Residents of Japanese Ancestry File Forms Before Forced Evacuation
4/4/1942
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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.
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/documents/document/residents-file-forms, October 13, 2024]Activities that use this document
- Japanese American Incarceration During World War II
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