Blocks 6 and 12 Under Construction

Name/Title

"Blocks 6 and 12 Under Construction"

Entry/Object ID

1994.82.5.21

Description

Photograph taken at Manzanar Incarceration Camp, of the camp under construction. Cleared land with an open trench running along the center of the picture, two pipes are laying in the foreground of the picture. Barracks are under construction in rows on either side of the open trench. In the background are the snow-covered Sierra Nevada. Caption for Jack Iwata collection: "1 b&w; image taken at an unspecified California concentration camp. Landscape scene of camp under construction. Flat land with a long open trench running along the center of the picture. Barracks under construction are in rows on both sides of the open trench. A pile of pipes are on the right foreground. Far background are mountains partially covered with snow."

Collection

Merritt Photo Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1942

Place

City

Manzanar War Relocation Center

County

Inyo County

State/Province

California