Random Observations

"If you do not see what is all around you every day, what will you see when you go to Tangiers?"

-Freeman Patterson, Photography and the Art of Seeing

Guard tower at Manzanar National Historic Site in Independence, California. There were originally 8 guard towers around the perimeter of the Manzanar War Relocation Center, staffed by Military Police with submachine guns. The National Park Service rebuilt this one in 2005.

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Guard tower at Manzanar National Historic Site in Independence, California. There were originally 8 guard towers around the perimeter of the Manzanar War Relocation Center, staffed by Military Police with submachine guns. The National Park Service rebuilt this one in 2005.

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Random Observations

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