Keywords: Poston, Arizona. One of the many block mess halls used as a storehouse for evacuee property when it . . . - NARA - 539859.jpg Scope and content The full caption for this photograph reads Poston Arizona One of the many block mess halls used as a storehouse for evacuee property when it was no longer needed to feed the people From these temporary storage places boxes for freight and express went by truck to Parker Arizona the nearest railroad station Units II and III of the Colorado River Relocation Center Poston Arizona meet their scheduled closings ahead of the deadline These two camps which at one time had a combined population of more than 8 500 Japanese Americans are now completely deserted General notes 539859 Local identifier 210-G-K337 Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority 02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946 NARA-Author Iwasaki Hikaru 1923- Photographer 8464103 <br /> Still Picture Records Section Special Media Archives Services Division NWCS-S National Archives at College Park 8601 Adelphi Road College Park MD 20740-6001 09/1945 Record group Record Group 210 Records of the War Relocation Authority 1941 - 1989 Record group ARC 537 Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority compiled 1942 - 1945 Series ARC 536000 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NWDNS-210-G-K337 Other versions <gallery> File Poston _Arizona _One_of_the_many_block_mess_halls_used_as_a_storehouse_for_evacuee_property_when_it_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_539859 tif tif File Poston _Arizona _One_of_the_many_block_mess_halls_used_as_a_storehouse_for_evacuee_property_when_it_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_539859 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Poston War Relocation Center Mess halls in the US military |