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Mess hall

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ddr-densho-151-433 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i151-00433)

Dorothea Lange Collection

Original caption: Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Messhall #16 at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. An evacuee of 290 persons are fed three meals a day in each messhall, and all work is done by the evacuees themselves.

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