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![[Women's apparel at Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/842/thumbnail)
![[Arriving evacuees, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/843/thumbnail)
![[Cooking in barracks, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/857/thumbnail)
![[Laundry facilities, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/860/thumbnail)
![[Community toilets, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/866/thumbnail)
![[Community showering, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/867/thumbnail)
![[Bathing in tubs, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/868/thumbnail)
![[Waiting in lines, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/880/thumbnail)
![[Camp library, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]]](/internal/media/dispatcher/889/thumbnail)
![[Idleness at camp, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/892/thumbnail)
![[Scavenging for building materials, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/840/thumbnail)
![[Building furniture and repairing barracks, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/841/thumbnail)
![[Waiting in line to receive vaccinations, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/844/thumbnail)
![[Vaccination administration, interior of medical barrack, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/845/thumbnail)
![[Evacuees struggling against dust and wind, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/846/thumbnail)
![[Inspection of incoming and outgoing evacuees, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/847/thumbnail)
![[Hearse arriving at camp hospital, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/848/thumbnail)
![[House captain taking roll for curfew, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/849/thumbnail)
![[Caucasian camp policeman checking for suspicious activity, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/851/thumbnail)
![[Waiting in line at the post office, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/852/thumbnail)
![[Congregation singing at church, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, Califonrina, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/853/thumbnail)
![[Bachelor's quarters in the grandstand, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/854/thumbnail)
![[Reading, sleepinig and practicing music in bachelor's dorm, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/855/thumbnail)
![[New bachelor dorms at Barrack 14, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/856/thumbnail)
![[Dancing couple in barracks, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/9042/thumbnail)
![[Mine sleeping on a cot in her barrack, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/858/thumbnail)
![[Line-drying clothing outdoors, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/862/thumbnail)
![[Women waiting to use the washrooms and showers, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/863/thumbnail)
![[Women's community toilets, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/864/thumbnail)
![[Waiting to use the bathrooms, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/865/thumbnail)
![[Stepping out of showers, over chlorine foot basins, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/869/thumbnail)
![[Sewage system repairs, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/870/thumbnail)
![[Visitors waiting in line to see evacuated friends, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/873/thumbnail)
![[Meeting friends at visitor's room on top of the grandstand, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/874/thumbnail)
![[Observing camp activities from a rooftop, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/875/thumbnail)
![[Outdoor scene with evacuees, barracks and hills, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/876/thumbnail)
![Outdoor scene with barracks and children playing, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/877/thumbnail)
![[Shopping at the canteen, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/878/thumbnail)
![[Waiting in line at the canteen, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/879/thumbnail)
![[Waiting in line to see a movie, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, Calfiornia, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/881/thumbnail)
![[Movie night at the grandstand, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/882/thumbnail)
![[Dining in the mess hall, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/885/thumbnail)
![[Grandstand mess hall scene between meals, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/886/thumbnail)
![[Campaigning for self-government, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/887/thumbnail)
![[Teaching art classes, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/888/thumbnail)
![[Gossiping men and women, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/890/thumbnail)
![[Strolling around the racetrack, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/891/thumbnail)
![[Victory gardens in front of barracks, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/893/thumbnail)
![[Landscape architects beautify the camp, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/896/thumbnail)
![[North Lake aquatic park, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]](/internal/media/dispatcher/680/thumbnail)