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| Title | Army-issued folding cot used at Camp Minidoka, 1942 |
| Photographer | Richard Nicol |
| Date | 1942 |
| Notes | The Minidoka Relocation Center was one of the wartime internment camps established for people of Japanese descent, as a result of Executive Order 9066. Minidoka, located in south central Idaho, occupied a 33, 000-acre site, included more than 600 buildings and housed approximately 13, 000 internees from Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. It was in operation from August 1942 until October 1945. |
| Location | United States--Washington (State)--King County; |
| Digital Collection | King County Museum Collections
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| Note About Ownership | This record describes one of more than three hundred artifacts, photographs and documents, submitted by members of the Association of King County Historical Organizations. The King County Collects project took place during the county's sesquicentennial in 2001, to celebrate the shared collection of AKCHO's 205 members. The information presented here is the responsibility of the AKCHO organization which submitted the item for inclusion in the project. |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or inquire about permissions contact: bfisher@wingluke.org. Please cite the Image Number. |
| Credit Line | Wing Luke Asian Museum Photograph Collection |
| Repository | Wing Luke Asian Museum |
| Type | Image |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit color, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using CONTENTdm's image import. |
| Accession/Acquisition Number | #1992.045.001 |
