Two temporary detention centers, Santa Anita and Tanforan , were former racetracks.Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese American InternmentAt Santa Anita, they would joke darkly about living in barrack 28, units 24 and 25, where Seabiscuit used to live.
Kids ice skating at Heart Mountain in January 1943. The original caption describes the central boy as a “former Californian” on his third try learning the sport. Photo: Tom Parker for WRA via National Archives A basketball game between the Heart Mountain and Powell High School girls' teams in March 1943. Heart Mountain won 32-24. Photo: Hikaru Iwasaki for WRA via National Archives
A former tournament runner-up in California practices his swing at Topaz detention center in Utah in October 1942. Photo: Tom Parker for WRA via National Archives
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