Original caption: Manzanar, California. Dust storm at this War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry are spending the duration.
Dust Storm at Manzanar War Relocation Authority Center
- 7/3/1942
Description
In 1942, after the United States entered World War II, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 ordering the evacuation of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans from their west coast homes and interning them in 10 relocation centers. This photograph, taken by Dorothea Lange on July 3, 1942, shows the barrack-type housing of Manzanar War Relocation Authority (WRA) Center in California during a dust storm. Lange and other photographers were commissioned by the WRA to document the daily life and treatment of the internees.
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Relocation Authority.
National Archives Identifier: 539961
Full Citation: Photograph of Dust Storm at Manzanar War Relocation Authority Center; 7/3/1942; 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/dust-storm-at-manzanar-war-relocation-authority-center/, April 9, 2026]
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