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Image: Poston, Arizona. Mrs. A.D. Franchville, Superintendent of Home Economics on detail to Poston from D . . . - NARA - 539890

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Description: Scope and content: The full caption for this photograph reads: Poston, Arizona. Mrs. A.D. Franchville, Superintendent of Home Economics on detail to Poston from Denver, Colorado, poses with a group of Hopi Indians near their new barrack-homes in Poston, Arizona. Although Poston, Arizona is soon to be closed to Japanese Americans, it has already seen the beginning of a new group of residents, the American Indians. On September 1st, 16 families- a total of 78 people- came to Poston from the Hopi Indian Reservation at Kings Canyon, Arizona. They moved into one of the blocks and seem to like it very much.
Title: Poston, Arizona. Mrs. A.D. Franchville, Superintendent of Home Economics on detail to Poston from D . . .
Credit: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Author: Iwasaki, Hikaru, 1923-, Photographer (NARA record: 8464103)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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