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Newly assembled barracks, photographer Dorothea Lange, Apr. 29, 1942, Tanforan Assembly Center, California.

Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, Ctrl. #: NWDNS-210-G-C324, NARA ARC #: 537670, WRA, Photographer Dorothea Lange

Densho ID: ddr-densho-151-19

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