1942 Santa Anita Reception Center Construction for Evacuation

The image captures the construction of accommodations at the Santa Anita reception center in Los Angeles County, California, in 1942. During World War II, the U.S. government ordered the evacuation of Japanese and Japanese-Americans from West Coast areas. This site served as one of the assembly centers for those displaced.

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