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Tule Lake Relocation Center near Newell, Calif., 1942 or 43. We're starting the week with 10 photos from the Japanese American relocation camps of World War II. This one is unattributed; the rest are by Ansel Adams. View full size.
I'm glad Adams didn't take this. What happened to their feet?
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