"Barracks To House Evacuated Japanese -- The first of 350 such barracks to house 10,000 Japanese evacuated from Southern California cities took shape March 19 as carpenters worked in 10-hour shifts to build a huge reception center at Manzanar in the Owens Valley east of the rugged Sierra Nevada. Within a few days the first Japanese were to come. The big community is being prepard under the direction of Lt. Gen. John L. Dewitt of the Western Defense Command."--caption on photograph JARDA-4-06 Jump to Content

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Title:

"Barracks To House Evacuated Japanese -- The first of 350 such barracks to house 10,000 Japanese evacuated from Southern California cities took shape March 19 as carpenters worked in 10-hour shifts to build a huge reception center at Manzanar in the Owens Valley east of the rugged Sierra Nevada. Within a few days the first Japanese were to come. The big community is being prepard under the direction of Lt. Gen. John L. Dewitt of the Western Defense Command."--caption on photograph JARDA-4-06

Subject:

Japanese American Relocation photograph collection,

Japanese in the U.S. -- Relocation -- California -- Manzanar

Photos 1-10

Publisher:

University of Southern California. Library. Dept. of Special Collections. Regional History Collection.

Date:

1942-03-19

Type:

image

Identifier:

http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf2c60059s

http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf2c60059s

JARDA-4-06