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"Evacuation sale" at business run by Japanese Americans

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OBJECT ID

ddr-densho-151-137 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i151-00137)

PARENT COLLECTION

Dorothea Lange Collection

DESCRIPTION

Original caption: San Francisco, California. A study in contrast in Chinatown: The store on the right is operated by a proprietor of Japanese ancestry, and does a land office business as evacuation nears. Previously, many similar stores suffered losses of patronage because of boycott on Japanese products. Evacuees of Japanese descent will be housed in War Relocation Authority centers for the duration.

DATE

4-Apr-42

LOCATION

San Francisco, California

OBJECT GENRE

Photographs

OBJECT FORMAT

Still Image

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CONTRIBUTOR

Densho

PREFERRED CITATION

Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration

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