First of the 10,000 that were to follow
PARTNER
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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OBJECT ID
ddr-csujad-47-34 (CSUJAD Local ID: ecm_merritt_0061, CSUJAD Project ID: ecm_merritt_0061)
PARENT COLLECTION
Eastern California Museum Merritt Photo Collection
DESCRIPTION
Photograph from the highway in front of Manzanar incarceration camp. A caravan of cars and trucks is arriving at Manzanar. The lead car is about to make the turn into the camp from the highway. The road disapears into the Alabama Hills, with a line of cars stretching the entire distance. Along the right side of the road are several armed United States military police, behind them are a police car and jeep. Caption reads: First of the 10,000 that were to follow, March 23, 1942. 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_0061
DATE
3/23/1942
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
FACILITY
CREATORS
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Eastern California Museum
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of California State University Japanese American Digitization Project
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted
