Old photos of Salinas

1900s

Salinas, California1906

1940s

Salinas Assembly Center, Salinas, California. Barracks interior at assembly center where persons of . . . - NARA - 53617331 March 1942Salinas Assembly Center, Salinas, California. Persons of Japanese ancestry evacuated from the west . . . - NARA - 53616731 March 1942Salinas Assembly center, California. A panoramic view of the Salinas Assembly center. - NARA - 53744029 May 1942Salinas Assembly center, Salinas, California. A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry at this assembly . . . - NARA - 53616231 March 1942Salinas, Califoria. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry have assembled their baggage which will be taken . . . - NARA - 53619331 March 1942Salinas, California. A family of Japanese descent arrives at this assembly center prior to transfer . . . - NARA - 5361851 April 1942Salinas, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry has been brought to the pa . . . - NARA - 53617031 March 1942Salinas, California. Baggage is being assembled to be taken by truck to the Salinas Assembly center . . . - NARA - 53619131 March 1942Salinas, California. Evacuee girls out for a stroll at the Salinas Assembly center. - NARA - 53617731 March 1942Salinas, California. Looking between two rows of Barracks at the Salinas Assembly center. - NARA - 53617931 March 1942Salinas, California. Makeshift closet in barracks at assembly center. Persons of Japanese ancestry . . . - NARA - 53617231 March 1942Salinas, California. Members of two evacuee families of Japanese ancestry meet at this assembly cen . . . - NARA - 53618331 March 1942Salinas, California. Postal service has been established at this assembly center for evacuees of Ja . . . - NARA - 53617531 March 1942Salinas, California. Quarters of evacuees of Japanese ancestry at assembly center before the street . . . - NARA - 53618031 March 1942Salinas, California. The head of a family of Japanese descent checks in with clerks at this assembl . . . - NARA - 5361891 April 1942Salinas, California. These evacuees, having identified their belongings which were brought to this . . . - NARA - 53616131 March 1942Salinas, California. This baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry was brought in by truc . . . - NARA - 53615931 March 1942Salinas, California. Young evacuees of Japanese descent play baseball on day of arrival at this . . . - NARA - 53618131 March 1942

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