Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1994.27.1.389Description
Photograph of the sign officially closing the Manzanar Incarceration Camp. "This project officially closed November 21, 1945, no admittance, except on business." The official wooden entrance sign is behind it and the Sierra Nevada are in the background. Caption reads: This project officially closed November 21, 1945. Title from caption, which was taken from the original photo album.Collection
Merritt Photo CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1942 - 1945Place
City
Manzanar War Relocation CenterCounty
Inyo CountyState/Province
CaliforniaProvenance
Notes
Photo album originally belonged to Josephine Hawes, Chief Nurse at Manzanar Hospital, but was donated by Pat Merritt. Captions were written in 1986.