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Manzanar National Historic SiteThe dental clinic cared for an average of 100 persons daily. Photo by Dorothea Lange.
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Manzanar National Historic Site
Park Statistics

Acreage       
814 acres

Visitation
86,000 annually

Budget
$916,000 (2004)

Designations

•Land transferred from City of Los Angeles to NPS - April 24, 1997
•National Historic Site - March 3, 1992
•National Historic Landmark - February, 1985
•National Register of Historic Places - July 30, 1976
•California Registered Historical Landmark, No. 850 - January, 1972

 
The orphanage nursery. Photo by Ansel Adams.  

Did You Know?
Manazanar housed the only camp orphanage. Children from three orphanges, foster homes, and those whose parents were taken to prison camps lived together in the Childrens Village.

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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:22 EST