Santa Anita Reception Center Housing Construction April 1942

The Santa Anita Reception Center in Los Angeles County is a historical site of wartime accommodations. In April 1942, construction work took place to provide housing for Japanese and Japanese Americans evacuated from the West Coast under a US Army order. This image from the FSA/OWI Collection documents this significant period in American history.

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