"Main complaint of the Japanese men is that they have nothing to do. Alternative is to watch someone else work. Curious groups gather wherever the white construction workers erect new buildings like this recreation hall. No Japanese labor is used here. Other Japanese men, inherently agile, stand in line to use the ping-pong table."--caption on photograph JARDA-5-01

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"Main complaint of the Japanese men is that they have nothing to do. Alternative is to watch someone else work. Curious groups gather wherever the white construction workers erect new buildings like this recreation hall. No Japanese labor is used here. Other Japanese men, inherently agile, stand in line to use the ping-pong table."--caption on photograph

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Title:

"Main complaint of the Japanese men is that they have nothing to do. Alternative is to watch someone else work. Curious groups gather wherever the white construction workers erect new buildings like this recreation hall. No Japanese labor is used here. Other Japanese men, inherently agile, stand in line to use the ping-pong table."--caption on photograph JARDA-5-01

Subject:

Japanese American Relocation photograph collection,

Japanese in the U.S. -- Relocation -- California -- Santa Anita

Photos 1-10

Publisher:

University of Southern California. Library. Dept. of Special Collections. Regional History Collection.

Date:

1942-04-07

Type:

image

Identifier:

JARDA-5-01

ark:/13030/tf1p3009z6

http://www.usc.edu/libraries/archives/arc/libraries/regional/

Collection:

Japanese American Relocation photograph collection,

Contributing Institution:

University of Southern California, Regional History Collection

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