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Temporary Japanese American detention center being built in Pacific International Livestock Exposition building

Photograph showing the exterior of the Pacific International Livestock Exposition building, while being converted to a temporary detention center for Japanese Americans in the Portland area. A man stands next to the wooden framing for a long fence, and wire mesh can be seen on the ground extending into the distance. Two small (ticket booth?) buildings can be seen inside the fenced area, next to the Exposition building (negative 8 of 8).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Temporary Japanese American detention center being built in Pacific International Livestock Exposition building

Photograph taken from a high angle, looking downward at an arena at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition building. After Executive Order 9066, the building served as a temporary detention center for Japanese Americans, From May through September of 1942, awaiting eventual transfer to more permanent incarceration centers. A man stands in the center of the empty arena, which is surrounded by tiered wooden bleacher seats (negative 1 of 8).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998

Temporary Japanese American detention center being built in Pacific International Livestock Exposition building

Photograph showing workers converting the interior of the Pacific International Livestock Exposition building, to a temporary detention center for Japanese Americans in the Portland area. Pieces of wood are lined up on dirt flooring, and wooden timber framing can be seen throughout the image (negative 6 of 8).

Monner, Al (Alfred Anthony), 1909-1998