Lot 1854

Tanforan assembly center, San Bruno, Calif., cover and letter to Redwood City, postmarked Jul 20, 1942 San Bruno machine cancel, typed Tanforan, San Bruno, Calif. return address, Very Fine. The writer, an articulate young man to a friend, in the 4-page typed letter relates how the camp store holds back on their supply of cigarettes and sweets, selling out each day, so that they have some to sell the next day. He also refers to the acronym WCCA (Wartime Civil Control Administration) by a couple of other off-color definitions. Estimate 300 - 400
Tanforan operated from April 28 through October 13 and had a peak population of 7,818.
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