The original caption for this photograph, taken by photographer Dorothea Lange, reads: San Francisco, California. Customers buy merchandise in a store operated by a proprietor of Japanese ancestry during a pre-evacuation sale. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.
Customers in a Store Operated by a Japanese-American Proprietor
- 4/4/1942
Description
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Relocation Authority.
National Archives Identifier: 536042
Full Citation: Photograph 210-G-A65; San Francisco, California. Customers buy merchandise in a store operated by a proprietor of Japanese ancestry.; 4/4/1942; Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority, 1942 – 1945; Records of the War Relocation Authority, Record Group 210; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/customers-buy-merchandise/, April 1, 2026]
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