Meat cutting / Meat / Saws / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Relocation camps

Meat cutting / Meat / Saws / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Relocation camps
Source :NARA-NWDNS
NaraID :210-G-E841

Photographer :Parker, Tom
Personal Name :Sam Takeda
Topical Name :Rohwer Relocation Center
Geographical Name :N/A
Institution Name :War Relocation Authority

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.

Date :03/10/1943

State :AR
Country :USA

Rohwer Relocation Center, McGehee, Arkansas. Sam Takeda, a former west coast butcher, cutting a beef quarter in the refrigeration room at the Rohwer Center. With meat rationing strictly adhered to, only experienced butchers are employed in distributing the limited meat supply to mess hall kitchens. They are recurited from center residents, former west coast persons of Japanese ancestry.