Preparation

On March 2, 1942, Public Proclamation No. 1 began to appear on telephone poles and buildings. This was the first official notice Japanese Americans had of their immediate removal from the West Coast. The notices stated that they had six or seven days to prepare, and were to take only what they could carry. They were not told where they would be taken. People rushed to sell or store, in one week, property and belongings acquired over a lifetime. Some families tucked their valuables away in their attic or basement and locked the door, hoping to return soon.

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img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-123)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Japanese family heads and persons living alone, form a line outside Civil Control station located in the Japanese American Citizens League Auditorium at 2031 Bush Street, to appear for "processing" in response to Civilian Exclusion Order Number 20.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-123/

img Loading baggage onto truck (ddr-densho-151-180)

Original caption: Centerville, California. Piling baggage of evacuees from this Alameda County farming community on the day before evacuation to assembly centers. Evacuees of Japanese ancestry will be transferred later to War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-180/

img Mass removal sale (ddr-densho-151-78)

Original WRA caption: San Francisco, California. Shortly before evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from the Post and Buchanan Streets neighborhood, San Francisco. This dry goods store is closing out its merchandise. Evacuees will be housed at War Relocation Authority centers for duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-78/

img Family loading baggage onto truck (ddr-densho-151-271)

Original caption: Woodland, California. Woman on farm being evacuated on the following day by farners of Japanese ancestry. This mother and her children are being assisted by a friend who has come with his truck to take their possessions to the Wartime Civil Control Administration Control station in town. The father of this family has been …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-271/

img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-173)

Original caption: San Francisco, California. Heads of families and single persons living alone, of Japanese ancestry, in response to Civilian Exclusion Order Number 20, line up on Bush Street for half a block at the Wartime Civil Control Administration Control Station to receive their final instructions concerning their evacuation. The evacuation of this district will be …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-173/

img Japanese American Citizens League bulletin board (ddr-densho-151-212)

Original caption: Centerville, California. Bulletin board in Japanese American Citizens League office, during period when farmers of Japanese ancestry were preparing for evacuation. Farmers and other evacuees will be given opportunities to follow their callings at War Relocation Authority centers where they will spend the duration.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-151-212/

img Japanese Americans registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-151-61)

Original WRA caption: Residents of Japanese ancestry appear for registration prior to evacuation. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration. Updated Library of Congress summary: "Photograph shows Shizuko Ina standing behind others waiting to be assigned a "family number" before being removed from their homes and incarcerated in a detention facility …

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img Registering for mass removal (ddr-densho-34-164)

Surrounded by U.S. army soldiers, Nisei men register their families during the exclusion from Bainbridge Island, Washington.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-34-164/

doc Letter from Harry Kondo to Pete Aiello, Greco Canning Co. (ddr-ajah-7-12)

Enclosing contract for sale of tomato plants

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-12/

doc Letter from Harry Kondo to T. Sugimoto (ddr-ajah-7-11)

Informing him that his baggage had to be paid in advance for shipping and that the JACL had paid the shipping costs to Colorado

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-7-11/

doc Biographical poem (ddr-densho-468-155)

Typed draft of poem based on Ishikawa's childhood and experiences in World War II

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-468-155/

doc Seattle Post-Intelligencer (ddr-densho-446-451)

Selected articles: Seattle woman's saga captured in photo (p.1-2); Club Asia (p. 2)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-446-451/

doc Escrow instructions for sale of Cut-Rate Shoe Repair Shop (ddr-densho-292-11)

Torakichi Nishioka sold his show repair shop in Oakland, California to Nellie M. Ordish. This document outlines the escrow of the sale.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-292-11/

img Large group photo outside church (ddr-ajah-4-57)

Printed on photo front: Japanese Methodist Church "Last Issei Services" Alameda, California, February 15, 1942. Caption below photo: On February 15, 1942, the JME church held a farewell service conducted by Rev. Shigeo Shimada and attended by 120 members and friends, many of whom stepped forward for baptism. Dr. J.B. Cobb and his wife, former missionaries …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-ajah-4-57/