials:
o Albers, Clem, Photographer
Copy 1
Copy Status: Preservation
Contact(s):

Media
Media Type: Negative

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