Photograph of incarcerees waiting to be processed at Manzanar Incarceration Camp. The center table is full of forms and other paperwork. On the left are two men seated behind the table. People are lined up on the other side of the table filling the rest of the room. The open doorway shows barracks and the Sierra Nevada. People are holding identification tags. Man at table has pen in hand, and is holding a family identification tag in the other hand. The three on the bottom right are wearing lettermen jackets and varsity sweaters. Caption reads: Registering incoming evacuees. Title from caption, which was taken from the original photo album.
Caption from the Jack Iwata collection: "1 b&w; interior shot of people awaiting to be processed. C is table full of forms and other paperwork. On L, 2 men are seated behind table. People are lined up against the wall and on the other side of table. Open doorway shows barracks and mountains. People are holding identification tags. Man at table has pen in hand, and is holding a family identification tag in the other hand. 3 at BR closest to the table are wearing lettermen jackets and varsity sweaters."
Collection
Merritt Photo Collection
Made/Created
Date made
1942 - 1945
Place
City
Manzanar War Relocation Center
County
Inyo County
State/Province
California
Provenance
Notes
Belonged to Manzanar War Relocation Center Director Ralph Merritt
