The original caption for this photograph, taken by photographer Dorothea Lange for the War Relocation Authority, reads: San Francisco, California. Japanese family heads and persons living alone, form a line outside Civil Control Station located in the Japanese American Citizens League Auditorium at 2031 Bush Street, to appear for “processing” in response to Civilian Exclusion Order Number 20.
Heads of Japanese-American Families Report to a Civil Control Station Per the Civilian Exclusion Order
- 4/25/1942
Description
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Relocation Authority.
National Archives Identifier: 536422
Full Citation: Photograph 210-G-A530; San Francisco, California. Japanese family heads and persons living alone form a line outside Civil Control Station; 4/25/1942; 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/line-civil-control-station/, March 10, 2026]
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