The original caption for this photograph reads: Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Heart Mountain high school campus scene. Classes are housed in tarpaper-covered, barrack-style buildings originally designed as living quarters for the evacuees.
Heart Mountain High School Campus
- 6/1943
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This primary source comes from the Records of the War Relocation Authority.
National Archives Identifier: 537153
Full Citation: Photograph 210-G-B555; Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyoming. Heart Mountain High School Campus Scene; 6/1943; 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/heart-mountain-high-school/, February 23, 2026]
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