Japanese relocation, California (1942)
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.
Published: April-July 1942.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea.
Restored and colourised by Ian Betley (April 2023).
Original photograph: www.loc.gov/item/2017699962/
I love the small details of these old photographs, sometime only apparent after several glances. What about: the bulldog brooch on the lady, or the two plasters on the fingers of the officer. Or his neatly arranged pocket pens? Maybe the best feature is the relief of the lady through her smile that she, albeit incarcerated, is where she wants to be: safe.
Japanese relocation, California (1942)
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.
Published: April-July 1942.
Photographer: Lange, Dorothea.
Restored and colourised by Ian Betley (April 2023).
Original photograph: www.loc.gov/item/2017699962/
I love the small details of these old photographs, sometime only apparent after several glances. What about: the bulldog brooch on the lady, or the two plasters on the fingers of the officer. Or his neatly arranged pocket pens? Maybe the best feature is the relief of the lady through her smile that she, albeit incarcerated, is where she wants to be: safe.