Unloading Coal at Heart Mountain Relocation Center
9/15/1942
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The original caption for this photograph, taken by photographer Tom Parker, reads: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. It takes approximately four carloads of coal a day to provide heat for residents at this Wyoming relocation center during the cold winter months. Here a crew of men loading trucks from the coal gondola for delivery to barracks.
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Relocation Authority.
National Archives Identifier: 538770
Full Citation: Photograph 210-G-E107; Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. It takes approximately four carloads of coal a day to provide heat. ; 9/15/1942; Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, 1942 - 1945; Records of the War Relocation Authority, Record Group 210; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/coal-heart-mountain, December 13, 2024]Activities that use this document
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