Historical information

With W.W 2, the Owens Valley California became the first Relocation Centre in1942 to house 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry, two thirds of them American citizens, removed from the west coast. Author Jane Wehrey compiled images from private and museum archives.

Significance

Manzanar National Historic site commemorates the life of these Japanese unique communities

Physical description

Rectangular shaped book. Paper, with cardboard cover. Children playing on street at Manzanar.

Inscriptions & markings

Series : Images of America