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Primary Source — en-denshopd-i151-00258-1

Family in front of barracks, May 19, 1942, Stockton Assembly Center, California.

Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration (Ctrl.#: NWDNS-210-G-C408; NARA ARC#: 537735; WRA; Photographer Dorothea Lange)

Densho ID: ddr-densho-151-258

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