Canteen scene
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- Created Date
- [1942]
- Description
Photograph shows a busy scene in one of the three canteens at Santa Anita, California Assembly Center. Caption on album page: "Canteens, or center stores, had a wide variety of articles available for sale to evacuees in exchange for script. Photo shows a busy scene in one of the three canteens at Ssanta Anita (California) Assembly Center." SANTA ANITA PHOTO NO. 358
The War Relocation Authority (WRA), together with the Wartime Civil Control Administration (WCCA), the Civil Affairs Division (CAD) and the Office of the Commanding General (OFG) of the Western Defense Command (WDC) operated together to segregate and house some 110,000 men women and children from 1942 to 1945. The collection contains documents and photographs relating to the establishment and administrative workings of the (WDC), the (WRA) and the (WCCA) for the year 1942.
- Creator
United States. Army. Signal Corps: photographer
- Partner
- California Digital Library
- Contributing Institution
- California State University, Dominguez Hills, Archives and Special Collections
- Subjects
- World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Facilities, services, and camp administration
World War II
World War II--Mass removal ('Evacuation')
World War II--Temporary Assembly Centers--Food - Type
- image
- Format
- Photographs
- Rights
- Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
- Chicago citation style
- United States. Army. Signal Corps: photographer. Canteen scene. [1942]. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/5675. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- United States. Army. Signal Corps: photographer, ([1942]) Canteen scene. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/5675
- MLA citation style
- United States. Army. Signal Corps: photographer. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm16855.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16855coll4/id/5675>.