Japanese leave Manzanar

Photograph

Eastern California Museum

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

1994.82.4.2

Description

The photograph was taken in front of Police Department at Manzanar camp with a car parked in front, license plate M115. A number of people are gathered around each side of the vehicle as it gets ready to depart Manzanar Incarceration Camp en route to Reno, NV. Caption reads: Departure by WRA Escort in Station Wagon en route to Reno. Title from caption, which was taken from the original photo album. Departure by WRA Escort in Station Wagon en Route to Reno. "All control over them now a thing of the past, these Japanese internees at Manzanar Relocation Center are shown on November 17, 1943, bidding good-bye to friends who have just signed their way out of confinement and are about to get into a station wagon and head for eastern and midwestern cities." Caption from Jack Iwata collection: "1 b&w; image taken in front of Police Department at Manzanar camp. Automobile parked in front of police department in camp. License plate M115. Many people gathered around the police department. Other barracks in the background."

Collection

Merritt Photo Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Herald Examiner Staff Photographer

Date made

1943 - 1943

Place

City

Manzanar War Relocation Center

County

Inyo County

State/Province

California