View of the camouflage netting sheds at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, 1 Jul 1942. Many of the camp’s internees worked in these sheds making Camouflage netting by hand for the Army.

Caption     View of the camouflage netting sheds at the Manzanar Relocation Center for deported Japanese-Americans, 1 Jul 1942. Many of the camp’s internees worked in these sheds making Camouflage netting by hand for the Army. ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   210-G-C804
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Internment of Japanese-Americans and Japanese-Canadians   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Manzanar War Relocation Center   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photo Size 2,947 x 2,351 pixels
Photos on Same Day 1 Jul 1942
Photos at Same Place Manzanar, California, United States
Added By David Stubblebine
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
9 Jan 2020 06:58:51 PM

This photograph was taken from one of the guard towers. Photographers were not allowed to photograph the barbed wire or the guard towers so, if they could, they took photos from the towers to prove they existed.

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