New arrivals at Manzanar fill mattresses with straw
PARTNER
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-csujad-52-27 (CSUJAD Local ID: hslb_npc_0031, CSUJAD Project ID: hslb_npc_0031)
PARENT COLLECTION
Historical Society of Long Beach Newspaper Photograph Collection
DESCRIPTION
Caption pasted on reverse of image reads, "Japanese evacuees who arrived at the alien reception center at Manzanar, Calif., Mar. 24, 1942, fill mattresses with straw as they prepared to spend their first night in their new homes. The emigres were among the first in the greatest forced migration in the nation's history." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: hslb_npc_0031
DATE
3/24/1942
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