IMAGE

Making Straw Mattresses

Japanese evacuees fill white mattresses with straw sticks upon arrival at a War Relocation Authority center.

Image 45.01.07b

Description

One of the first things Japanese Americans, like the Yasui family, did upon arriving at “assembly centers” was to stuff bags with straw to make their mattresses.

Object ID

45.01.07b

Citation (Chicago-style 18th Edition)

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Multimedia details

Creator

Clark, Fred

Publisher

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.

Date

1942-05-21

Location

Poston, Arizona, United States

Type

Image

Format

Photograph

File Format

jpg

Extent

1.44 MB

Subject

Living conditions; Arrival; Concentration camps

Source

Wikimedia / U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Credit Line

Courtesy of U.S. National Archives, Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division

Licensor

Public Domain

MUMI Number

45.01.IMG.014

Creator

Clark, Fred

Publisher

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.

Date

1942-05-21

Location

Poston, Arizona, United States

Type

Image

Format

Photograph

File Format

jpg

Extent

1.44 MB

Subject

Living conditions; Arrival; Concentration camps

Source

Wikimedia / U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

Credit Line

Courtesy of U.S. National Archives, Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division

Licensor

Public Domain

MUMI Number

45.01.IMG.014

No Known Copyright

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