The original caption for this photograph, taken by photographer Dorothea Lange for the War Relocation Authority, reads: “Baseball is the most popular recreation at this War Relocation Authority center with 80 teams having been formed throughout the Center. Most of the playing is done between the barrack blocks.”
Baseball Game at Manzanar Relocation Center
- 7/02/1942
Description
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Relocation Authority.
National Archives Identifier: 538064
Full Citation: Photograph 210-G-C771; Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Baseball is the most popular recreation at this War Relocation Authority center…; 7/02/1942; 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://docsteach.org/document/baseball-manzanar/, March 4, 2026]
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