Gardens / Landscaping / Departures / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Relocation camps / Women / Children Source :NARA-NWDNS NaraID :210-G-H455 Photographer :Mace, Charles E. Personal Name :N/A Topical Name :Jerome Relocation Center / Block 44 Geographical Name :N/A Institution Name :War Relocation Authority Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. Date :06/20/1944 State :AR Country :USA

Closing of the Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. Block 44 in the Jerome Center is typical of the blocks in which the residents attempted to make the tar paper barracks more livable and homelike. Many beautiful flower beds were evidenced throughout the center and the evacuees were concerned about the fate of their carefully tended gardens after the center closed. Many lost interst, however, on hearing that they were to be moved again.

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