PARTNER

OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-151-449 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i151-00449)

PARENT COLLECTION

Dorothea Lange Collection

DESCRIPTION

Original caption: Byron, California. As families of Japanese ancestry evacuated from farms in Contra Costa County, they gathered at Wartime Civil Control Administration station and awaited buses for assembly center at Turlock Fairgrounds, 65 miles away. Evacuees will be transferred later from assembly centers to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration. Boy in background is a spectator.

CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration

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