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Japanese Americans: Incarceration in WWII

by The Library of Congress

Can you help us identify some of the people depicted or tell us more about these photographs? War Relocation Authority photographs depict Japanese Americans before and during World War II and their incarceration in concentration camps. See more forced removal of Japanese Americans during World War II.

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Santa Anita reception center, Arcadia, Calif. Apr. 1942. Special food being prepared for babies at the center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry. Evacuees will be transferred, later, to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration (LOC)
Manzanar, Calif. May 1942. Youngsters playing in the field of a nursery school at the War Relocation Authority center where these and other evacuees of Japanese ancestry, from certain West Coast areas, will spend the duration of the war (LOC)
Manzanar, Calif. May 1942. A dancing class in the girls' recreation hall at the War Relocation Authority center where evacuees of Japanese ancestry will spend the duration of the war (LOC)
Manzanar, Calif. Apr. 1942. Girls receiving plates of lunch at the cafeteria shortly after arrival of the first evacuees of Japanese ancestry at the the War Relocation Authority center (LOC)
Manzanar, Calif. Apr. 1942. Japanese men eating in a dining room at the War Relocation Authority center for evacuees of Japanese ancestry (LOC)
Manzanar, Calif. Apr. 1942. Evacuees of Japanese descent being examined a second time by a fellow-evacuee medical staff before disembarking from the bus at the War Relocation Authority center. The baby, in center, was found to have the measles. A nurse is
Mountain View, Calif. Apr. 1942. A barbeque picnic held on a farm in Santa Clara County for evacuees of Japanese ancestry who will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war (LOC)
Mountain View, Calif. Apr. 1942. A scene in an orchard of a 20-acre farm before the operators, of Japanese ancestry, were evacuated, to go later to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration (LOC)
Mountain View, Calif. Apr. 1942. A ranch house, typical of many California rural sections where residents of Japanese ancestry were engaged in truck gardening. They will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war (LOC)
Mountain View, Calif. Apr. 1942. A farm house in the rural section where farmers of Japanese ancestry raised truck garden crops. Evacuees from this and other military areas will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war (LO
Los Angeles, Calif. Apr. 1942. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry, loaded down with baggage entraining for Manzanar, Calif., 250 miles away, where they are to be housed in a War Relocation Authority center (LOC)
Los Angeles, Calif. Apr. 1942. A vegetable concession in a wholesale produce market operated almost exclusively by residents of Japanese ancestry before they were evacuated and transferred to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration (LOC)
Lone Pine, Calif. Apr. 1942. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry arriving by train and awaiting buses for Manzanar, a War Relocation Authority center (LOC)
Hayward, Calif. Apr. 1942. A farmer of Japanese ancestry at the Wartime Civil Control Administration, preparatory to evacuation and going to a War Relocation Authority center for the duration of the war (LOC)
Oakland, Calif., Mar. 1942. A large sign reading "I am an American" placed in the window of a store, at [401 - 403 Eighth] and Franklin streets, on December 8, the day after Pearl Harbor. The store was closed following orders to persons of Japanese descen
San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 - residents of Japanese ancestry registering for evacuation and housing, later, in War Relocation Authority centers for duration of the war (LOC)
San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. A clergyman of Japanese ancestry receiving information on the evacuation of persons who will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration the war (LOC)
San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. A scene at the Wartime Civil Control Administration station where the first group of 664 persons of Japanese ancestry from San Francisco, registered before going to War Relocation Authority centers (LOC)
San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Early comers part of the contingent of 664 residents of Japanese ancestry to be evacuated from San Francisco and house in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration (LOC)
San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. A pupil of the Weill public school having lunch. He is one of the evacuees of Japanese ancestry who will be housed in a War Relocation Authority center for the duration of the war (LOC)
San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. A father and son registering for the evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry. The evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war (LOC)
San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Wives and children of two men being held as dangerous enemy aliens. They will be evacuated with other persons of Japanese ancestry and will spend the duration of the war in War Relocation Authority centers (LOC)
Stockton, Calif. Apr. 1942. A Caterpillar tractor used intensively on this 1300 acre farm which was worked and managed by persons of Japanese ancestry before evacuation. Evacuees from military areas are housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the d
San Pedro, Calif. Apr. 1942. Evacuated residents of Japanese ancestry awaiting transportation to the assembly center at Arcadia. They will be transferred, later, to War Relocation Authority centers for the duration of the war (LOC)