Print, Photographic

Photograph

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Eastern California Museum

Manzanar staff housing with a rock fence and a car in front: Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 3200 dpi
Manzanar staff housing with a rock fence and a car in front

Origformat: Print-Photographic; Resolution: 3200 dpi

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

1994.27.8.9

Description

Photograph of staff housing at Manzanar Incarceration Camp. A stone fence with a wooden gate surrounds the house. In the lower right corner is a car with license plate, "84Z272". In the background are the Sierra Nevada mountains. Handwritten note on the back: "Folks back yard"

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.