Keywords: San Bruno, California. Supper time, Meal times are the big events of the day at assembly centers. . . . - NARA - 537925.jpg Scope and content The full caption for this photograph reads San Bruno California Supper time Meal times are the big events of the day at assembly centers This is a line-up of evacuees waiting for the B shift at 5 45 pm They carry with them their own dishes and cutlery in bags to protect them from the dust They themselves individually wash their own dishes after each meal since dish washing facilities in the mess halls proved inadequate Most of the residents prefer this second shift because they sometimes get second helpings but the groups are rotated each week There are eighteen mess halls in camp which together accomodate 8 000 persons for three meals a day All food is prepared and served by evacuees General notes 537925 Local identifier 210-G-C625 Department of the Interior War Relocation Authority 02/16/1944 - 06/30/1946 NARA-Author Lange Dorothea 1895-1965 Photographer 1372774 <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 1942-06-16 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-C625 Other versions <gallery> File San_Bruno _California _Supper_time _Meal_times_are_the_big_events_of_the_day_at_assembly_centers _ _ _ _-_NARA_-_537925 tif tif File San_Bruno _California _Supper_time _Meal_times_are_the_big_events_of_the_day_at_assembly_centers _ _ _ _-_NARA_-_537925 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Dorothea Lange Tanforan Assembly Center |