Sign

Name/Title

Sign

Entry/Object ID

1994.80.88a-b

Description

1994.80.88a--Weathered wooden sign with "Manzanar Limit War Relocation Area" painted in black across top. It also has Japanese writing down both sides. 1994.80.88b--Poster (encapsulated in mylar by museum staff) pinned to front of sign with the translation of the Japanese writing on the left side as "Area Boundary Line" and the translation of the Japanese writing on the right side as "Wartime Relocation Site." Accompanying the translation is a photograph of one of these signs in situ taken by Toyo Miyatake in 1944.

Collection

Shiro and Mary Nomura Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1942 - 1945

Place

City

Manzanar War Relocation Center

County

Inyo County

State/Province

California