Machine shops / Mechanics / Vehicle maintenance & repairs / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Relocation camps

Machine shops / Mechanics / Vehicle maintenance & repairs / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Relocation camps
Source :NARA-NWDNS
NaraID :210-G-E698

Photographer :Parker, Tom
Personal Name :N/A
Topical Name :Heart Mountain Relocation Center
Geographical Name :N/A
Institution Name :War Relocation Authority

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.

Date :01/09/1943

State :WY
Country :USA

Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. A young Nisei machinist reparing a truck axle in the machine shop at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. The vital work of maintaining well worn former Civilian Conservation Corps and Forestry Service equipment is carried on by volunteer workers of Japanese ancestry, temporarily residing at the center.