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Japanese Americans waiting for bus

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ddr-densho-151-247 (Legacy UID: denshopd-i151-00247)

Dorothea Lange Collection

Original caption: Oakland, California. Residents of Japanese ancestry congregated at Wartime Civil Control Administration station under Civilian Exclusion Order Number 28, awaiting evacuation buses which will take them to Tanforan Assembly center for later transfer to War Relocation Authority cnters where they will spend the duration.

6-May-42

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