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Grace Maruki Wertz Collection

Manzanar National Historic Site
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The Grace Maruki Wertz Collection is comprised of photographs from Grace Maruki and her family's experiences during World War II at the Manzanar concentration camp, California. Materials include snapshots of family members in camp as well as a number of portrait photographs of Grace's classmates with handwritten notes and signatures on them.

1942-1945

1942-1945

Manzanar National Historic Site

Courtesy of Manzanar National Historic Site and the Grace Maruki Wertz Collection

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