Tanforan Assembly Center barracks
PARTNER
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
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OBJECT ID
ddr-csujad-52-20 (CSUJAD Local ID: hslb_npc_0024, CSUJAD Project ID: hslb_npc_0024)
PARENT COLLECTION
Historical Society of Long Beach Newspaper Photograph Collection
DESCRIPTION
Caption above image reads, "TANFORAN INTERNMENT CAMP--Looking from the grandstand of the old Tanforan Race Track, some 170 barracks can be seen that housed Japanese-Americans during World War II. The Tanforan internment camp was located near present-day San Bruno. A government report has been released recently and it blames the internment on prejudice and hysteria." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_npc_0024
DATE
4/21/1942
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Photographs
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
FACILITY
CREATORS
- Associated Press (publisher)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Historical Society of Long Beach, Long Beach, California
PREFERRED CITATION
Courtesy of Historical Society of Long Beach, Long Beach, California
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted