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Office Memorandum from Honora Costigan to Margaret S. Watkins regarding defense planning; Sections: Plan of Activity; Rest Centers; Riverside City Council; Emergency Homes; Training of Volunteers; Questions Asked
Date: March 11, 1942
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Caption: "Department of Agriculture - Plant Quarantine Inspection Station - Ft. Yuma. State Department of Public Works, Division of Architecture." Design and drawing by Alfred Eichler. Built in 1930. This was one of the first border stations and was situated in desert country; its purpose was to provide a stopping place for inspection of motor traffic coming into California in order to enforce quarantine against insect infestation of California agricultural products. Project for Department of Agriculture.
Date: 1930