Keywords: Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Evacuees returning to their former homes in Californ . . . - NARA - 539827.tif Scope and content The full caption for this photograph reads Gila River Relocation Center Rivers Arizona Evacuees returning to their former homes in California by Greyhound bus On September 15 two weeks before the Canal Camp at Rivers Arizona was to close only 635 people remained and 370 of these had bus or train reservations for the following week the Canal Camp once had more than 5 000 residents Most of the people are going out by special Greyhound buses Their property crated for freight shipment is picked up at their homes and stored in project warehouses until it is loaded on the heavy trucking vans Before the relocators leave the Center they secure their travel vouchers and their ration books from the Leave Office and get their special Relocation Grant from the Agent Cashier Farm machinery once used in the production of vegetables and melons for Gila and other centers now is assembled ready to be moved from the Center All the livestock is gone and buildings and fences are being torn down General notes 539827 Local identifier 210-G-K305 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-K305 yes Other versions <gallery> File Gila_River_Relocation_Center _Rivers _Arizona _Evacuees_returning_to_their_former_homes_in_Californ_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_539827 tif tif File Gila_River_Relocation_Center _Rivers _Arizona _Evacuees_returning_to_their_former_homes_in_Californ_ _ _ _-_NARA_-_539827 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Gila River War Relocation Center NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs |