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Japanese Americans waiting for the bus

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ddr-densho-151-105 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i151-00105)

Dorothea Lange Collection

Original caption: San Francisco, California. With baggage stacked, residents of Japanese ancestry await bus at Wartime Civil Control Administration station, 2020 Van Ness Avenue, as part of the first group of 664 to be evacuated from San Francisco on April 6, 1942. Evacuees will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

6-Apr-42

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