Filling Mattresses at Poston War Relocation Center

5/24/1942

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During World War II, Japanese Americans were targeted and detained at internment camps, including the Colorado River Relocation Center in Poston, Arizona (also known as the Poston War Relocation Center).

The original caption for this photograph reads: Poston, Arizona. Filling straw ticks for mattresses upon arrival at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.

This primary source comes from the Records of the War Relocation Authority.

National Archives Identifier: 536306

Full Citation: Photograph 210-G-D561; Poston, Arizona. Filling straw ticks for mattresses upon arrival at this War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry.; 5/24/1942; 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/filling-mattresses-poston, December 1, 2023]

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