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Date1942-1945
Object Namephotograph
DimensionsH: 7 3/4 in, W: 9 1/2 in
ClassificationsPhotographic Archives
Credit LineGift of Jack and Peggy Iwata
Object number93.102.164
Description1 b&w image of street scene taken at Tule Lake concentration camp. One point perspective as rows of barracks with cars parked along the street fade into a point along the horizon. Angle taken closer to L row of barracks. Dark colored barracks identified by the various office names that hang from signs over the doorway. Readable signs from closest to more distant read: Evacuee property office; Property control, warehouse section office; Consumer enterprises; employment division. Utility poles and wire line the streets toward the C of the image.

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