Eleanor Roosevelt receives a bouquet of flowers at the Gila River Relocation Center, 1943

ID: 380 ~ Source: "[Gila River Relocation Center, Rivers, Arizona. Mrs. Yamamoto, former P.T.A. president from San Francisco, and now hear of the Canal Women's Club, presents Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt with a bouquet of flowers, 1943.]" Image. From The National Archives:  Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Public Domain Photographs, 1882 - 1962. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/537080 (accessed March 2, 2018). ~ Creator: War Relocation Authority ~ Date: April 23, 1943
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Eleanor Roosevelt accepts a bouquet of flowers from Mrs. Yamamoto at the Gila River Relocation Center. Yamamoto was a former P.T.A. president from San Francisco, California. She served as the president of the Canal Women's Club while interned at the camp.

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