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Centerville, Cal., April 1942 - a Japanese farmer harvesting cauliflower on a ranch near Centerville - he ... will be housed in a war relocation authority center for the duration of the war

Centerville, Cal., April 1942 - a Japanese farmer harvesting cauliflow...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-49. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

Manzanar, Calif., April 1942 - distributor of one of the 150 impounded automobiles owned by evacuees of Japanese ancestry assigned to the War Relocation Authority Center

Manzanar, Calif., April 1942 - distributor of one of the 150 impounded...

Photo attributed to Clem Albers. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. B-67. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Co... More

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942--Residents, of Japanese ancestry, appearing at the Civil control station for registration in response to the Army's exclusion order No. 20--The evacuees will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942--Residents, of Japanese ancestry, app...

No. A-515. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - evacuees of Japanese descent among a contingent of 664, first to be removed from San Francisco, awaiting buses to transport them to the Santa Anita reception center at Arcadia, to be transported, later, to war relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - evacuees of Japanese descent among...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-525. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Informatio... More

Two Japanese evacuee families meeting at assembly center, Salinas rodeo grounds

Two Japanese evacuee families meeting at assembly center, Salinas rode...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-237. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress).

[Japanese-American boarding up store front before evacuation, San Francisco]

[Japanese-American boarding up store front before evacuation, San Fran...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collectio... More

Civilian exclusion order #5, posted at First and Front streets, directing removal by April 7 of persons of Japanese ancestry, from the first San Francisco section to be affected by evacuation

Civilian exclusion order #5, posted at First and Front streets, direct...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and photo mount. Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-40. "OWI V 76." Forms part of: Farm Security A... More

Japanese relocation, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japanese ancestry at an assembly center in Salinas, California, prior to a War Relocation Authority center

Japanese relocation, California. Baggage belonging to evacuees of Japa...

Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Los Angeles, Calif., April 1942 - toys in store window

Los Angeles, Calif., April 1942 - toys in store window

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress).

Lone Pine, Calif. May 1942--Three Japanese-American girls with suitcases, who have just arrived by train from Elk Grove and who will be transported by bus from Lone Pine to Manzanar, a war relocation authority center where they will remain for the duration of war

Lone Pine, Calif. May 1942--Three Japanese-American girls with suitcas...

Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). US War Relocation Authority. No. D-531.

Santa Anita reception center, Arcadia, Calif., April 1942

Santa Anita reception center, Arcadia, Calif., April 1942

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. B-415. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress).

Mountain View, Calif., April 1942 - a grandmother and the youngest of 13 grandchildren photographed on a ranch in Santa Clara county before evacuees of Japanese ancestry were transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

Mountain View, Calif., April 1942 - a grandmother and the youngest of ...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-532. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). ... More

Manzanar, Calif., April 1942. Mealtime at the Japanese war relocation center

Manzanar, Calif., April 1942. Mealtime at the Japanese war relocation ...

Photograph showing several generations of Japanese Americans at meal time. Caption continues: In housing, as well as at mealtime, family life is preserved. LC-USE618-D-5074. Forms part of: Farm Security Adminis... More

Oakland, Calif. Apr. 1942. Members of the Japanese Independent congregational church attending Easter services prior to evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from certain West Coast areas, and housing in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

Oakland, Calif. Apr. 1942. Members of the Japanese Independent congreg...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-71. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

[Family upon arrival at Manzanar]

[Family upon arrival at Manzanar]

Relocation of Japanese-Americans. California. (Same family as in LC-USZ62-43695). Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-297. Farm Secur... More

[Evacuees of Japanese descent at the assembly center from which they will be transferred ultimately to a War Relocation Authority center for the duration of the war, Salinas, Calif.]

[Evacuees of Japanese descent at the assembly center from which they w...

Man and woman in room. Photo attributed to Clem Albers. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-224. Farm Security Administration and Offi... More

Los Angeles, Calif., April 1942 - A shop just before Japanese were evacuated from "Little Tokyo"

Los Angeles, Calif., April 1942 - A shop just before Japanese were eva...

Shop window of Asahi Dye Works with sign reading: "Closing, we won't take it to Owens Valley for U." Typed caption on label that is crossed out in pencil reads: War migration of Japanese. Caption reads: Last ca... More

Japanese relocation, California. Ester Naite, an office worker from Los Angeles, is shown operating an electric iron in her quarters at Manzanar, California, a War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry will spend the duration. Miss Naito works in an office at the center

Japanese relocation, California. Ester Naite, an office worker from Lo...

Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Part of the contingent [of] 664 residents of Japanese ancestry, first to be evacuated from San Francisco, under the US Army exclusion order No. 20, who will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Part of the contingent [of] 664 resid...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-85. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - a family unit kept intact in the various phases of evacuation, at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - a family unit kept intact in the v...

Japanese-Americans, including boy wearing "Remember Pearl Harbor Hat." Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authorit... More

Japanese relocation, California. Maye Noma, behind the plate, and Tomi Nagao, at bat, in a practice game between members of the Chick-a-dee softball team, which was kept intact when the players were evacuated from Los Angeles to Manzanar, California, a War Relocation Authority Center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry

Japanese relocation, California. Maye Noma, behind the plate, and Tomi...

Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1942. A large sign reading "I am an American" placed in the window of a store, at 13th and Franklin streets, on December 8, the day after Pearl Harbor. The store was closed following orders to persons of Japanese descent to evacuate from certain West Coast areas. The owner, a University of California graduate, will be housed with hundreds of evacuees in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1942. A large sign reading "I am an American" pl...

Photograph shows the Wanto Co. store located at 401 - 403 Eighth and Franklin Streets in Oakland, California. The business was owned by the Matsuda family. Tatsuro Matsuda, a University of California graduate, ... More

Manzanar, Calif. Apr. 1942--Yaeko Yamashita, in doorway, watching Fugiko Koba trying a new pair of geta, which are stilt-like sandals especially useful in dust--They are evacuees of Japanese descent living at the War relocation authority center / photo by Albers.

Manzanar, Calif. Apr. 1942--Yaeko Yamashita, in doorway, watching Fugi...

Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). US War relocation authority. No. B14.

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - scene at Wartime Civil Control Administration station when the first group of 664 persons of Japanese ancestry was evacuated from San Francisco

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - scene at Wartime Civil Control Adm...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-94. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

Residents of Japanese ancestry awaiting the bus at the Wartime Civil Control sta., San Francisco, Apr. 1942

Residents of Japanese ancestry awaiting the bus at the Wartime Civil C...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-92. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry, in response to the US Army's Exclusion order No. 20, appearing at the Civil control station and being registered for housing in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry, in ...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card and photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-517. Farm Security Administration and Office o... More

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry registering for evacuation and housing, later, in War relocation authority centers for duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry regi...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card and photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-572. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Librar... More

Amer. Legion and Boy Scouts in Memorial Day services at Manzanar relocation center

Amer. Legion and Boy Scouts in Memorial Day services at Manzanar reloc...

Relocation of Japanese-Americans, Calif. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. D-538. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Infor... More

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - Evacuees of Japanese descent being inoculated as they register for evacuation

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - Evacuees of Japanese descent being...

Two small girls being inoculated, as several other people watch. Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No.... More

Lone Pine, Calif., May 1942 - a group arriving by train from Elk Grove, and boarding a bus for Manzanar, a War relocation authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry from certain West Coast area[s], will stay for the duration of the war

Lone Pine, Calif., May 1942 - a group arriving by train from Elk Grove...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. D-532. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). ... More

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. First-graders, some of Japanese ancestry, at the Weill public school pledging allegience to the United States flag. The evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. First-graders, some of Japanese anc...

Relocation of Japanese-Americans. Calif. Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title transcribed from photo mount. Photograph ... More

[A sign, showing a drawing of a Japanese head and reading "Get in trim for fighting him. Swim at Sutro's," posted on a building, San Francisco, Calif.]

[A sign, showing a drawing of a Japanese head and reading "Get in tri...

No. A-43. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress).

Oakland, Calif., Feb. 1942, World War II photo

Oakland, Calif., Feb. 1942, World War II photo

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-36. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

[Mother and three children on train from Los Angeles to Manzanar]

[Mother and three children on train from Los Angeles to Manzanar]

Relocation of Japanese-Americans, California. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-283. Farm Security Administration and Office of War ... More

San Leandro, California, Apr. 1942

San Leandro, California, Apr. 1942

Japanese-American standing beside flower bed in his greenhouse prior to evacuation to War Relocation Authority center for the duration of the war. Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information... More

San Pedro, Calif. Apr. 1942--Residents of Japanese ancestry being moved from Los Angeles harbor before their eventual resettlement in war relocation authority centers

San Pedro, Calif. Apr. 1942--Residents of Japanese ancestry being move...

Women and children in back of truck. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). US War Relocation Authority. No. B-28.

San Francisco, Calif., June 1942 - An early comer, part of the first contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry to be evacuated from San Francisco, later to be housed in war relocation authority centers for the duration

San Francisco, Calif., June 1942 - An early comer, part of the first c...

Japanese American boy seated, full-length, on duffel bag, facing right. U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-84. Forms part of: Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress).

[A young girl of Japanese ancestry identifying her baggage at assembly center, Salinas, Calif.]

[A young girl of Japanese ancestry identifying her baggage at assembly...

Photo attributed to Clem Albers. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-204. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information C... More

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - Children of the Weill public school, from the so-called international settlement, shown in a flag pledge ceremony. Some of them are evacuees of Japanese ancestry who will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942 - Children of the Weill public schoo...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title transcribed from photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. ... More

A group of men standing next to each other, San Francisco, Calif., April 1942

A group of men standing next to each other, San Francisco, Calif., Apr...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-514. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collect... More

Santa Anita reception center, Arcadia, Calif., April 1942 - a general view of quarters for evacuees of Japanese ancestry who will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war

Santa Anita reception center, Arcadia, Calif., April 1942 - a general ...

Photo attributed to Clem Albers. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. B-406. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information C... More

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Early comers, part of the first contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry to be evacuated from San Francisco, who will later be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Early comers, part of the first conti...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-83. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

Residents of Japanese descent registering for evacuation at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station, San Francisco, April, 1942

Residents of Japanese descent registering for evacuation at the Wartim...

Photo attributed to Clem Albers. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-274. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information C... More

San Francisco, April 1942 - relocation story

San Francisco, April 1942 - relocation story

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-526. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Informatio... More

Japanese relocation, California. All baggage is inspected before newcomers enter the Santa Anita Park Assembly Center at Arcadia, California, for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees are transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration

Japanese relocation, California. All baggage is inspected before newco...

Officer inspecting Japanese American woman's suitcase. Caption card lists some of the printing history for image. Title and other information from caption card. Office for Emergency Management. Transfer; United... More

Calif., San Pedro, Apr. 1942 - evacuation of Japanese-Americans to relocation authority centers - caravan of 74 cars, with many military escort vehicles, W. 7th St. & S. Pac. Ave

Calif., San Pedro, Apr. 1942 - evacuation of Japanese-Americans to rel...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress).

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - evacuees of Japanese descent being inoculated as they registered for evacuation, and assignment, later, to war relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - evacuees of Japanese descent being ...

Men and women in line being inoculated by nurse. Photograph attributed to Dorothea Lange. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. J7647. No. A-503. Forms part of: Farm Security Administration and Office... More

Manzanar, Calif., June 1942 - Ichiro Okumura, 22, from Venice, Calif., thinning young plants in a 2-acre field of white radishes...

Manzanar, Calif., June 1942 - Ichiro Okumura, 22, from Venice, Calif.,...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). Caption car... More

Oakland, Calif., April 1942 - War relocation story

Oakland, Calif., April 1942 - War relocation story

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-542. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Informatio... More

Japanese evacuees, San Francisco

Japanese evacuees, San Francisco

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-87. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

Shoppers reading US Army exclusion order No. 20 directing evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry, San Francisco

Shoppers reading US Army exclusion order No. 20 directing evacuation o...

Photo attributed to Dorothea Lange. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-41. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information... More

Calif., San Pedro, Apr. 1942 - Evacuation of Japanese-Americans to relocation authority centers - part of fleet of fishing boats tied up at Terminal Island, owned by Japanese-Americans

Calif., San Pedro, Apr. 1942 - Evacuation of Japanese-Americans to rel...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. B-79. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress).

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. Children at the Weill public school for the so-called international settlement and including many Japanese-Americans, saluting the flag. They include evacuees of Japanese descent who will be housed in War relocation authority centers for the duration

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. Children at the Weill public school...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title transcribed from photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. Farm Security Administration and Office o... More

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. A lunch hour scene at the Weill public school in the so-called international section. Many children of Japanese ancestry like the boy shown here with his Caucasian chum, were evacuated with their parents from this neighborhood, to go to the War relocation authority centers for the duration of the war

San Francisco, Calif., April 1942. A lunch hour scene at the Weill pub...

Title and other information transcribed from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title transcribed from photo mount. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-72. Farm Security Administration an... More

Manzanar, Calif., April 1942 - boys starting a ball game soon after their arrival at Manzanar, a War Relocation Authority center for the evacuees of Japanese ancestry from certain West Coast areas

Manzanar, Calif., April 1942 - boys starting a ball game soon after th...

Photograph shows four boys playing baseball on a sand-lot at Manzanar, California. Photograph from U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. B-134. Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collectio... More

Salinas, Calif. Apr. 1942--A family of Japanese descent arriving at the assembly center prior to their transfer to a War relocation authority center for the duration of the war / photo by Albers.

Salinas, Calif. Apr. 1942--A family of Japanese descent arriving at th...

Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-239.

Salinas, Calif. Apr. 1942--A family of Japanese descent arriving at the assembly center prior to their transfer to a War relocation authority center for the duration of the war / photo by Albers.

Salinas, Calif. Apr. 1942--A family of Japanese descent arriving at th...

Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information Collection (Library of Congress). U.S. War Relocation Authority. No. A-239.