Railroad stations / Departures / Children / Women / Rations / Japanese-Americans / Japanese-American relocation / Relocation camps
Source :NARA-NWDNS
NaraID :210-G-K378


Photographer :Iwasaki, Hikaru
Personal Name :N/A
Topical Name :Colorado River Relocation Center
Geographical Name :N/A
Institution Name :War Relocation Authority

Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority.

Date :09/00/1945

State :AZ
Country :USA



Colorado River Relocation Center, Poston, Arizona. A relocatee receiving a ration book prior to boarding the west bound train. After the final plans have been made, boxes packed, and grants picked up, the residents of Poston are at last ready to leave the center. Now that so many of their friends have gone out before them, it is with a feeling of anticipation rather than one of sorrow that the evacuees prepare to leave the place which for three years has been home to them.

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