Name/Title
"The "Volunteers" Dig Ditches"Entry/Object ID
1994.82.5.20Description
Photograph of men digging an irrigation channel at Manzanar Incarceration Camp. About 12-13 men with pickaxes and shovels digging and clearing brush. They are beside an irrigation ditch. The Sierra Nevada are to the left in the background with a little snow on their peaks. Car parked to the left with a man holding a camera standing next to the open car door. Barracks and utility poles are in the distant background. Caption reads: "Volunteers" Dig Ditches. Title from caption, which was taken from the original photo album
Caption from the Jack Iwata collection: "1 b&w; image taken at an unspecified California concentration camp. Exterior shot of men digging an irrigation channel. About 12-13 men with pickaxes and shovels digging and clearing brush. They are beside a ditch. Mountains to the left in the background with a little snow. Water is in the ditch. Car parked to the L, man holding a camera is standing next to the open car door. Barracks and utility poles are in the background."Collection
Merritt Photo CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1942Place
City
Manzanar War Relocation CenterCounty
Inyo CountyState/Province
California