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TITLE Relocation Office, Manzanar DESCRIPTION Relocation Office, Manzanar Sign posted on outside wall of office: "Manzanar Population / Cumulative Total 11,063 / Sept. 30, 1945 2891 / Oct. 25, 1945 1520 / Nov 15 268" Caption translation [Noriko Sanefuji]: "Billboard in front of the Relocation office, announces current Manzanar population. The total cumulative population was 11061. However, by the end of September 1945 there were only 2891 people. A month later, on October 25, the number is down to nearly one-half, 1520. On November 8, there were only 833 people. Resettlement was taking place steadily [after the war ended on August 15, 1945]." CONTEXT Miyatake smuggled a lens into camp and took pictures using a homemade camera. CREDIT Toyo Miyatake The Days of Manzanar DATE 1945 |
