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Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Not high above Park Avenue, New York City-but high in Owens Valley, California, in the shadow of the High Sierras, this evacuee retains his sense of humor at the Manzanar reception center, April 2, 1942. Photo: Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. Source: National Archives.

Manzanar Relocation Center, Manzanar, California. Not high above Park Avenue, New York City-but high in Owens Valley, California, in the shadow of the High Sierras, this evacuee retains his sense of humor at the Manzanar reception center, April 2, 1942. Photo: Department of the Interior. War Relocation Authority. Source: National Archives.

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