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Barrack Interior at Manzanar Concentration Camp

A group of people huddled together at the Manzanar Relocation Center. Behind them a line of short white cloths offer a small amount of privacy.

Image 45.01.08a

Description

Families or other groupings of up to eight people occupied a single 20-by-25-foot barrack room with a stove for heat, a single hanging light bulb, and metal cots. Inmates often hung blankets from the rafters, as shown here at the Manzanar camp, to create some semblance of privacy.

Object ID

45.01.08a

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Lange, Dorothea

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Barrack Interior at Manzanar Concentration Camp

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June 30, 1942

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Photograph

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Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California, United States

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manzanar_Relocation_Center,_Manzanar,_California._A_typical_interior_scene_in_one_of_the_barrack_ap_._._._-_NARA_-_538136.jpg

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Multimedia details

Creator

Lange, Dorothea

Publisher

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.

Date

1942-06-30

Location

Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California, United States

Type

Image

Format

Photograph

File Format

jpg

Subject

Living conditions; Arrival; Concentration camps

Source

Wikimedia / U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Credit Line

Courtesy of National Archives, Central Photographic File of War Relocation Authority

Licensor

Public Domain

MUMI Number

45.01.IMG.016

Creator

Lange, Dorothea

Publisher

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.

Date

1942-06-30

Location

Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California, United States

Type

Image

Format

Photograph

File Format

jpg

Subject

Living conditions; Arrival; Concentration camps

Source

Wikimedia / U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Credit Line

Courtesy of National Archives, Central Photographic File of War Relocation Authority

Licensor

Public Domain

MUMI Number

45.01.IMG.016

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