Residents of Japanese Ancestry File Forms Before Forced Evacuation

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Description

The original caption for this photograph, taken by photographer Dorothea Lange, reads: San Francisco, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry file forms containing personal data, two days before evacuation, at Wartime Civil Control Administration station. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the War Relocation Authority.

National Archives Identifier: 536056

Full Citation: Photograph 210-G-A81; San Francisco, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry file forms containing personal data, two days before evacuation.; 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/residents-file-forms/, February 11, 2026]

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