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People in the camps ate their meals in communal mess halls.

Clem Albers and Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration1942-04-02

U.S. National Archives
United States

People in the camps ate their meals in communal mess halls like this one at the Manzanar Relocation Center.

Clem Albers April 2, 1942

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Title: People in the camps ate their meals in communal mess halls.
Creator: Clem Albers, Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum of the National Archives and Records Administration
Date Created: 1942-04-02
Location: Manzanar, California
Type: Photograph
Original Source: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/210.html

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