Mass removal ("evacuation")

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. On the appointed "evacuation" day, thousands of Japanese Americans gathered at designated locations, with the numbered identification tags they had been issued tied to their coats. Watched by curious onlookers, they were met by armed soldiers and transported in buses, private cars, and trains to sixteen temporary "assembly centers" in California, Washington, Oregon and Arizona.

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doc Storage list for Y. Nakagaki (ddr-sbbt-2-60)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Y. Nakagaki, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 533.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-60/

doc Storage list for T. and Y. Uchida (ddr-sbbt-2-227)

A check-in list for goods belonging to T. and Y. Uchida, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 749.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-227/

doc Storage list for Masara Sakata (ddr-sbbt-2-181)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Masara Sakata, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 703.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-181/

doc Storage list for S. Ando (ddr-sbbt-2-106)

A check-in list for goods belonging to S. Ando, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 628.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-106/

doc Storage list for Izui (ddr-sbbt-2-278)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Izui, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 800.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-278/

doc Property storage list (ddr-sbbt-2-37)

A lists of names and locations for stored property. Yoshimura, J.; Nomura, S.; Okamoto, M.; Ujimoto, N.; Yamanaka, K.; Mizuta, S.; Matsui, J.; Tsutsumi, N.; Yoshimura, M.; Miyake, Y.; Miyake, H.; Izui; Shioyama, K.; Matsuda, Haruye; Hirokane, T.; Iwamura, K.; Suzuki, Y.; Kuromiya, S.; Edamura, H.; Kokita, K.; Takahashi, T.; Morinaga, T.; Shimizu, N.; Fukuhara, H. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-37/

doc Storage list for Kimura (ddr-sbbt-2-231)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Kimura, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 753.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-231/

doc Storage list for Gengo Suzuki (ddr-sbbt-2-201)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Gengo Suzuki, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 723.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-201/

doc Storage list for C. Ito (ddr-sbbt-2-347)

A check-in list for goods belonging to C. Ito, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 870.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-347/

doc Storage list for Okamura (ddr-sbbt-2-217)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Okamura, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 739.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-217/

doc Storage list for Kurimura (ddr-sbbt-2-187)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Kurimura, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 709.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-187/

doc Letter from Ayako Fujii to Yoshito Fujii (ddr-sbbt-2-6)

Ayako writes to her father sending him love for his birthday; she tells him that Abraham Lincoln died the day before his birthday and asks if he remembers the event. She tells him about the family's preparations for mass removal, including receiving typhoid shots and feeling a little sick afterwards.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-6/

doc Storage list for Izui (ddr-sbbt-2-253)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Izui, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 775.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-253/

doc Storage list for K. Yamamoto (ddr-sbbt-2-47)

A check-in list for goods belonging to K. Yamamoto, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 520.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-47/

doc Storage list for F. A. Kunishige (ddr-sbbt-2-238)

A check-in list for goods belonging to F. A. Kunishige, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 760.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-238/

doc Storage list for S. Furuta (ddr-sbbt-2-388)

A check-in list for goods belonging to S. Furuta, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 912.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-388/

doc Storage list for R. Minagawa (ddr-sbbt-2-167)

A check-in list for goods belonging to R. Minagawa, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 689.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-167/

doc Storage list for Kinzo Hikida (ddr-sbbt-2-304)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Kinzo Hikida, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 826.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-304/

doc Storage list for K. Watanabe (ddr-sbbt-2-375)

A check-in list for goods belonging to K. Watanabe, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 898.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-375/

doc Storage list for K. Iwamura (ddr-sbbt-2-264)

A check-in list for goods belonging to K. Iwamura, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 786.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-264/

doc Storage list for T. T. Omoto (ddr-sbbt-2-218)

A check-in list for goods belonging to T. T. Omoto, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 740.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-218/

doc Storage list for Shinichi Nagasawa (ddr-sbbt-2-98)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Shinichi Nagasawa, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 620.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-98/

doc Storage list for S. Nagooka (ddr-sbbt-2-268)

A check-in list for goods belonging to S. Nagooka, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 790.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-268/

doc Storage list for K. Kokita (ddr-sbbt-2-291)

A check-in list for goods belonging to K. Kokita, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 813.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-291/

doc Storage list for Mr. Kogita (ddr-sbbt-2-130)

A check-in list for goods belonging to Mr. Kogita, moved from the Buddhist Church (Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple) to Lyon Van and Storage Company's lot 652.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-sbbt-2-130/