Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Eastern California Museum

Manzanar with snow on the ground, guard tower in the background: Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 1200 dpi
Manzanar with snow on the ground, guard tower in the background

Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 1200 dpi

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1994.27.8.2

Description

Photograph of cleared ground at Manzanar Incarceration Camp with puddles and melting snow on the ground. In the distance a guard tower is visible and the snow-covered Sierra Nevada are in the background. Caption from Seiko Ishida's photo album: "Scenes of Manzanar, [landscape with tower]"

Collection

Merritt Photo Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1942 - 1945

Place

City

Manzanar War Relocation Center

County

Inyo County

State/Province

California

Provenance

Notes

Photo album originally belonged to Josephine Hawes, Chief Nurse at Manzanar Hospital, but was donated by Pat Merritt. Captions were written in 1986.