Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation,[Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.] (LOC)

Japanese-American camp, war emergency evacuation,[Tule Lake Relocation Center, Newell, Calif.]

 

1942 or 1943.

 

1 transparency : color.

 

Notes:

Original caption card speculated that this photo was part of a series taken by Russell Lee to document Japanese Americans in Malheur County, Ore. Re-identified as Tule Lake because of similarity to LC-USW36-789, which shows Abalone Mountain.

Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.

Photo shows eight women standing in front of a camp barber shop.

Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

 

Subjects:

Japanese Americans.

World War, 1939-1945.

Concentration camps.

Women.

Barbershops.

United States--California--Newell

 

Format: Transparencies--Color

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-55 (DLC) 93845501

 

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35014

 

Call Number: LC-USW36-787

 

 

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