Print, Photographic

Manzanar barracks with Sierra Nevada in the background: Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 1200 dpi
Manzanar barracks with Sierra Nevada in the background

Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 1200 dpi

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1994.27.8.3

Description

Photograph of Manzanar Incarceration Camp taken from a guard tower looking toward the snow-covered Inyo mountains. Several blocks of the camp are visible with a utility pole in the lower right corner. Caption from Seiko Ishida's photo album: "Scenes of Manzanar, [barracks and mountain landscape]" Unverified information: Photo taken from sentry watch tower #4, Bock 24.

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.