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OBJECT ID

ddr-csujad-47-26 (CSUJAD Local ID: ecm_merritt_0053, CSUJAD Project ID: ecm_merritt_0053)

PARENT COLLECTION

Eastern California Museum Merritt Photo Collection

DESCRIPTION

Photograph of incarcerees waiting to be processed at Manzanar incarceration camp. The center table is full of forms and other paperwork. On the left are two men seated behind the table. People are lined up on the other side of the table filling the rest of the room. The open doorway shows barracks and the Sierra Nevada. People are holding identification tags. Man at table has pen in hand, and is holding a family identification tag in the other hand. The three on the bottom right are wearing lettermen jackets and varsity sweaters. Caption reads: Registering incoming evacuees. Title from caption, which was taken from the original photo album. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: ecm_merritt_0053

CONTRIBUTOR

Eastern California Museum

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of California State University Japanese American Digitization Project

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