Watchtower.
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Rating |
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File Name |
fla_album_018 |
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Title |
Watchtower. |
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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 guard on duty in watchtower at Tanforan Assembly Center in San Bruno, California. |
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Note |
Caption on album page: "The military were responsible for the external security of the Assembly Centers in the interest of all factors. In addition to details of Military Police assigned to the external boundaries of the Centers, guard towers were erected at strategic points and a watch kept for fires or other dangers. Photo shows guard on duty in watchtower at Tanforan (California) Assembly Center." SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO 9CA-42-2255-PSF |
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Subject-TGM |
Guards
Relocation camps
Soldiers
Watch towers |
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Subject-LCSH |
Forced migration
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Tanforan Assembly Center (San Bruno, Calif.)
World War II, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans |
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Geographic Coverage |
San Bruno -- California |
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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 |
Watchtower,Flaherty Collection: Japanese Internment Records, MSS-2006-02, San Jose State University, Special Collections & Archives. |
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