Information Section.
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Rating |
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File Name |
fla_album_024 |
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Title |
Information Section. |
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Creator |
United States. Army. Signal Corps (photographer) |
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Contributors |
Flaherty, John Melvin (collector) |
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Date |
1942-1945 |
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Description |
Photograph shows the Information Section at Portland, Oregon Assembly Center with a sign that reads "Interpreters and General Information" in English and its equivalent in Japanese characters. The Information Section is staffed by evacuees helping other evacuees. The Portland Assembly Center was formerly known as the North Portland International Livestock Exposition Center. |
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Note |
Caption on album page: "An important phase of the administrative facilities at each assembly center was the information unit, staffed by evacuees under Caucasian direction, where information of all types was available, as well as interpreters if needed. Photo shows the information section at Portland (Oregon) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-2819-PSF |
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Subject-TGM |
Clerks
Communication
Office workers
Relocation camps |
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Subject-LCSH |
Forced migration
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans |
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Subject-Local |
North Portland International Livestock Exposition Center
Portland Assembly Center |
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Geographic Coverage |
Portland -- Oregon |
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Object Type |
Photographic Prints |
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Format |
image/jpg |
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Dimensions |
8 x 10 in. |
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Relation-Is Part Of |
Flaherty Collection: Japanese Internment Photograph Album |
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Rights |
For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives Department. http://library.sjsu.edu/sjsu-special-collections/sjsu-special-collections-and-archives |
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Collection |
Flaherty Collection: Japanese Internment Records |
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Language |
eng |
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Repository |
San Jose State University Library Special Collections & Archives |
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Citation |
Information Section,Flaherty Collection: Japanese Internment Records, MSS-2006-02, San Jose State University, Special Collections & Archives. |
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